Business & GAAircraft Modifiers Alliance Working to Streamline Aftermarket STC Process Several months after formally launching at the 2019 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in April, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance (IAMA) has formed four working groups, welcomed its first advisory member and is preparing…
Business & GABusiness Aviation Ramping Up ADS-B, but 5,500 Aircraft May Fail to Meet Deadline While the FAA is likely to limit significantly the number of exemptions granted for flights of aircraft without Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (Out) after Jan. 1 next year, nearly 5,500 business aviation aircraft…
Business & GALuxStream Debuts on Vista Global to Disrupt Business Jet Connectivity A disruptive new in-flight connectivity service, LuxStream, has been established by Collins Aerospace in partnership with SES that will provide speeds up to 25 Mbps in the United States and 15Mbps globally via SES's…
Business & GAA Plethora of Business Connectivity 2019 will be the second consecutive year where a disruptive new satellite-based connectivity service dedicated exclusively to business aviation operators will make its industry debut at the annual National Business Aviation Association…
Air TaxiKitty Hawk Reveals Ultra-Quiet ‘Heaviside’ eVTOL Design The secretive electric aircraft company Kitty Hawk, backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, revealed its third electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) design: a small, quiet aircraft with eight tilting propellers called…
ATM ModernizationInmarsat to Start Second Phase Flight Trials of Iris Program in 2020 Inmarsat signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the second phase of the Iris air traffic modernization program, which will include flight trials across Europe to assess the service…
CommercialLight Commercial Helicopter Market Fertile for Health Usage Monitoring Systems Lower costs for health usage and monitoring systems (HUMS) make the commercial light helicopter market a fertile field for HUMS makers, like Vermont-based Green Power Mountain Systems (GPMS), Honeywell, and Collins Aerospace.…
CommercialBoeing CEO Targets Fourth Quarter 737 MAX Return to Service While the ultimate decision on when the grounded fleet of 737 MAX aircraft can return to service relies on the approval of individual civil aviation regulators, during a speech at the Economic…