Air TaxiIndustry Experts Weigh In On Equity, Safety, and Efficiency in Advanced Air Mobility BALTIMORE, Maryland —Delivery drones and passenger air taxis are set to take center stage in the advanced air mobility landscape. Yet, as we prepare for the next wave of advancements, pressing questions…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - April 11, 2021 Check out the April 11 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Air TaxiUPS Purchases Beta's eVTOL Aircraft UPS is purchasing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies through its Flight Forward program and is expected to receive the first 10 aircraft by 2024, according to an…
CommercialUPS Receives First Upgraded Airbus A300 That Swaps Floppy Disks for Wireless Gateways UPS received the first of 52 Airbus A300-600s operated by the international air cargo carrier scheduled to receive advanced new communications, navigation, and surveillance systems with the Honeywell Primus Epic integrated avionics…
Air TaxiWhat's Trending in Aerospace - December 20, 2020 Check out the Dec. 20 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Commercial Aviation …
Air TaxiUPS Partners with Wingcopter to Develop, Certify Drone Delivery Fleet UPS’ drone delivery venture is partnering with German drone-maker Wingcopter to develop and certify new tiltrotor package delivery drones for a wide range of use cases in the United States and internationally.…
RegulationUPS Granted Scalable Part 135 Approval for Drone Delivery Nationwide UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has attained the first Part 135 Standard certification from the FAA to operate a drone airline, which it intends to use to scale its medical drone delivery…
CommercialUpgraded Avionics on UPS Airbus A300s Start Flight Testing in Toulouse Airbus has started flight testing the first of 52 total A300 cargo-carrying aircraft operated by UPS that are being retrofitted with new embedded processing, liquid crystal displays and other Honeywell Primus Epic…
UnmannedDrone Delivery Crash in Switzerland Raises Safety Concerns As UPS Forms Subsidiary Swiss Post’s drone delivery service has been indefinitely suspended after a drone crashed not far from a group of kindergarten children. The program, which ferries healthcare items like lab samples between hospitals…
CommercialUPS Brings Epic Avionics to Airbus A300s UPS is revitalizing the cockpit avionics and embedded computing architecture of its Airbus A300 aircraft with a new flight management computer, central maintenance system and better processing power. The international air cargo…