The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Ben Goldstein
Skyports Drone Services has announced the successful completion of a four-week drone delivery trial.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin, Steve Trimble
Textron Aviation has won type certification from the National Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil (ANAC) for its Cessna 408 SkyCourier utility turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
A new era is to begin Aug. 10 for Leeds East Airport as a new RNP instrument approach is scheduled to become operational.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Startup Transcend Air has redesigned its turbine-powered tiltwing VTOL aircraft and is working to raise the funds required to build a proof-of-concept vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Satcom Direct and Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks to develop and supply electronically steered antennas o connect with OneWeb’s new satellite constellation.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Bill Carey
Gogo Business Aviation anticipates its 5G network chip will be released in mid-year 2024, following discovery of a chip design error.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 47 jets in the second quarter of 2023, including 30 executive jets and 17 commercial aircraft, up 47% compared to a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Owners of Catalina Aircraft Trust, plan to revive and update the aircraft as a new Next-Generation transport category turboprop with modern technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Amprius battery cell has a power density of 400 Wh/kg at a C/5 discharge rate typical of electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Aska A5 eVTOL vehicle has six propellers mounted on fore and aft wings that are folded along the top of the fuselage in drive mode.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Some EAGLE executive committee members briefed pilots on progress made by the four developers of candidate unleaded fuels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace said it will begin conducting crewed thrust-borne test flights of its full-scale VX4 prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The momentum is strong with large fleet operators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has confirmed the first flight of its initial production prototype S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Learning to fly is expensive, attests NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, who is working toward a private pilot’s license.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The Latin American in-service business jet is projected to recede from 2,433 in 2023 to 2,083 by 2032, with retirements outpacing the shipment of new aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace announced that its G550 fleet has completed its one-millionth flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
One Mi-38 will be delivered to Zimbabwe soon, the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting reported on its Twitter account July 27.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva served as CEO of Embraer between 2016 and 2019 and led the ultimately ill-fated tie-up with Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Orkney Islands are set to become the first region of the UK to have an uncrewed aircraft system mail delivery service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Pyka has received approval from the FAA to operate its autonomous electric crop spraying aircraft in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Hideto Yamasaki was named president and CEO of Honda Aircraft, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
During EAA AirVenture 2023 there were announcements of hundreds of orders by manufacturers and at least one launch of a new training program.
Maintenance & Training

By Ben Goldstein
The award is similar to one received by Joby Aviation in April to deliver and operate up to nine of its S4 eVTOL aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Four people were killed July 29 in two separate accidents involving aircraft attending the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Fly-In and Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Safety, Ops & Regulation