NASA’s Greased Lightning concept for a hybrid-electric, distributed-propulsion vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been licensed to a Virginia-based startup, Advanced Aircraft Co. (AAC).
While the debate about whether to split off air traffic services from the FAA may be soaking up the oxygen in Washington, other language pending in Congress would lead to significant aviation-policy changes.
June business aircraft flight activity in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean rose 4.3% year-over year, with positive trends in all operational segments, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.
Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, has added equipment, and created a 3- and 4-axis machining center of excellence at its McAlester, Oklahoma, facility, to support new, detailed parts-fabrication work.
The segment delivered five more large jets than it did in the second quarter of 2016, although total business jet deliveries in the quarter were down by two compared to the year-ago period.
Newly appointed FAA Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell has underscored the FAA’s commitment to the compliance deadline for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and its firm compliance deadline.
A $70 million expansion project at Million Air White Plains at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, is progressing and scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.
C&L Aviation Group, based in Bangor, Maine, has established a new satellite office in Miami to serve Latin American Airlines and military and corporate operators.
Christopher Paul has been appointed senior managing director and general counsel of Global Jet Capital. Paul joins the company after serving as general counsel of CIT Aerospace.
U.S.-registered business jet and turboprop accidents, including fatalities, fell during the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same time a year ago.
Airbus and Veritas Capital Fund Management, the owners of StandardAero, have started negotiating a possible sale of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm Vector Aerospace.
Aviation regulators in Norway and UK have announced plans to lift the restrictions placed on operators of the Airbus H225 and AS332L2 Super Puma helicopters after the loss of a Norwegian helicopter last April.
Formed in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 2006, Terrafugia is developing the Transition, a two-seat, folding-wing aircraft that can be driven on the road. The company has faced challenges meeting both automotive and aviation safety requirements for the Transition.
