CommercialGE Touts LEAP Engine Program Strength, But Supply Constraints Remain Buoyed by Air India’s massive order placed in February for 800 CFM LEAP engines, the most ever for the narrowbody engine, GE Aerospace has “tremendous commercial momentum,” though it continues to face…
Electrification and SustainabilityFADEC Alliance to Provide Electronic Control System for Sustainable Engine Demo FADEC Alliance, a joint venture that includes GE Aerospace, BAE Systems, and Safran Electronics & Defense, recently announced that it will develop the electronic control system for CFM International’s demonstrator engine. The…
CommercialGE's AiRXOS Takes on UTM through the Cloud To support the burgeoning urban air mobility (UAM) market, GE subsidiary AiRXOS has unveiled a platform for viewing and managing air mobility data and, running on it, a network ecosystem and a…
CommercialHow MRO is Unlocking Huge Opportunities for Digital Twins in Aviation With interest in digital twin technology at an all-time high across a wide variety of industries, the aerospace and defense industries are pioneering its adoption. This is particularly true for the commercial aviation…
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…
CommercialGE-Owned Avitas Granted First Large Commercial BVLOS Waiver Avitas Systems, a GE venture, received the first FAA approval to fly a 55-plus-pound UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) with no spotter for commercial purposes. Operating on Shell oil facilities…
CommercialUPDATED: FADEC Alliance, GE to Develop Next Generation Engine Controls FADEC Alliance will work hand-in-hand with GE to handle digital engine controls for future GE Aviation commercial engines. The company – a joint venture between FADEC International and GE Engine Services…
RegulationBeyond the Airspace: Drone Integration Dependent on Industry Integration of small UAS into U.S. national airspace will involve a close collaboration between industry and regulators, with the latter exercising “regulatory humility," according to technology leaders speaking at a Bloomberg Government…
CommercialBoeing Delivers Converted 737-800 Freighter to GE for Swedish Use Boeing has delivered the first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF to GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to be operated by Sweden-based West Atlantic Group. West Atlantic will receive four 737-800BCFs within the…
CommercialSouthwest 1380: Fatal Flight Under Investigation After Engine Loss On a given day, Boeing 737-family aircraft take flight thousands of times. Of those planes, 706 are members of the Southwest Airlines fleet. While most go without complication, Tuesday’s Southwest Flight 1380…