MilitaryTextron Shadow Block 3 Upgrade in Flight Tests Textron is flight testing a new Block 3 version of its AAI-developed RQ-7 Shadow UAS, which the U.S. Army has been using for 20 years and, according to Textron, plans to use…
RegulationWhat the FAA Learned About Future Air Taxis From Missteps Integrating Drones CHICAGO — The FAA wasn't ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to…
CommercialGE's AiRXOS Takes on UTM through the Cloud To support the burgeoning urban air mobility (UAM) market, GE subsidiary AiRXOS has unveiled a platform for viewing and managing air mobility data and, running on it, a network ecosystem and a…
RegulationOne Year Later, Will the FAA's Drone IPP Pave the Way for New Regulation? It has been a year since the FAA launched its nation-wide UAS Integration Pilot Program with 10 teams around the country. What does its progress mean for the broader scope of rulemaking…
Editor's NoteHow Will Europe Fix the Flight Delay Problem? Between March and April, I attended two events in Europe. The first being the Aerospace Technology Week in Munich, Germany and a month later I attended the 2019 annual Airlines annual Airlines…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol: SESAR Outline 2035 Vision of Air Traffic Management Speaking at the Aviation Day conference on April 12, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania, Attar Husain Khan, secretary general for EBAA, called for improvement upon Europe’s poor performance on air traffic delays
ATM ModernizationAUVSI 2019: Unmanned Air Taxis and Commerical UAS Airspace Integration The FAA wasn’t ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to make…
CommercialElectric Taxiing Systems: Past, Present and the Possible Future On average, a single-aisle jet burns more than 65 gallons of fuel while taxiing, which translates to almost $130 per flight (considering the price of jet fuel at $2 per gallon) and…