AI & AutonomyGA-ASI's SkyGuardian UAS Completes Detect-and-Avoid Flights for the FAA At the end of March, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced completion of multiple test flights of its unmanned SkyGuardian aircraft that were performed for the Federal Aviation Administration and served…
Air TaxiFedEx Express to Test Elroy VTOL for Autonomous Middle Mile Cargo Delivery FedEx Express, the regional subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has a new partnership agreement with Elroy Air aimed at flight-testing their autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air cargo system for middle-mile logistics…
Business & GA17 New Avionics Technologies Introduced at the 2022 Aircraft Electronics Association Convention NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — Business and general aviation aircraft electronics are becoming increasingly more connected and digital within smaller modular form factors, as evidenced by the opening ceremony of the annual 2022…
Electrification and SustainabilitySwiss International Air Lines Plans to be First in the World to Use Solar Jet Fuel In a strategic collaboration with solar technology developer Synhelion, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and parent company the Lufthansa Group have partnered to bring solar aviation fuel to market and enable SWISS…
MilitaryCanada Chooses F-35A in Future Fighter Competition The government of Canada on March 28 said that it has begun negotiations with Lockheed Martin on a buy 0f 88 F-35As under the country’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) to replace Canada’s aging…
UnmannedJapanese Conglomerate ITOCHU Invests in Wingcopter, Becomes Authorized Partner German drone manufacturer Wingcopter announced a strategic partnership today with Japanese general trading company ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is not only investing in Wingcopter but will also distribute and lease the Wingcopter 198…
UnmannedKraus Hamdani Aerospace CEO Talks Long-Endurance Drones and Enhanced Communication Networks Aerospace technology company Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, Inc. recently completed end-to-end vertical take-off and landing tests of their unmanned aerial system, the K1000ULE (Ultra Long Endurance). The fixed-wing drone is fully electric and…
CommercialInvestigators Recover China Eastern Airlines MU5735 Flight Data Recorder The team investigating the fatal crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last week has recovered the aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR), according to…