Air TaxiAgility Prime to Study the Use of Radar Developed for Cars in eVTOLs The U.S. Air Force awarded a contract to study a radar sensing solution, the SPEKTRA radar, used by the automotive industry to see if it can be modified for electric vertical take-off…
UnmannedUsing Artificial Intelligence to Counter Cybersecurity Threats for Drones Drones can now be equipped with cybersecurity powered by artificial intelligence (AI). SparkCognition and SkyGrid announced a new partnership to protect drones from zero-day attacks by installing an airspace management system that…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - January 17, 2021 Check out the Jan. 17 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.…
CommercialAerion to Equip AS2 Supersonic Business Jet with ClearVision HUD ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) and complete Head-Up Display (HUD) will be used on Aerion AS2, the supersonic business jet from Aerion Supersonic, Universal Avionics (UA) announced in a Jan. 6…
Air TaxiFormer Airbus CEO Joins Board of German Electric Air Taxi Startup Lilium Tom Enders, the former CEO of Airbus, is joining the board of directors for German electric air taxi developer Lilium after being asked to take the position by the startup’s co-founder a…
RegulationSky Lease I Faces $422,500 ADS-B Out Penalty from FAA Sky Lease I, Inc. is facing a $422,500 civil penalty for allegedly operating two Boeing 747 aircraft without required avionics equipment, the Federal Aviation Administration announced in a Jan. 8 press release.…
RegulationFAA Needs New Information Sharing System to Address DC Helicopter Noise, GAO says A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report is recommending the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) develop a mechanism to exchange helicopter noise information with operators in Washington, D.C. after their investigation and research…
CommercialIndonesia Authorities Identify Location of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Flight Data Recorder Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee (KNKT) Chief Soerjanto Tjahjono confirmed that his agency has identified the location of the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from a Sriwijaya Air…