On a Bombardier Global 7500, passengers can travel long-haul from New York to Hong Kong. They can fly with fresh air and low-altitude cabin pressure and stay connected, work, dine, shower and stretch out in a luxury bed.
On April 19 an eight-rotor custom drone transported a kidney from St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore to the University of Maryland Medical Center, 2.7 mi. away.
Problems with an unidentified supplier forced Moog, a provider of aerospace and defense fluid controls and systems, to report a $9 million charge in its fiscal second quarter of 2019.
The Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center and AFRL will start testing a ground-based detect-and-avoid radar system supporting long-range drone flights near Ohio’s Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport.
Light deliveries of business jets and further delays on major rail projects forced Bombardier on April 25 to warn investors of softer first-quarter financial results and to cut its 2019 outlook.
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the developer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, has teamed with industry and academia to develop an electrical propulsion system for the aircraft.
An helicopter assembly line owned by Airbus and Chinese state partners has begun putting together its first H135s, with deliveries due to begin this year.
Egypt has reportedly opted to buy a fleet of AW149 twin-engine utility helos to meet its requirements for a ship-borne tactical transport and assault helo.
A Japanese-U.S. partnership has unveiled a vision for launching a family of stratospheric, solar-powered UAS to provide mobile comm and remote sensing services.
Grand Sky Business and Aviation Park near Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Harris Corporation have unveiled a 100-mi.-long “super corridor” that supports flights of UAS BVLOS of their operators.
A U.S. grand jury has charged a U.S. citizen of Chinese descent and his relative in China with theft of GE tech for gas and steam turbines, including know-how applicable to aviation.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Apr. 22 named four additional aviation experts to serve on a Special Committee to review FAA’s procedures for the certification of new aircraft, including the Boeing 737 MAX.
Florida-based regional carrier Silver Airways has initiated ATR 42-600 turboprop operations, marking the first time revenue passengers have flown on an ATR-600-operated by a U.S. carrier, the Franco-Italian manufacturer said Apr. 23.
An investment banking firm focused on the aerospace sector has proposed an “innovative project financing” model to fund the largest-ever U.S. procurement of surveillance and air traffic control (ATC) radars.
The used business jet market is beginning to see decreasing market values because of political uncertainties and the increased availability of good used inventory, Mente Group’s CEO says.
Jet Aviation has completed the integration of Hawker Pacific’s Aircraft Management business, creating a flight services location for the company in Singapore.
