Electrification and Sustainability Universal Hydrogen and Hartzell Propeller Test Cleaner Technologies Recently, Universal Hydrogen and Hartzell Propeller showed significant progress toward hydrogen fuel cell-powered flight. The two companies collaborated to alter a De Havilland Dash 8 testbed, allowing it to be powered by…
AI & Autonomy Airbus Sees Big Potential For "Auto’Mate" Technology After Tanker-Drone Test Flights Demonstrations of an Airbus A310 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) autonomously guiding a drone went “even better than expected” and showed the potential for autonomous air-to-air refueling, according to an Airbus executive involved…
Air Taxi Stéphan D’haene Takes Over as New CEO of Jetson Last week, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company Jetson announced the appointment of a new CEO—industry expert Stéphan D’haene. He previously served as the Chief Operating Officer at ICON Aircraft, and…
Commercial Free In-Flight Wi-Fi Takes Off After a Slow Taxi Delta Air Lines threw down the gauntlet to other air transport operators when it said in January that it would roll out free in-flight Wi-Fi across its fleet, becoming the first major…
Editor's Note Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Platform-Agnostic IFC Northrop Grumman’s team successfully demonstrated its ability to connect a full aircraft ecosystem during a flight test as part of a contract with the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman’s flying test bed…
Commercial OPINION: Touchless Travel—The Trend the Pandemic Unconsciously Sparked It has been three years since the U.S. went into lockdown, when air travel hit a standstill and our backyards had to suffice for a summer vacation spot. The travel space was…
Regulation Enabling the Future of Advanced Air Mobility and Drone Operations in the U.S. A U.S. House hearing held last week on the topic of advanced air mobility featured a discussion of the future of unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, in the United States. It also…
Connectivity Orbit Unveils AirTRx Antenna System for Regional Airlines Orbit Communications Systems (Orbit) is introducing a new antenna solution targeting the regional aviation market. It announced March 6 that it is launching the AirTRx system that aims to provide continuous communications for…