Business & GAFirst Airbus ACJ320neo Business Jet Enters Final Assembly The first ACJ320neo has entered final assembly in Hamburg, Germany. Based on the A320neo, the new plane focuses on size and efficiency in the business jet market. The first ACJ320neo is due to…
ConnectivityEutelsat Makes, Scraps Plan to Buy Inmarsat Update: Eutelsat said Tuesday that it no longer intends to make an acquisition offer for Inmarsat, though it will reserve the right to reconsider its position within the next six months. The…
MilitarySenate Panel Supports More F-35s Than Trump Requested at $675B The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (SAC-D) approved a $675-billion fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill that would fund 89 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 12 more than the Trump administration requested.…
MilitaryAustralia Puts $1B Toward Unmanned ISR With Six MQ-4C Tritons Australia’s government announced on Tuesday it is ordering an initial six Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for $1 billion in a cooperative program with the U.S. Navy. The Australian government…
MilitaryF-35 Former Head Talks JSF Next Steps at AIAA As the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program moves from low-rate initial production into full-rate production, manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s focus shifts from initial development to sustainment and continuous capability development…
CommercialEasyJet Execs on Upcoming IFC Endeavors EasyJet is one of the biggest airlines in Europe, flying around 90 million passengers throughout the continent each year. Consequently, what it does in terms of IFC could have huge influence across the…
CommercialBoeing Unveils Hypersonic Concept Aircraft Boeing unveiled the commercial aviation industry’s first passenger-carrying hypersonic concept aircraft at the 2018 AIAA Aviation forum this week. The OEM provided little details about a timeline for the introduction of such…
CommercialAIAA Forum: Rapid Development Means Learning From Failures If you want to develop an aircraft as quickly as possible, you’re going to fail. That’s fine — the key is to fail as early and often as possible. “Hurry up and…