CommercialFAA Clears More Altimeters From 5G C-Band Impact as Airlines Adjust Flight Operations The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday published a statement to allow an estimated 78 percent of the in-service U.S. commercial fleet to perform low-visibility landings at airports where wireless companies deployed…
Air TaxiNASA’s Innovation Award Supports Phase II of ATM Optimization Project A new collaboration between GE Aviation, SmartSky Networks, and Mosaic ATM was announced that will connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems (FMS) for airspace management optimization in addition to enabling low…
Air TaxiCEO of AIR Talks eVTOLs for Personal Flight The electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer AIR unveiled its AIR ONE vehicle and began taking pre-orders in October 2021. In an interview with Avionics International, CEO and co-founder Rani Plaut…
Air TaxiSavback Helicopters Becomes Exclusive Regional Distributor of Dufour Aerospace eVTOLs Swiss eVTOL developer Dufour Aerospace is partnering with Sweden-based Savback Helicopters: Dufour’s Aero3 aircraft will now be exclusively distributed by Savback in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. Savback offers expertise in…
Air TaxiLockheed Martin Invests In eSTOL Company Electra.aero Electra.aero, a relatively new company pursuing new aircraft solutions for the urban and regional air mobility markets, on Tuesday said that it has received a lead investment from Lockheed Martin for a…
Air TaxiNew Partnership to Add 400 Landing Bases for eVTOLs in Australia Skyportz, a Melbourne, Australia-based startup that is developing the foundations of an air taxi network, has partnered with Secure Parking—a car parking provider—to add 400 landing bases for electric air taxis. The…
Electrification and SustainabilityNew Technology Enables Efficient Conversion of CO2 to Sustainable Aviation Fuel The company Johnson Matthey just launched their HyCOgen technology that enables the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) and green hydrogen into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Over 95% of the CO2 is converted…
UnmannedU.K. Government-Sponsored Trials Demonstrate Safe Tracking of BVLOS Drone Operations Aviation technology company Neuron performed a set of drone trials sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) of the U.K. Government. These trials were performed in Scotland in…