AI & AutonomyBoeing and Shield AI Explore Bringing AI-Enabled Autonomy to Military Aircraft Boeing on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shield AI to explore leveraging the latter company’s capabilities in artificial intelligence and autonomy for autonomously piloting aircraft to military platforms. Shield AI’s…
Embedded AvionicsUniversal Avionics To Fix, Update Dassault FalconEye Systems Arizona-based Universal Avionics has added repair services for Dassault Aviation’s FalconEye Combined Vision System (CVS) at its Part 145 Repair Station in Tucson. Universal CEO Dror Yahav told Avionics International that the…
Business & GASkyryse Introduces IFR Capable Robinson R66 Aircraft Recently, Skyryse announced plans to certify a variation of the Robinson R66 helicopter for instrument flight rules (IFR). This helicopter, equipped with improved systems, will make general aviation safer and more affordable,…
Air TaxiAirbus Helicopters Partners With the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation Airbus Helicopters and the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation have formed a new partnership to explore the use of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for air medical services. The news was…
Air TaxiBETA Opens Engineering Hub in Montreal BETA Technologies announced the opening of an engineering hub in Montreal, Canada, this week. Structural engineering and materials processing will take place at the new location. BETA is developing a fully electric…
RegulationTextron Recieves Special Airworthiness Certificate for Aerosonde Unmanned Aircraft System Textron Systems recently received a special airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to perform civil unmanned aircraft operations in Blackstone, Virginia. These special certifications will allow the company to further…
Business & GADemand for Airbus H160 Helicopters Continues to Grow ATLANTA, Georgia — The growing demand for Airbus Helicopters’ H160 model continues in 2023. North American customers have already placed orders for more than 12 H160 helicopters. The model is also gaining interest…
UnmannedFAA Grants Waiver to Matternet for Remotely Piloted Drone Operations An FAA waiver was recently granted to Matternet that allows the company to operate up to 20 aircraft with a single remote pilot. The waiver only covers operations at Matternet’s test site…