Business Aviation & AAM Report

BAE Systems has opened a $65 million addition to its Endicott, New York, campus.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation and AAM industry.

Fixed-base operator Million Air is expanding hangar space at three key locations, the company said.

Business and general aviation airports, FBOs and charter and fractional aviation providers are preparing for a surge in demand from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

The FAA’s latest air traffic controller workforce plan says the agency needs fewer controllers than it thought.

Zuri progresses hybrid tiltrotor demonstrator testing for regional air mobility applications.

PteroDynamics develops hybrid-electric VTOL UAS with Cobra Aero for military applications.

Comment by May 31 to provide feedback on how SAF is "counted."

Hill Helicopters said it is closing in on the long-awaited first run of its in-house-developed turboshaft engine.

SkyDrive is doubling down on a smaller multicopter that it believes is better suited for the dense urban environments of East Asia.

Duncan Aviation is working with a high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, to proactively address the state’s scarcity of MRO training resources.

Next-generation proprotor blade and advanced tiltrotor concept show promise.

After completing demonstration flights with its electric air taxi first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in New York, Joby Aviation is taking the lessons learned into its planning for operations set to begin this year under an FAA pilot program.

NASA is continuing to speed up the rate of X-59 flight tests.

Merlin is expanding its autonomous flight platform into the commercial cargo market with the launch of a new product line called Condor.

Iridium has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Aileron space-based air traffic surveillance system that it hosts on its satellite network.

Complex operations enabled by regulatory waivers and deviations under an FAA pilot program are expected to shorten the time from type certification to operational readiness for commercial electric taxi operations.

Hal Shevers, founder and chair of Sporty’s, died May 12, the company announced. He was 90.

Otto Aerospace has moved into detail design of the Phantom 3500 business aircraft, advancing its plans to exploit drag-reducing laminar flow technology.

Aviation services company Metrea is gearing up to demonstrate its Fireswift aerial firefighting aircraft to European governments in the coming weeks.

Bombardier has launched an accelerated training program here designed to help aircraft maintenance technicians obtain FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification.

Beta Technologies is advancing conforming aircraft and propulsion systems for certification testing.

Battery exhaustion after encountering poor weather was the reason the Skydweller large solar-powered UAS was lost in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.

The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has been granted funding to buy additional helicopters, in addition to aircraft already on order from Airbus.

Archer says it is pursuing a restricted type certificate for its Midnight eVTOL in the UAE that could enable operations in Abu Dhabi ahead of full FAA certification.