Air TaxiBETA Receives $368 Million in New Funding from Fidelity and Amazon BETA Technologies received $368 million during a new funding round from new and returning investors who included Fidelity Management & Research Company, Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, and RedBird Capital, the company announced…
Business & GAAirbus Corporate Jets Teams with Latécoère to Develop Li-Fi In-flight Entertainment Monitor Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) announced a new partnership with Toulouse-based electronic wiring interconnection system (EWIS) supplier Latécoère Interconnection Systems to develop the aircraft manufacturer’s first Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) in-flight entertainment (IFE) monitor…
Air TaxiVolocopter Debuts New Aircraft for Intra-City Missions Volocopter, the German urban air mobility (UAM) company, is releasing its second electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft design geared towards more passenger capacity and longer range flights to connect suburbs…
ConnectivityGlobal Eagle and Telesat Complete Network Simulation Milestone for LEO In-flight Connectivity Antenna Engineers at California-based Global Eagle Entertainment recently completed network simulations evaluating the efficiency of their in-flight connectivity (IFC) terminal’s ability to operate over Telesat’s Lightspeed low-earth orbit (LEO) network. According to a…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - May 16, 2021 Check out the May 16 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.…
Air TaxiWhy Are Batteries a Problem for eVTOLs? Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft have unique battery challenges that will require developers to change how they think about battery systems and the designs of electric vehicles, Michael Armstrong, chief…
Air TaxiHow is Canada Approaching Advanced Air Mobility? One in five aircraft in Canada will be flying with zero emissions by 2040, JR Hammond, executive director of the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM), said during a panel at the…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - May 9, 2021 Check out the May 9 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. …