CommercialFormer Embraer Commercial Aviation CEO to Take Lead at GE Aviation On the same day Embraer took steps to reintegrate its commercial aviation business after plans to merge with Boeing fell through, John Slattery, former CEO of the Brazilian airplane maker’s commercial division,…
CommercialShould Airlines Standardize Pre-flight Testing for COVID-19? Airlines are slowly starting to operate more flights as regulators in different regions of the world begin to relax travel restrictions and introduce new guidelines. But do operators need a standardized approach…
Business & GANTSB Calls on OEMs to Equip Turbine Helicopters with Flight Data, Image Recorders The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on helicopter builders to equip turbine-powered rotorcraft with crash-resistant flight data recorders and crash-protected image recorders to provide data, audio and images to improve crash…
Air TaxiHoneywell Creates New Business Unit for Drones and Urban Air Mobility Honeywell has created a new business unit dedicated to unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and urban air mobility (UAM), the company announced, with dedicated engineering and sales resources, valuing the hardware and software…
ATM ModernizationSatellite Connectivity to Enable New ’Pop-Up UTM’ Service for Drones Inmarsat and Altitude Angel are collaborating on a new approach to surveillance that they describe as ‘Pop-Up UTM’ (Unmanned Traffic Management), which could serve as a catalyst for enabling more beyond visual…
ConnectivityDuncan Aviation, Gogo Add AVANCE Installation Options for Business Aircraft Duncan Aviation said earlier this month that it is partnering with Gogo to offer new installation options for the Gogo AVANCE L3 Wi-Fi system and the Gogo AVANCE Smart Cabin System (SCS).…
IIOTPipistrel Receives First EASA Certification for an Electric Aircraft. Who's Next? Pipistrel’s two-seat Velis Electro was awarded type certification by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on June 10, the first electric aircraft in the world to do so. Derived from the…
CommercialHALO Sensor Advances IoT Concept of Wireless Cabin Air Quality Monitoring L2 Aviation and IPVideo Corp. introduced a patent-pending HALO smart air quality monitoring system designed to provide an Internet of Things (IoT) approach to cabin air quality monitoring during a June 9…