Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group is to purchase British International Helicopters (BIH) in its first major acquisition since restructuring and merging with Era Group in 2020.
After successfully launching a 34-satellite rideshare mission from New Zealand, a Rocket Lab helicopter crew snared the returning first-stage booster mid-air for the first time, then released the rocket into the ocean for retrieval by ship.
SkyDrive and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau have agreed to the type certification basis for the Tokyo-based startup’s SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to cooperate with Kawasaki Heavy Industries on the development of core technologies for hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft.
The U.S. House Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure on April 28 advanced bills to create the National Center for the Advancement of Aviation to develop the U.S. workforce, provide $200 million in grants to use drones to inspect infrastructure and create a two-year, $25 million pilot program to support development of infrastructure for advanced air mobility.
Operating a regional airport in Britain in the early 2020s appears to be an exercise in balancing risks against opportunities, ambition against pragmatism.
Frederic Lemos joined what was then Eurocopter in 2003 as a sales manager, rising through the ranks to become head of business aviation and marketing when the company was rebranded as Airbus Helicopters in 2014.
Hydrogen has the potential to enable completely emissions-free flight for most aircraft in the future. MTU Aero Engines has taken a closer look at its potential uses and the infrastructure it will require.
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator this summer.
French satellite startup Prométhée has contracted with NanoAvionics to build a hyperspectral nanosatellite demonstrator. The ProtoMéthée-1 will be based on NanoAvionics’ 16U nanosatellite bus M16P and would be a forerunner to plans to launch a 20-satellite constellation by 2025, Prométhée said on April 29.
The first flights of an all-electric aircraft designed and built in the UK have been accomplished under a project led by Cranfield University as part of the UK government-supported Future Flight Challenge.
