When you do eventually step into an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, what assurances will you have that its batteries are reliable and safe for the next flight?
Australian startup Dovetail has selected Mobius.energy to supply the battery system for its planned conversion of the Cessna Grand Caravan and other commuter aircraft to electric propulsion.
High school and middle school students who do take an interest in aviation as a career often believe their only decision is whether they should become a pilot. A special task force is making recommendations.
Several European regional airline CEOs are taking new aircraft technology timelines with a pinch of salt—they are welcoming the eco push but are generally technology agnostic.
French startup Aura Aero is looking to acquire a small carbon-fiber specialist as it intends to use the material for the wing of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft.
Honda Aircraft Co. is offering a new upgrade package for the HondaJet Elite to increase performance and provide avionics software enhancements for the aircraft.
Energy management company KULR Technology Group has acquired a vibration reduction capability originally developed to balance helicopter rotors that it plans to expand to “anything that spins,” from electric motors to wind turbines.
China’s XPeng AeroHT has completed the first public flight of its fifth-generation X2 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in Dubai, as it prepares to release details of its planned sixth-generation fly/drive vehicle.
South Korean startup Plana has secured $9 million in pre-Series A funding to continue development of its planned hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
The 2022 edition of the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) is the second since COVID-19 first threatened business aviation’s existence then turbocharged the industry’s growth.
Flexjet has announced a definitive business combination agreement with Horizon Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded SPAC, that will result in Flexjet becoming a publicly listed company.
The production and widespread supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and unleaded avgas will be key for aviation to meet its environmental sustainability goals. BCA Senior Editor Bill Carey discusses industry progress toward deploying SAF and unleaded avgas with National Air Transportation Association CEO Curt Castagna and Managing Director of Industry & Regulatory Affairs Megan Eisenstein.
Raytheon Technologies has made a minority investment in Swiss electric propulsion startup H55, a technology spinoff from the Solar Impulse solar-powered, around-the-world aircraft project.
Following the September fatal crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter floatplane in Washington State, the FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive calling for the immediate visual inspection of the left-hand elevator auxiliary spar.
U.S. Army officials said on Oct. 11 that they will soon launch a competition for industry to supply a batch of contractor-owned, contractor-operated business jets equipped with a suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads.
The U.S. national average for a gallon of Jet-A fuel declined 13 cents in October compared to the previous month at $7.44 but are up $1.76 per gallon from a year ago, according to Argus International.
