VSE completed previously announced sale of its Fleet business segment, Wheeler Fleet Solutions, to One Equity Partners for up to $230m, completing its portfolio transformation into a pure-play aviation aftermarket parts and services provider.
HESTON MATERIALS, Lithuania established an Engines Division to focus on short-term leases, teardowns, build-up projects, module swaps and light repairs (top cases, LLP changes, PVSV, Surgical Strike, QT/AD, etc.) of CFM56s and V2500s.
MAYMAN AEROSPACE, CA completed test flight of its RAZOR P100 unmanned VTOL with SKYFIELD advanced AI-driven autonomous flight control system to enable aircraft to adapt to changing mission parameters and environmental factors.
Pipistrel has launched flight testing of its most advanced design to date, the Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed cargo aircraft.
More than $25.8 million will be provided by the UK government to streamline regulations for drone operations and for routine use of electric air taxis.
Jeremy J. Kuznetsov, a student at the University of Maryland, speaks with Aviation Week Network about his reasons for applying for the 20 Twenties program.
Two icing test campaigns on a section of a transonic truss-braced wing, like that in development for the X-66 demonstrator, reveal ice-protection concerns.
The vast publicity, hype and investment that have swirled around the urban air taxi sector have obscured a host of other applications for electric aviation.
The installation of a fuel cell system in a flying testbed is being prepared by German startup Hyfly as it progresses development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for light aircraft.
