MilitaryUS Military's Vertical Lift Plans Necessitate More Advanced Drones Aside from developing a revolutionary new family of rotorcraft, the U.S. Army’s ongoing Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program includes building a next-generation unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that will fly in formation with…
Embedded AvionicsThe Double-Edged Sword of Automation With Applied Avionics' Steve Edwards Steve Edwards, Applied Avionics’ VP of product development, has done a lot of things in engineering. He jokes that he has “a lot of blood on [his] hands.” He worked on surveillance…
CommercialAllegiant Adds Five New US Regional Routes Budget airline Allegiant is launching five new nonstop routes — one full-time and four seasonal — which the company said are all unique to Allegiant. The year-round route is to Nashville International Airport (BNA)…
CommercialThe World's First Airline Blockchain is Born Huafu Enterprise Holdings is going to publish the world’s first aerospace blockchain application, the Airline and Life Networking Token (ALLN). Due to a new partnership between Huafu and Far Eastern Air Transport,…
MilitaryIntel's Show Drones Have Military Brass Worried During the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, a flock of 1,200 commercial drones made by Intel formed a giant snowboarder then swarmed in sync to form various other…
CommercialTrump’s Tariffs on China Spread to Aerospace U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest salvo attempting to punish China for intellectual property theft saw the levying a 25% tariff on some 1,300 items, including a host of aircraft parts. The proposed…
ConnectivityHoneywell, Pinnacle Take Connected Aerospace to the Ground Honeywell is expanding its GoDirect connected services to one of the last unconnected aerospace frontiers: the ground. A new agreement with global telematics company Pinnacle will enable the two companies to connect…
MilitaryNAVAIR Lands Remote-Controlled F/A-18 on Aircraft Carrier The USS Abraham Lincoln is testing for the first time a system designed to remotely land aircraft on a carrier. According to the U.S. Navy, the system, called aircraft terminal approach remote…