The Aeronautical Repair Station Association’s (ARSA) chief lobbyist blasted a U.S. House bill that would crack down on foreign aircraft repair stations, describing the effort as a “new front in the longstanding, ongoing union war against contract maintenance.”
BAE Systems has signed a memorandum of understanding with startup Jaunt Air Mobility to explore the development of electric energy management systems for urban air mobility vehicles.
Bombardier has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to build a 1 million-sq.-ft. Global Manufacturing Center, where it will relocate Global aircraft final assembly, including assembly of its flagship Global 7500.
Leidos, a heavyweight government services provider, has throttled up its rivalry with defense primes L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon for providing support work to the FAA.
Mooney International officials are in negotiations with a group of investors interested in acquiring the manufacturer of high-performance single-engine aircraft.
Spirit AeroSystems has completed its first integration of the 767 forward fuselage section, which doubles its labor content on the Boeing platform used as freighters and for the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker.
The introduction of delivery service by drones is facing a challenge of human acceptance, according to surveys by the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Sales of avionics for business and general aviation aircraft rose 14.3% during the first nine months of 2019 compared to a year ago, the Aircraft Electronics Association says.
Following its acquisition by Vista Global last September, jet charter specialist XOJET Aviation is undergoing a major transition period that President and COO Kevin Thomas said is taking the company in new directions.
Boeing and startup Kitty Hawk have unveiled a joint venture that is developing the Cora two-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous air taxi.
Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost, A3 (A-cubed), has wrapped up testing on the Vahana autonomous electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator, completing 138 flights totaling 13.4 hr.
Stratodynamics Aviation of Canada, which in September set a record by releasing an unmanned glider from a stratospheric balloon at 11,434 ft., is to operate research flights for NASA under a contract awarded to the University of Kentucky.
