Inflight connectivity might be a highly sought-after commodity by airlines and their passengers, but one of its biggest providers is struggling to turn demand into dollars.
An unmanned aircraft with graphene-enhanced, carbon-fiber skin has been unveiled by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the UK, with flight tests expected shortly.
A Workshop on the Implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 1207/2011 regarding ADS-B, its surveillance performance and interoperability, was held in Brussels July 4, with a large number of stakeholders attending and others following it remotely.
Triumph Group’s long-running divestiture effort recorded another selloff as the aircraft structures and parts provider has closed on the sale of Triumph Structures—East Texas to Merritt Preferred Components.
When it comes to Learjet business jet production in Wichita, Bombardier has not made any decisions, Bombardier President and CEO Alain Bellemare told analysts Aug. 2.
Bombardier’s business aircraft division grew sales and its aftermarket business during the second quarter of 2018, while revenue and deliveries dipped.
In its third round of U.S. airport infrastructure grants, FAA has released an additional $770.8 million in funding, bringing the total airport improvement program (AIP) awards announced year-to-date to $2.1 billion. A total of $3.2 billion in AIP allotments will be distributed this year.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Wisconsin) said she was “90% sure” Congress would pass legislation reauthorizing FAA before the Sept. 30 deadline when the agency’s current authority expires, and said the Senate could take up the bill following next week’s recess during a speech at the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Air Safety Forum here.
As the UK prepares to leave the European Union (EU), its aerospace research universities are joining forces to create a national aviation consortium to provide a single point of engagement with the global aerospace industry.
This year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, attracted about 601,000 attendees, about 2% above last year’s record, along with 867 exhibitors, 976 media representatives and 40,000 campers in 12,300 campsites.
WASHINGTON—Ramping up its opposition to proposed research into single-pilot cargo aircraft, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) released results of an on-line survey July 31 showing that most respondents oppose removing pilots from airline flight decks.
Embraer recorded a 29% drop in revenue during the second quarter due to declines in executive and commercial aviation deliveries and a significant decline in defense and security revenue, it says.
