Air TaxiUPS Partners with Wingcopter to Develop, Certify Drone Delivery Fleet UPS’ drone delivery venture is partnering with German drone-maker Wingcopter to develop and certify new tiltrotor package delivery drones for a wide range of use cases in the United States and internationally.…
Air TaxiLilium Raises $240 Million for Electric Air Taxi Development — ‘At Least 12 Months of Runway’ German electric air taxi developer Lilium completed an internal funding round worth over $240 million, raising its total investment to date to more than $340 million, the company announced. A representative for…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Warns Of Potential Business Impacts From Pandemic Northrop Grumman on Thursday said it can’t currently predict the impact on its business from the COVID-19 pandemic but warned investors of potential increased borrowing costs and of potential disruptions to its…
Business & GAAvionics OEMs Warn of Supply Chain Disruption and Other Fallout Due to COVID-19 While Boeing has requested a $60 billion lifeline from the federal government to cushion the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. airlines through the Airlines for America trade group have asked…
Air TaxiUAS Service Suppliers Discuss 53,000 Comments on FAA’s Remote ID Proposal The Federal Aviation Administration is working through more than 53,000 comments on its proposed approach to remote identification for remote aircraft and hopes to issue a final ruling before the end of…
CommercialAirlines in Europe, US React to Unprecedented Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak The largest commercial airlines in the U.S. and Europe are undergoing financial, operational and organizational measures in reaction to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, as the aviation industry deals with the…
MilitaryViasat Hybrid Adaptive Network Fits U.S. Space Force Vision, Company Says Viasat says its Hybrid Adaptive Network (HAN) fits with the United States Space Force's (USSF) Vision for Enterprise Satellite Communications (SATCOM) to bolster the speed, agility and resilience of military satellite communications…
CommercialGogo CEO Sees Next Generation Satellites, Free In-flight Connectivity Driving Change in Airline Business Models During a 2019 year end and fourth quarter earnings call March 13, Gogo CEO Oakleigh Thorne outlined future changes he sees coming to the business models his company uses to provide in-flight…