ATM ModernizationBell’s Unmanned APT Aircraft Demonstrates Ground-Based Detect-and-Avoid Flight Bell Textron recently shared the news that their unmanned Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) aircraft successfully completed a demonstration of ground-based detect-and-avoid (DAA) flight. A subsidiary of Textron Inc., Bell was the first…
CommercialPODCAST: AFuzion CEO Vance Hilderman Talks Aviation Engineering Advancements, Jobs and New Technologies On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, Vance Hilderman, CEO of Afuzion, discusses advances in aircraft technologies and some aviation engineering trends for 2022. Hilderman is founder and CEO the…
Air TaxiAutoFlight’s Prosperity I Performs Proof-of-Concept Transition Test Flight AutoFlight, a startup developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, completed a proof-of-concept transition test flight with its Prosperity I last month. This test flight, which demonstrated the aircraft’s ability to…
Air TaxiJaunt Air Mobility and Avports Partner to Advance eVTOL Integration Avports and Jaunt Air Mobility recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate in the integration of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft into the aviation ecosystem. Avports joined Jaunt’s…
CommercialIndiGo to Upgrade A320neo Fleet with RNP AR IndiGo, India's largest airline, is adding Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) upgrades to some of its A320neo aircraft. NavBlue, an Airbus Services company that supplies flight operations and air…
RegulationNAV Canada to Implement New ADS-B Airspace Mandate in 2023 Canadian air navigation service provider (ANSP) NAV Canada will require aircraft operators flying in Class A and B airspace to meet their new meet Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Out performance…
Air TaxiJoby’s New ANA, SK Telecom Partnerships Will Introduce Air Taxis in Japan and South Korea This week, Joby Aviation and ANA HOLDINGS—parent company of All Nippon Airways (ANA)—announced their joint efforts to establish aerial ridesharing services in Japan. The collaboration includes infrastructure development, air traffic management, pilot…
CommercialBoeing Reports Record $2 Billion in Online Sales of Aircraft Parts Boeing achieved an annual record for e-commerce sales of aircraft parts in 2021, the company reported on Monday. According to a Feb. 14 press release, Boeing Distribution Inc. sold close to 70,000…