House Republicans have stepped up a campaign spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to ground the drones that Chinese manufacturer DJI has loaned or donated to local police departments to support their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A team of Turkish engineers is proposing a family of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for package delivery, as well as for personal and regional air mobility.

There are five common technical, systems and managerial conditions that exist in organizations before they experience accidents.

Loon has signed a deal with African telecommunications provider Vodacom under which the Alphabet company will provide internet service to remote parts of Mozambique using its stratospheric balloons.

As many as a fifth of lower-tier suppliers in aerospace and defense could exit the sector over the next 18 months as COVID-19 disrupts the commercial aviation market and hurts the defense industrial base, seasoned supply chain experts have told Aviation Week.

Plans by Spain and the UK to impose lengthy quarantine periods for all arriving international air passengers will further damage the aviation sector, according to the body representing more than 50 of Europe’s regional carriers. 

As grim as the current situation is for companies across the aerospace sector, there are grounds for cautious optimism that business aviation may be better placed to bounce back quickly than other parts of the air travel ecosystem.

Boeing and the UK Civil Aviation Authority are to work together on developing requirements for beyond-visual-line-of-sight unmanned flight operations as a steppingstone toward a future mobility ecosystem.