MilitaryFirst Boeing KC-46 Pegasus En Route for October Delivery Nearly 17 years after the U.S. Air Force started looking for a replacement for its KC-135 Stratotankers, it will finally be receiving the first of its next-generation KC-46 Pegasus refueling tankers in October,…
UnmannedFortem Powers Canada's Beyond-Line-of-Sight Trials Fortem Technologies will participate in Transport Canada's proof-of-concept trials into beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations as a partner of ING Robotic Aviation. ING Robotic will be using Fortem's TrueView Radar as its key detect-and-avoid…
CommercialFirst 737 MAX in India Delivered to Jet Airways Jet Airways took delivery of the firsts of 150 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, setting it up to be the first Indian airline to fly the jet. "The new 737 MAX is a…
UnmannedFAA, DOJ, DHS Add Drone Flight Restrictions to Certain Secure Airspace At the request of federal security partners, the FAA has been using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 99.7 – “Special Security Instructions” – to address concerns about…
RegulationEuropean Parliament OKs EU-Wide Drone Rules European Members of Parliament have approved a deal for common EU-wide safety standards for drone manufacture and operation. Under the new rules, drones would need to be designed so that they can…
CommercialChinese OEM to Implement Teledyne Controls' Real-Time Condition Monitoring Teledyne Controls, the flight data management business, has entered a partnership with the Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC to build a real-time monitoring system for latter's ARJ21 aircraft. Key to the solution is the Teledyne’s real-time…
CommercialFAA Puts $677M Toward Infrastructure at 214 Airports The FAA is awarding $677 million in infrastructure grants to airports around the country, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao confirmed, as the first part of $3.18 billion in funding…
UnmannedGA-ASI Detect and Avoid Tech Enables FAA-Approved Flight A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) helped enable an unmanned flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from Southern California today. The DAA…
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