CommercialSouthwest 737 MAX Makes Immediate Emergency Landing The global grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX hasn't ended the airplane's woes, as a MAX 8 flying without passengers for Southwest Airlines on March 26 had to make an emergency landing…
CommercialJetcopter VTOL to be Revealed at AERO 2019 A full-scale mock-up of the Jetcopter vertical-takeoff-and-landing concept vehicle will be shown for the first time at April's AERO 2019 show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The startup air taxi's claim to fame is its…
Business & GAGarmin Unveils a Host of ADS-B-Integrated Solutions With eight months left before the FAA's 2020 ADS-B mandate kicks in, Garmin has unveiled four new ADS-B-compliant avionics solutions. The GTX 335D and 345D are ADS-B transponders that meet global requirements,…
Business & GAAvionics Shops Shed Light on ADS-B Equipage Ahead of 2020 Mandate The $1.6-trillion-per-year U.S. market that is civil aviation's future depends on compliance with FAA's 2020 ADS-B mandate. Ground infrastructure to support ADS-B detection was installed beginning in 2009 and the first ADS-B-enabled…
CommercialBoeing Names New Execs for Embraer Partnership Boeing has named three executives to new positions, allowing it to set up leadership of the Embraer partnership the company took on over the last year. Under the terms of two separate…
CommercialFAA Reviewing Boeing's 737 MAX Software Update The FAA is reviewing the 737 MAX software update intended to fix issues with the plane's anti-stall system after two 737 MAX-8s crashed within six months. The update will affect all 737…
MilitaryU.S. Defense Department Plans to Spend $6.6B on F-35 Continuing Development Through 2024 The U.S. Defense Department plans to spend about $6.6 billion on continuous capability development and delivery (C2D2) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter from 2019 through 2024, according to its just-released fiscal…
CommercialInvestigation Finds 'Clear Similarities' Between 737 MAX Crashes, Boeing Trim System Under Scrutiny Having finished its analysis of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) has determined that "clear similarities" exist between the…