Unmanned How Volocopter's Two-Seater Wants to Overcome the Challenges Facing UAM Air taxi-maker Volocopter released a whitepaper on the challenges facing the urban air mobility (UAM) market in whcih CTO Jan-Hendrik Boelens finds that those concerns…
Regulation EASA Issues First Space-based ADS-B Surveillance as a Service Certification The European Aviation Safety Agency has certified Aireon as a new air navigation service provider (ANSP) for its space-based ADS-B surveillance, the first of its…
Commercial Boeing Invests in Global Drone MRO Network with an Eye Toward UAM Repair Boeing's HorizonX investment arm has led a funding round for Robotic Skies, a worldwide brokered network of regulator-certified MRO stations for unmanned aircraft. The two…
Connectivity SmartSky's 5G-Ready ATG Network Clears Critical Certification Threshold SmartSky Networks is months away from seeing its air-to-ground (ATG) 4G LTE in-flight connectivity network operating on passenger carrying flights. The ATG aircraft internet…
Commercial Wing Slat Track Woes: Boeing's 737 MAX Issues Mount Boeing discovered improperly manufactured slat tracks that were delivered to its factory to be put on 737 MAX and 737 NG planes, affecting up to…
Commercial Honeywell Shrinks Fly-By-Wire System for Air Taxi Market Honeywell is bringing its commercial aircraft fly-by-wire system to the urban air mobility (UAM) market, and the aerospace company is packaging it into a box…
Connectivity AI for Airplanes? June 11th will mark the start of the sixth annual Global Connected Aircraft Summit, and it really is fascinating how the evolution and changes in…
Commercial Making the Connected FMS a Reality A flight management system is the main navigation computer used by pilots to take off, cruise, ascend and descend and land an airplane. Flight plans…