Faster delivery of fresh fruit from grower to consumer is the promise of a test program unveiled by California-based produce company Giumarra and autonomous aircraft startup Reliable Robotics.
Proposed new minimum training for 737 MAX pilots includes five scenarios in full-flight simulators preceded by reviews of related checklists and materials, a report issued by the FAA Oct. 6 reveals.
Anticipated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—including a smaller global fleet, near-term retirements of older aircraft and expected cost-cutting by airlines over the next several years—have led Boeing to cut 10%, or about $100 billion, out of its 20-year forecast for commercial aviation services spending.
Britten-Norman, Blue Bear Team On Automated Islander Tony Osborne, [email protected] LONDON–British aircraft OEM Britten-Norman and unmanned system technology company Blue Bear Systems Research have teamed up to automate Britten-Norman’s Islander twin-engine utility aircraft.
Boeing’s updated commercial forecast sees customers taking 11% fewer new deliveries in the next decade than it projected a year ago as the industry slowly emerges from the demand crisis created by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Boeing 737 MAX saga isn’t over yet, but recent public comments by the heads of the FAA and EASA suggest that the 19-month grounding is coming to an end.
Quietly but quickly, a debate is brewing inside the Western aerospace and defense supplier base, and the winning trend could become a ruling business model for a generation or more.
Plug Power plans to develop the fuel-cell power system for startup Universal Hydrogen’s planned conversion of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional turboprop to zero-emissions hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Partners in a joint Portugese-Brazilian venture to develop a multipurpose light transport aircraft hope to have the twin-turboprop ATL-100 on the market by the beginning of 2026.
Boeing on Oct. 1 confirmed that it will consolidate production and final assembly of its most advanced commercial product, the 787, at its North Charleston, South Carolina, facility, in 2021.
Calls from foreign regulators to expand Boeing 737 MAX updates beyond what the FAA has proposed in a draft rule will be heeded, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson suggested Sept. 30, signaling that further changes are in the works after the model’s return to service.
The aviation industry and thousands of workers in Washington State and South Carolina are primed to hear from Boeing about the future of 787 production following a report that the company has decided to consolidate the work at its North Charleston, South Carolina facility.
