CommercialSupersonic Passenger Jet Travel Closer to Reality With NASA Milestone NASA has achieved a significant milestone in its effort to make supersonic passenger jet travel over land a real possibility by completing the preliminary design review of its Quiet Supersonic Transport, or…
MilitaryMeet Textron Systems' New CEO Textron Inc. Wednesday said that Lisa Atherton has been named president and CEO of Textron Systems. She succeeds Ellen Lord, who will be nominated by President Donald J. Trump as Under Secretary of Defense…
ConnectivityHelicopter Circling the Globe Will Have Honeywell, Inmarsat Wi-Fi Can a father-son duo successfully fly a Bell Helicopter 429 Global Ranger around the globe? At this point, the answer to that question is unknown. No duo of that description has circumnavigated…
Commercial7 Future Aircraft Concepts That Could Change Aviation With Boeing projecting demand for 41,000 new commercial aircraft and 617,000 pilots over the next 20 years, traditional manned commercial airliners and business and general aviation aircraft will continue to dominate the…
Business & GAMahindra Aerospace 10-Seat Turboprop Receives FAA, CASA Certification Mahindra Aerospace has received a FAR 23 type certificate from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority for its Airvan 10, the company said. Australia’s first 10-seat, single-engine turbine aircraft has also received a…
CommercialBoeing’s Venture Arm Invests in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Company Boeing is investing in SparkCognition, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning company based in Texas, Boeing said. The investment comes from Boeing HorizonX, the company’s venture arm that was established earlier this…
ConnectivityBlue Sky Network, Digital AirWare Partner for Automated Maintenance Data Tracking Blue Sky Network and Digital AirWare have signed a strategic data exchange agreement, Blue Sky Network said. This allows Blue Sky Network to share flight-tracking data with Digital Airware users and use…
ATM ModernizationAvoiding Turbulence along the Flight Path from Digital Pilot to Digital Aviation The commercial aviation industry is in a multiphase information management transition from the digital pilot to digital aircraft to digital airline to digital aviation. Ultimately, this transition will reshape the way we…