Aerospace

MintAir, a startup that plans to become an advanced air mobility operator in South Korea, has signed a letter of intent with Electra.aero to acquire 50 electric short takeoff and landing aircraft for passenger and cargo regional air mobility services.

First flight of the all-electric commuter and cargo aircraft prototype is a major milestone on the road toward the fielding of a new generation of sustainable air vehicles.

Embraer spinoff Eve Holding has signed an agreement with on-demand helicopter service provider Blade India that covers electric air taxis and urban air traffic management software.

BLADE and Eve have entered a strategic partnership to expand Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem in India.

Emirates has been named ‘Airline of the Year 2022’ in Bangladesh, clinching the top award in Monitor Airline of the Year for the third year in a row.

Taylor Moreland, the owner of Agri Spray Drones, the largest U.S. distributor of agricultural drones, breaks down the benefits of his UAVs and explains why they are not a threat to crop dusters.

The Federal Reserve’s meeting on Sept. 22 lived up to expectations, with the Fed increasing interest rates by three-quarters of a point, the third consecutive increase and fifth hike in 2022.

SkyDrive of Japan has unveiled renderings of its two-seater SD-05 electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger aircraft.

The FAA has released vertiport design standards to support the introduction of new advanced air mobility aircraft into the U.S. airspace system.

DELTEK completed acquisition of TIP TECHNOLOGIES, WI, which provides aerospace quality, compliance and manufacturing execution solutions.

François Caudron to Special Advisor Business of Ascendance Flight Technologies, Toulouse.

VERTICAL AEROSPACE lifted its VX4 eVTOL aircraft from ground under tethered conditions; it is projecting certification in 2025.

AIRBUS says it is aiming to produce its A320neo Family at a rate of 50 aircraft per month by the end of the year and is telling investors that

Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) mitigation is an integral part of overall aerospace platform design. This webinar will demonstrate the CST approach..

Vertical Aerospace has conducted the first tethered hover flight of the full-scale demonstrator for its VX4 electric air taxi, the startup staking the claim to be the first British company in 20 years to begin flight tests of a new aircraft.

Flights under the CORUS-XUAM project demonstrated collaborative interaction between aircraft in potential emergency situations.

Ethiopian Airlines has been named the winner of four awards at the SKYTRAX 2022 World Airline Awards, at a ceremony held in London on 23 September 2022.

Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines have both won numerous awards at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022.

Boeing has agreed to pay $200 million in fines for misleading the public about the safety of its 737 MAX aircraft that crashed twice, leaving 346 people dead in 2018 and 2019, reports Clifford Law Offices.

A new report from Global Jet Capital forecasts new and pre-owned private aircraft transactions through 2026 are expected to increase at an average annual rate of 1.5%.

Representatives of the world’s governments meeting in Montreal are being urged to adopt a long-term climate goal of net-zero carbon by 2050 for the aviation sector.

Companies across aerospace and defense are struggling with the higher cost of doing business.

Most of the attention being paid to aviation’s attempts at reducing its carbon footprint focuses on airplanes, engines and fuels.

Ferrovial Vertiports, which is working with Lilium to develop a network of vertiports in Florida for operation of Lilium Jets, is extending its partnership with infrastructure consulting firm AECOM.

After the U.S. Treasury announced exemptions to new sanctions, Elon Musk said SpaceX is “activating Starlink” internet in Iran.