Aerospace

Autonomous urban air mobility vehicles with centralized command and control will increase safety, Chinese air-taxi developer EHang says in a new white paper.

Horizon’s focus is on safety and simplicity to allow licensed private pilots to fly the Auto-Copter.

After nearly a decade of development, NASA’s biggest, most complicated launch vehicle is ready for testing.

SCALE AVIATION, Ireland was formed by Credit Suisse to provide conduit financing and liquidity to aviation industry, including investors/lessors

Franc Mendes to Airline Business Development Manager of Universal Avionics, Tucson, AZ.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE announced $900m order for up to 60 LEAPs for 2020-2027 (SPNWS; Dec 20); it currently owns eight.

LIEBHERR AEROSPACE BRASIL was selected by PTI Technologies, CA to supply hydraulic manifolds for Embraer E2-Jets.

FLYHT has $6.2m WestJet order for AFIRS units for more than 160 737s.

US DOT reported the independent Special Committee to Review FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process (focusing on 737 MAX 8 certification program) found

AIRBUS successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off as part of its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project

UAVOS is developing a heavy-lift, long-range delivery drone based on the Robinson R22 light helicopter.

The BelugaXL has entered into service, providing Airbus with 30% extra transport capacity in order to support the on-going production ramp-up of commercial aircraft programmes.

Leonardo to replace U.S. Navy TH-XX; U.S. seeks ground-based radar; French firms team to develop sigint platform; Japan's pilot training.

The term “merger of equals” has become buzzworthy in A&D M&A, but under the tie-ups of big names are trends toward diversity and size.

Joby Aviation now is the most well-funded startup in the emerging electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi market.

US and CHINA signed Phase One Trade Agreement that includes significant structural reforms to create level playing field; this new deal was applauded

Boeing will study the certification challenges of its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) ultra-efficient airliner concept as part of a new phase of work following wind tunnel tests that prove the basic viability of the 737-class aircraft design for typical airliner cruise speeds of Mach 0.8.

MORTEN, BEYER and AGNEW, founded in 1992, was renamed MBA AVIATION.

As operators report an increasing number of GNSS signal losses related to radio frequency interference, Airbus is reminding pilots of the consequences and required action in the cockpit.

The Boeing Company has announced deliveries across its commercial and defence operations for the fourth quarter of 2019.

Lessons from manned aviation and new technologies can help build a road map to ensure safe operation of unmanned aircraft.

French startup offers new tool for instructors, as trend emerges for data analysis and eye tracking in pilot training.

A Twitter posting shows a subscale eVTOL aircraft flying carrying the branding of Chinese automaker Geely.

After finding no evidence of criminal drone activity, Colorado’s Department of Public Safety “scaled back proactive operations."

Rocket Lab is building a new headquarters, mission control center and production complex in Long Beach, also home to rival Virgin Orbit.