Digitalization has become a pillar within design and manufacturing operations. It must also be adopted to manage verification and certification activities because manual tasks are time-intensive and prone to errors.
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur who financed and commanded Inspiration4, SpaceX’s first private charter, plans a new venture with SpaceX for up to three more missions, culminating with the first crewed flight of the company’s Starship transport.
The FAA is studying the concept of a new set of operational rules and regulations dubbed automated flight rules, which will be designed to handle the huge increase in mainly low altitude air traffic anticipated with the emergence of new generation advanced air mobility vehicles.
Shield AI is to begin integrating its Hivemind autonomy software onto Beta Technologies’ Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with funding from the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.
Rolls-Royce and the Luxaviation Group, a luxury jet and helicopter service provider, are to collaborate on leading the development and deployment of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
Jazeera Airways returned to profitability for the year 2021 (January – December) reporting a net profit of US$23.4m for the year - up 126.8% from the previous year.
An as-yet unnamed “Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund” is backing the creation of a new advance jet trainer, which could be set to revolutionise the market.
