MilitaryGA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Demos Satcom, Laptop-Controlled Mission General Atomics' MQ-9B SkyGuardian completed a demonstration sortie without the use of an on-site ground control station (GCS) this month, relying on only satcom and the company's expeditionary command-and-control (XC2) portable laptop. One…
Military'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has named 10 partner companies that will comprise Team Reaper Australia, which will furnish the country's military with either MQ-9A or MQ-9B large UAS. Australia named GA-ASI as…
CommercialNTSB Investigating Deadly Crash of Amazon Cargo Flight, Atlas Air 3591 Atlas Air Flight 3591 crashed into a bay outside Anahuac, Texas Saturday, killing all three people on board. The National Transportation Safety Administration's "go team" is on site collecting evidence as part…
CommercialAvionics in China: C919 Development & Future Growth C hina is projected to overtake the United States as the world’s largest commercial air passenger travel market by the mid-2020s. To meet this rapidly growing demand for air travel, Boeing’s latest…
ConnectivityAddvalue, Avionica to Develop New SwiftBroadband Aircraft Terminals Singapore-based satellite communications terminal maker Addvalue has a new partnership with Miami-based avionics manufacturer Avionica to start developing a new generation of Swift Broadband aircraft terminals. Under the partnership, Addvalue will provide…
Business & GABombardier, Québec Gov't Invest in Canadian Aerospace Research Bombardier and the government of Québec have invested in Aéro21 and SA²GE, two Canadian aerospace research projects focused on efficient manufacturing and environmentally friendly flight. “Through this strong alliance between industry, government and…
Business & GAOn-Demand Mobility: 'Important in Aviation as the Dawn of the Jet Age' Electric or hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (EVTOL) aircraft are a reality today, and that industry is working with the FAA to chart the course that will define the future of aviation. That was one…
MilitaryRussia Unveils KUB-BLA "Kamikaze" Drone at IDEX 2019 Ed note: Originally published on our sister site, Rotor & Wing International, which covers rotary wing aircraft. Russia's ZALA Aero Group, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Kalashnikov, unveiled a "kamikaze"…