CommercialBoeing to Resume Commercial Airplane Production in Phased COVID-19 Approach Starting April 20, Boeing plans to resume its commercial airplane production operations in Puget Sound in a phased approach based on aircraft types, after suspending operations for 14 days due to the…
CommercialAirbus, Boeing Make Production Decisions Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Airbus partially resumed assembly and production work in France and Spain on March 23, while Boeing will temporarily suspend the majority of its U.S.-based airplane production activity beginning March 25 as the…
MilitaryBoeing Says FARA Avionics Approach Focused on "Full Implementation" of MOSA Boeing's avionics approach to the company's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) design, released on March 3, is focused on "full implementation" of the U.S. Army's Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA), according to…
MilitaryBoeing Super Hornets Receiving Block III Avionics Upgrades Dozens of Boeing F/18 E/F Super Hornets are to receive avionics upgrades under the Block III program to improve information exchange speeds and allow the sharing of streaming video and other data.…
Air TaxiWisk’s Cora Will Begin Passenger Transport Trials in New Zealand, Once Certified New Zealand has selected Wisk, developer of the autonomous Cora air taxi, to establish a passenger transport trial in Canterbury as part of the government’s Airspace Integration Trials program. Wisk, a joint…
CommercialBoeing Recommends Simulator Training for 737 MAX Return to Service In a statement posted to its website, Boeing is recommending the use of flight simulator training to accompany the return to service of its grounded 737 MAX fleet, which is a change…
ConnectivityAirlines Invest in New Connectivity, Digital and Avionics Tech at Dubai Airshow Prominent Middle eastern carriers, including Emirates, Middle East Airlines and Qatar Airways among others made significant investments in new in-flight connectivity, digital analytics and avionics upgrades during the first two days of…
Business & GASale of 5 KC-390s for Portugal to Bring $1 Billion in Sales, Embraer Says The sale of five Embraer KC-390s to Portugal is to bring Embraer about $1 billion in revenue, the company said in a 2019 third quarter earnings call on Nov. 12. "This contract…
Air TaxiPorsche and Boeing to Explore ‘Premium’ Urban Air Mobility Market The latest auto company to invest in the urban air mobility space is Porsche, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing to explore the premium urban air mobility market, according to the…
CommercialWideroe Brings Tailored Avionics Charts to Embraer E2 Displays Norwegian regional airline Wideroe is adding tailored Jeppesen avionics charting to its fleet of Embraer E-190 E2 jets, giving its pilots the ability to use their front-panel avionics and electronic flight bag…