Online retailer Amazon is seeking exemptions from the FAA to operate its Prime Air drone delivery service as an air carrier under the agency’s Part 135 regulation.
Working from the ground up to identify early opportunities and project demand for urban air mobility in 74 cities worldwide, a new report forecasts a 20-year market value of $318 billion across operators, vehicle manufacturers and infrastructure providers.
RUAG MRO International has developed what it calls a “straightforward and economical solution for Controller/Pilot Data Link Communications over the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network.”
The demonstrator is being considered under JAXA’s proposed S4 program (for System integration of Silent SuperSonic airplane technologies). If funded, the S4TD technology demonstrator could fly by around 2026.
The Latin American Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (LABACE) may move from Congonhas Airport in São Paulo next year, possibly to another city airport.
The patent-pending digital dashboard allows users to customize the Eyes Forward Display, which changes from flight to driving instrumentation and back again.
Citing progress with its $25 million Series B private placement, XTI Aircraft is to wind down an unusual crowdfunding campaign that has so far helped support development of its TriFan 600 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft.
Icon Aircraft is cutting jobs and Icon A5 production because of reduced demand and the loss of funding from its Chinese investors—a byproduct of the U.S.-China trade turmoil, Icon’s top executive says.
Participating Unmanned Aircraft Systems Service Providers connect to the flight information management system data exchange via open interfaces to provide the services drone operators need to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
Using a Skyfront multi-rotor drone, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program team completed a 3.87-mi. inspection of Trans-Alaska Pipeline infrastructure without relying on a visual observer to monitor the aircraft.
Tecnam U.S. has partnered with PistonPower to offer a Tecnam Airframe and Engine Program for all new delivered aircraft and all Tecnam aircraft that are currently in service.
Icon Aircraft is cutting 200 jobs and production of A5 light sport aircraft to lower costs and improve operational efficiency, the company said Aug. 2.
West Star Aviation has been approved for installation of Winglet Technology’s winglets for the Citation Sovereign at its Grand Junction, Colorado, facility.
Hartzell Propeller has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for its new three-blade aluminum Scimitar propeller for Cessna’s A185E/F Skywagon and AgCarryall aircraft.
