Aircraft & Propulsion

Directional Aviation announced a financial investment in biomass fuel developer Alder Fuels that includes a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement by fractional ownership provider Flexjet.

When Embraer launched its advanced air mobility efforts, the company took a slightly different tack.

Tamarack Aerospace Group has obtained FAA certification of a performance upgrade of the Cessna Citation M2 Gen2

Despite rising inflation and concerns about the economy, the outlook for business jet deliveries in 2022 and 2023 is strong, according to Rolland Vincent, a consultant and president of Rolland Vincent Associates and JetNet iQ director.

Priester Aviation has signed an agreement to acquire Mayo Aviation, a charter and aircraft management provider based in Englewood, Colorado.

With an influx of new entrants to the business aircraft market since the COVID19 pandemic, the face of the customer is changing.

Eviation Aircraft is set to begin high-speed taxi tests of the all-electric Alice aircraft in coming days as part of final preparations for first flight, says the company’s new CEO, Greg Davis.

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AeroVironment has unveiled a visual-based navigation system for its Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE reconnaissance drones for situations when GPS signals are jammed or disrupted.

Electric Power System has secured another battery pack supply contract in the emerging electric aircraft market with its selection to provide the energy storage system for Ampaire’s hybrid-electric Eco Caravan conversion of the Cessna Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft.

Live drone flights under a European project to validate the use of autonomous aircraft for emergency medical services are planned to begin in Stavanger, Norway, on Sept. 21.

The FAA has awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling of $375 million over 10 years to upgrade the Wide Area Augmentation System space-based precision navigation system.

Detroit startup Airspace Experience Technologies has completed the first hover flight of its proof-of-concept Sigma Six, a tiltwing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle with interchangeable plug-and-play payloads for defense, emergency response, cargo and passenger transport missions.

HondaJet fractional share provider Volato is expanding its all-HondaJet fleet with an order for Gulfstream G280 super mid-cabin business jets.

Miami-based Global Crossing Airlines Group (GlobalX) has signed a letter-of-intent (LOI) for 50 all-electric Eviation Alice aircraft as part of plans to introduce sustainable services for growing markets in Florida, the Bahamas and around the Caribbean.

Constant Aviation expands its mobile response network that will focus on servicing southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

A team led by Hanwha Systems plans to launch South Korea’s first commercial urban air mobility service in 2025 linking tourist destinations on Jeju Island using Joby Aviation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.

Europe has launched a research project to develop a liquid hydrogen tank that is integrated into the aircraft’s fuselage to maximize volume and minimize weight.

Swedish startup Jetson is closing a $10 million seed round to fund production of its single-seat ultralight electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.

Oklahoma and Arkansas are making a bid to be a hub for research, development and production for advanced mobility, including drones, air taxis and technologies such as batteries and autonomy.

For those in the aviation community who haven’t heard of Pilots N Paws, the organization could provide a great opportunity for pilots to attain hours

The hours of business aircraft utilization rose by 15% to around 690,000 hours in June 2022 despite the cost of fuel soaring to $4.12 per gallon from

Details of the five-year agreement were not provided as part of the Sept. 7 announcement.

Patrick Gallagher, who joined NetJets in 2010, currently serves as president of sales, marketing and service.

The various crises faced by Europe’s aviation sector in recent months are often presented as headwinds the industry has to contend with.