Startup vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft developer Transcend Air is poised to start flight tests of a revised scaled version of its tiltwing Vy 400 intercity transport vehicle
An Arsenal of Democracy Flyover planned for May 8 in Washington DC will feature U.S. and Allied World War II aircraft commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Battery thermal-management company Kulr Technology Group has developed a design for lithium-ion batteries that prevents cell-to-cell propagation of a thermal runaway.
FlyExclusive, jet charter service provider based in Kinston, North Carolina, has acquired Sky Night, an owner and operator of Gulfstream GIVSP business jets.
Preliminary conclusions reached by a U.S. congressional team investigating the Boeing 737 MAX certification and its role in two fatal accidents underscore the need to change the FAA’s processes through legislation, committee leaders said.
A report commissioned by the Norwegian government recommends Norway should be a driving force in the development, testing and early implementation of electrified aircraft.
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 third-scale demonstrator for the Mach 2.2 Overture airliner is now planned to fly by mid-2021, CEO Blake Scholl told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation Summit in Washington on March 5.
The GoFly team is considering its next step after high winds on Feb. 27-29 prevented the final fly-off between personal flying devices competing for a $1 million grand prize.
Startup Joby Aviation will be the only electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing developer to provide a vehicle for flight testing in NASA’s urban air mobility Grand Challenge development testing event this year.
The public comment period for the FAA’s Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems draft regulation closed just before midnight on March 2, with 51,006 comments counted.
The first prototype of Lilium’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft has been damaged in a fire, the latest in a spate of incidents impacting electric aircraft technology developers.
Despite sluggish sales, Dassault is betting on the future of the Falcon family of business jets by significantly increasing research and development (R&D) expenditures on the Falcon 6X and an unspecified “future Falcon.”
Spanish startup Dante Aeronautical has conducted wind tunnel testing of configuration options for its planned 19-seat hybrid-electric commuter aircraft, the DAX19.
Drone operators who voluntarily equip their aircraft to transmit identification and location data to the ground—the function called Remote ID—will be favorably considered when they apply for waivers, government contracts and access to airspace, the FAA says.
South Korean technology giant Hanwha Systems is working with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator under the Optionally Piloted Personal Air Vehicle program.
Chinese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle manufacturer EHang has participated in coronavirus epidemic control exercises organized by local authorities in Guangxi province, its 216 autonomous air vehicle transporting medical supplies to a hospital.
Europe has launched a research project to develop technologies and configurations for a hybrid-electric 50-seat regional airliner that could enter service in 2035-40.
A China Eastern subsidiary set up to fly Comac aircraft will serve coastal districts from the Yangzi River Delta and retain the business aviation operation on which it has been based, the parent company said.
