“By combining GE’s experience in flight safety analysis and flight analytics with wireless mini-QAR technology from our Avionica joint venture, we will help Flexjet to advance their fleet with the latest flight safety analysis techniques in the airline environment,” said John Mansfield, chief digital officer for GE Aviation.
Sparfell Aviation Group in Switzerland has acquired LaudaMotion Executive GmbH, a charter operator based in Vienna, following the death of LaudaMotion’s founder Niki Lauda.
A process combining forging with 3D printing to produce complex titanium parts is being developed by Aubert & Duval with Airbus and metal additive manufacturing specialist Sciaky.
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft startup Zunum Aero has launched a new fund-raising bid, having failed in earlier efforts to raise the investment required to continue development of its 12-passenger ZA10.
A startup founded by four former members of the Airbus E-Fan electric aircraft team has partnered with French aerospace research agency Onera and airport operator Groupe ADP to advance plans to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) for urban, intercity and regional flights.
Gyroplane developer Skyworks Global has struck a deal with the government of Serbia to produce a five-seat aircraft, targeted at developing nations, that can operate without requiring runways.
The European Aviation Safety Agency has brought the rollout of VTOL flights one step closer with the release on July 2 of a special condition to enable the safe operation of hybrid and electric VTOL aircraft.
Embraer has unveiled a digital platform designed to connect and synchronize the different services and resources required to minimize downtime caused by unscheduled aircraft maintenance.
For Signature Flight Support, an accord to provide ground-based operations for Uber’s nascent aerial-ridesharing service is part of a strategy to make more use of its network of FBOs.
AeroVironment will build two more of its newly rolled out Hawk30 solar-powered high-altitude, pseudo-satellite (HAPS) unmanned aircraft for certification purposes.
Four unions representing U.S. aviation safety inspectors and mechanics wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao urging the department to implement three long-delayed Congressional directives intended to boost oversight of foreign repair stations that work on U.S. aircraft.
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Robert Randall has been appointed to the newly created position of director of strategic business development for Universal Avionics. Randall joined Universal Avionics in 2008. He has been serving as U.S. senior sales manager since 2014.
Lee Aerospace in Wichita has earned Parts Manufacturer Approval for the side cockpit windows on Beechjet 400, 400A and 400T aircraft with CoolView window technology.
The Corporate Angel Network, founded in 1981, transported its 60,000th cancer patient when it flew a patient named David from Columbus, Ohio, to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
