UnmannedWingcopter to Provide Cargo Drones for Delivery Operations in Peru Wingcopter, a German drone manufacturer, has partnered with UAV del Peru (a subsidiary of Latin American holding UAV LATAM) to provide and deploy its cargo drones for delivery operations in Peru. UAV…
Electrification and SustainabilityBoeing Purchases 2 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Boeing signed a supply agreement with EPIC Fuels for 2 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the largest purchase of SAF from an airframer to date. The fuel blend—30% SAF, 70%…
ATM ModernizationNorth Atlantic Track System Policy to Change Below 33,000 Feet Next Month Operators flying at or below FL330 (33,000 feet) between Europe and North America will be able to file flight plans outside of the North Atlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) system starting March…
CommercialAirbus VP of Research & Technology Talks Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Hydrogen By the end of 2021, for all customers receiving aircraft from Airbus’s final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) was incorporated in the delivery process. “In the future, we’re…
CommercialFrontier and Spirit Airlines Reach Merger Agreement to Become Fifth Largest US Airline Frontier and Spirit Airlines have reached a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine—if approved by regulators—to establish the fifth largest airline in the U.S. The two low-cost carriers…
ATM ModernizationNUAIR and Sagetech Avionics Partner for Detect-and-Avoid Technology Testing Aerospace technology company Sagetech Avionics and New York-based nonprofit NUAIR created a new partnership to run tests on two of Sagetech’s developments, their Detect and Avoid solutions and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
CommercialFAA, Aviation Industry Continues Research on 5G C-Band Interference Issues and Next Steps U.S. aviation industry leadership and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are still researching and adding to their understanding of how the new deployment of 5G C-Band services impact the performance of fixed…
AI & AutonomyIntuVue RDR-84K Radar System Demonstrates Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid Capability Honeywell Aerospace recently put its RDR-84K radar system to the test to demonstrate its autonomous detect-and-avoid capabilities. A drone piloted by the IntuVue RDR-84K radar was able to avoid an unforeseen “intruder”…