MilitaryMost DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, New Study Finds Military aircraft spanning all branches failed to meet mission capable rates according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which analyzed 46 types of aircraft from fiscal year 2011…
MilitaryFrance, Germany and Italy Among Nations to Sign Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability LOI Five nations have signed a letter of intent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) project, according to a Nov. 19 press release. France, Germany, Greece, Italy,…
RegulationFAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management pilot program (UTM/UPP) ended with testing demonstrations in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
Air TaxiWisk, NASA to Study Autonomous eVTOL Flight Operations and Safety Scenarios Urban Air Mobility (UAM) all-electric autonomous air taxi creator, Wisk, is partnering with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create safe solutions for autonomous air vehicle integration into the national…
MilitaryFinnish Army Gives MD500 Fleet Cockpit Upgrades The Finnish Army will be completing a cab hardware refurbishment project on its MD500 helicopters, upgrading the multifunction display in the cockpit and making the fleet night vision (NVG) compatible, Lt. Col.…
UnmannedB4UFLY Adds Drone Data Crowdsourcing and Local Advisories in New Update The B4UFLY, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) partnered drone app, will now offer localized advisories and crowdsourcing operational data for drone pilots, Kittyhawk CEO Jon Hegranes and B4UFLY app maker, announced on…
Artificial IntelligenceDaedalean Explains Path to Safety-Critical Certification for Artificial Intelligence in Avionics Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) continue to be a black box for many in the aviation industry, Luuk van Dijk, founder and CEO of Daedalean, said during a…
Business & GAIs the Aviation Industry Doing Enough to Mitigate Insider Threats Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic? Insider threats have long existed in the airline industry, such as when a Horizon Air employee commandeered a turboprop passenger plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in August 2018, or an American Airlines…