Aircraft & Propulsion

Embraer delivered 21 executive jets in the third quarter of 2020, including 19 light jets and two large jets, compared to 27 a year ago.

California-based Pyka has a “minimum viable product” it believes can accelerate fielding of two of the hottest technologies in aviation: autonomy and electric propulsion.

U.S. drone start-up Volansi announced on Oct. 20 that it is testing the delivery of temperature-controlled medicines in North Carolina with pharmaceutical company Merck.

Gulfstream G500 operators live in a 500+ kt. world where few, if any, competitive aircraft can catch them.

The Gulfstream G450, built from 2003 to 2017, is the last of the legacy Gulfstream jets with roots to Grumman’s original Gulfstream I turboprop.

Business & Commercial Aviation News from November 1970

The number of used business jets for sale in October declined 2% from a year ago, with 1,768 aircraft available, representing 7.3% of the total fleet, including all models and vintages, according to a report by Jefferies.

UK regional airline Flybe could resume operations in early 2021, after a company associated with former shareholder Cyrus Capital Partners agreed to acquire the airline from its administrators.

A fourth test aircraft joined the Gulfstream G700 certification program in early October.

Business aircraft manufacturers worldwide are projected to deliver 7,404 new business jets and 2,590 new turboprops from 2021 to 2030, valued at a

As has been the case with so many other aviation events this year, The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) has postponed its annual

Daher recently rolled out the 1,000th TBM turboprop from its final assembly line.

The third and final Cessna 408 SkyCourier test aircraft completed its first flight on Sept. 28 and is joining the company’s flight-test program.

Embraer has delivered its 250th business jet in Latin America with Phenom handovers to two first-time jet buyers.

Bye Aerospace is looking to advances in battery technology for future six-place eFlyer X and nine-seat Envoy all-electric aircraft.

Kawasaki’s compound; Rolls’ eVTOL rig; ADAC OKs multicopters; Aerion’s eSTOL linkup; Eve for UAM; and Compact rotary power.

The partnership will develop aviation-compatible fuel-cell stacks, beginning with the delivery this year of stacks and a customized test rig.

Dassault’s new ultra-wide Falcon 6X business jet will make its debut and roll out of its production facility in Bordeaux-Merignac, France, on Dec. 8, the company confirmed.

The CEO of Italian aerospace and defense firm Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role.

Rolls-Royce confirms that video of an electric vertical takeoff and landing tiltwing vehicle undergoing tests at Cranfield, England, is the company’s ground research test rig for future electric and hybrid electric aircraft.

Honeywell has acquired assets from Ballard Unmanned Systems, a manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells used to power unmanned aircraft systems.

Supersonic-business-jet developer Aerion is partnering with startup electric-short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft company Electra.Aero to create a high-speed interconnected transport system.

Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.

Perseverance is an essential quality for anyone trying to bring a new aircraft configuration to aviation. After 30 years of trying, VOX Aircraft co-founder Brian Morgan believes that goal may at last be within sight.

GE Aviation announced its selection by Uber Elevate to develop a flight-data monitoring system for Uber’s urban air mobility program.