Business & GAHondaJet Elite II Receives FAA Type Certification The HondaJet Elite II aircraft, revealed during the 2022 NBAA Convention and Exhibition in October, just received type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration on November 2. The Elite II features two…
Embedded AvionicsBAE Systems Receives £80M in Typhoon Avionics Support Contracts International defense, aerospace, and security company BAE Systems was awarded avionics support contracts for the Eurofighter Typhoon totaling £80 million (about $90.5 million USD), according to an announcement on Nov. 3. Eurofighter…
ConnectivityAirbus Unveils GeniusLINK Ecosystem at APEX LONG BEACH, Calif. — Airbus announced last week at the APEX Expo that the new GeniusLINK in-flight system will now be offered for third-party fleets. The GeniusLINK solution is similar to Airspace…
ConnectivitySeamless Air Alliance Establishes Research Lab for IFC Performance Measurement LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Seamless Air Alliance revealed last week that a new research laboratory for measuring in-flight connectivity (IFC) performance has been established. United Airlines, Safran, Boeing, JetBlue, AT&T, Thales,…
Air TaxiEHang Plans to Collaborate with HAECO Group for Electric Air Taxi Development EHang announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Swire Group subsidiary HAECO Group. The MoU includes plans to partner for manufacturing and assembly of EHang’s autonomous aerial…
Air TaxiPlana Selects Battery Supplier for Hybrid-Electric Air Taxi Plana, a company based in South Korea developing hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced this week that it has selected an electric powertrain supplier. Plana signed a Letter of Intent…
Business & GAAirbus Corporate Jets Plans to Deliver First TwoTwenty in Q1 2023 Airbus Corporate Jets launched the TwoTwenty corporate jet aircraft at the end of 2020. In a conversation with Avionics International, Sean McGeough, VP Commercial Airbus Corporate Jets for North America, remarked that…
Air TaxiIntegrating Advanced Air Mobility Operations into Tomorrow’s Flight Department ORLANDO, Fla. — Business aviation flight departments need to prepare for advanced air mobility (AAM) operations and related technologies that are emerging. There are many hurdles that the introduction of advanced technologies…
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