Air TaxiWorld Economic Forum, City of Los Angeles Launch Working Group on Urban Air Mobility The World Economic Forum is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to launch a working group on urban air mobility, intending to explore the likely economic impacts of the new mode…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol Evaluates Feasibility of Secondary Runway Approaches Eurocontrol is evaluating the use of new airport arrival procedures, called Secondary Runway Aiming Point (SRAP) approaches, that the agency believes can increase runway throughput by up to 5 percent at some…
MilitaryA Year In, Boeing Hitting Its Targets On T-7A Development Boeing continues to buy down risk and get through key development milestones with the Air Force’s new T-7A pilot training system and the company and its teammate Saab are aiming to start…
Air TaxiHoneywell Invests, Partners with Swiss Autonomy Startup Daedalean.AI Honeywell has invested in and signed a technological partnership with Swiss startup Daedalean.ai to develop systems for autonomous takeoff and landing, GPS-independent navigation and collision avoidance for general aviation (GA) and electrical…
ATM ModernizationFAA Reviewing U.S. Office of Special Counsel's Letter on Safety at Jacksonville ARTCC The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Nov. 20 that it is reviewing a U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) letter on inadequate de-confliction of airspace at the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic…
ConnectivityPODCAST: How the World’s Only Flying Eye Hospital Uses Connectivity to Teach Medicine Orbis International operates the world’s only Flying Eye Hospital, an MD-10 converted into an ophthalmic hospital and teaching facility that flies to developing nations around the world to bring training local doctors…
Air TaxiAirbus Wayfinder Is Building Autonomy for Urban Air Mobility and Single-Pilot Operations Airbus is expanding its foray into new autonomy for aircraft, hoping to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to build certifiable systems for both urban air mobility and — eventually — single-pilot…
MilitaryTest Aircraft for Airpower Teaming System Flies for First Time, Boeing Australia Says Boeing Australia announced the first flight of subscale test aircraft for its Airpower Teaming System (ATS) this week. "We successfully achieved our first autonomous teamed flights using high-performance jets as test beds…