MilitaryUS Coast Guard to Upgrade H-65 Avionics The Coast Guard is set to start full-rate production of an overhaul program to extend the life of its Airbus H-65 Dolphins by 10,000 flight hours and at the same time upgrading…
Business & GAHoneywell’s UAM Avionics: Piloted First, Autonomous in the Future Honeywell has begun developing new flight-control and detect-and-avoid systems for future urban air mobility vehicles, Mike Ingram, the company’s vice president of cockpit systems told Avionics International. Ingram, who took over as…
CommercialA350 to Replace A380 as New Airbus Flagship Airplane The A350 is now the flagship passenger jet for Airbus, after the manufacturer made a financial decision to end production on the A380, executives said during their annual conference in Toulouse, France,…
CommercialPublic Perception of Urban Air Mobility Shaped by Noise, Safety Public perception of the proposed use of electric air taxis is most influenced by the noise generated and perceived safety of such vehicles, a new study has found. The study, conducted by…
CommercialDelta's First Airbus A220 Takes Flight With New Technologies On Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, Delta Air Lines completed the first passenger-carrying flight of its new Airbus A220, the first U.S. carrier to do so with the new jet following Airbus’ recent…
ConnectivityCurtiss Wright, Honeywell to Develop New Connected Cockpit Recorders Under a new agreement, Curtiss Wright and Honeywell Aerospace are developing a new generation of cockpit voice and flight data recorders, with the aim of bringing real-time data streaming and cloud upload…
MilitaryHow Airbus, Boeing are Helping Aviation Engineering Startups in India By 2025, India is expected to surpass the U.K. as the world’s third largest market for commercial airline operations. The South Asian nation’s passenger traffic is projected to surge to 278 million…
RegulationWill EASA Create a New Category for eVTOL Certification? The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is considering adding a "special condition" category to deal with the certification of electric and hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, but the proposal may…