AI & AutonomyNASA’s Mars Helicopter Completes Second Flight Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars helicopter, completed a second flight on the red planet on April 22 with new challenges including a higher maximum altitude, longer flight duration, and added sideways movement, according to…
AI & AutonomyNASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Achieves Historic First Flight on Mars NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made history on April 19 completing the first powered flight on Mars, according to an announcement from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) who confirmed the flight at 6:46…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - April 18, 2021 Check out the April 18 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Business & GAPODCAST: Bombardier's Elza Brunelle-Yeung Talks Smart Link Plus Business Jet Upgrade Program On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Elza Brunelle-Yeung, Bombardier's senior director of business development, joins to discuss the Canadian aircraft manufacturer's new legacy business jet upgrade program, SmartLink Plus. Smart…
CommercialLAS Cargo Activates eFOQA for Boeing 727 Fleet Under New Deal with GE Digital Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS) Cargo, a Colombia-based domestic air freight carrier, has signed a new five-year contract with GE Digital to electronically transform their Flight Operation Quality Assurance (FOQA) program. FOQA is…
UnmannedWill the Mars Helicopter Persevere? The Mars helicopter Ingenuity encountered a problem during a high-speed spin-up test of its rotors on April 9 delaying its planned first flight demonstration. NASA has found a solution to this problem…
UnmannedAll Nippon Airways Partners with Wingcopter to Bring Drone Delivery to Japan ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD), the parent company of All Nippon Airways, and Wingcopter have formed a new partnership to build a drone delivery network for pharmaceuticals and other consumer goods in…
Air TaxiBETA Expands into Passenger Market with Blade Deal Blade Urban Air Mobility is purchasing up to 20 BETA Technologies’ ALIA electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft marking BETA’s first passenger service customer, according to an April 13 release. "Blade…