MilitaryPortugal to Acquire Five Embraer KC-390s Portugal is set to acquire five Embraer KC-390s and a KC-390 simulator, with the first delivery planned for early 2023. The KC-390s will be equipped with a fully interactive Collins Aerospace Pro…
CommercialThe Thousand Cuts of Boeing's Indefinite 737 MAX Grounding Could Cost the Company Big Boeing's stock price peaked at $446.39 per share on March 1, 9 days before Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed, killing all 157 passengers and crew on board and leading to the ongoing…
ConnectivityUSAF Picks Honeywell's JetWave Satcom for C-17 Fleet The U.S. Air Force has selected Honeywell's JetWave satcom system for use on 70 C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes. JetWave relies on Inmarsat's Global Xpress Ka-band service to provide worldwide connectivity with…
CommercialParagon VTOL Using Siemens Software to Build UAM Ecosystem in Jamaica Paragon VTOL Aerospace, a vertical-takeoff-and-landing company behind drones and urban air mobility solutions, has secured next-generation software from Siemens to expedite development of new vehicles and infrastructure in Jamaica. Siemens Digital industries…
CommercialScaled Composites to Help Build Prototype of Skyworks' VertiJet VTOL Gyronautics company Skyworks is teaming up with Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites to build a prototype of its VertiJet vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, the companies announced Monday. The VertiJet will have an estimated top…
Business & GASix-Passenger, Seven-Figure Learjet 75 Liberty to Launch Next Year Bombardier has unveiled the Learjet 75 Liberty, a relatively inexpensive new entry into its half-century-old small business jet line. With a list price of $9.9 million, the seven-figure, six-passenger Liberty comes in…
ConnectivityENGINEER PROFILE: How Ben Wring Makes UAVs Communicate for Persistent Systems Persistent Systems engineer Ben Wring has been enchanted by the “romance of aviation” since his childhood trips to United Airlines’ San Francisco International Airport maintenance facility, where his uncle and grandfather…
CommercialAirbus Electrifies the Single-Engine H130 in Hybrid Experiment Airbus Helicopters is integrating an electrical backup system into an H130 demonstrator as part of a research project. In conjunction with the French Ministry of Transport (DGAC), Thales and Adeneo, the goal…
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