NASA has awarded contracts to GE Aviation and MagniX for the Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) program, which aims to mature megawatt-class electrified aircraft propulsion (EAP) technologies for regional and single-aisle transport aircraft from 2035 onwards.
Phil Wardlaw, Virgin Atlantic’s VP engineering & maintenance, a speaker at the upcoming MRO Europe in Amsterdam, speaks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about what Virgin’s new A350 seats and the opening of transatlantic travel means to th
British business aviation is bouncing back from the twin shocks of COVID-19 and Brexit, but encouraging figures and individual success stories do not give a complete picture.
Nick Guida, founder and CEO of Tamarack Aerospace, launched the Sandpoint, Idaho-based company in 2010, based on his invention of the active load alleviation system (Active) winglets.
Bombardier has received a firm order for 20 Challenger 3500 super midsize business jets valued at $534 million at list prices from an undisclosed customer.
Leonardo has ferried one of the prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotors to the United Arab Emirates, where the aircraft will participate in the upcoming Dubai Expo.
Automaker Honda has launched development of an electric vertical-takeoff air taxi and reusable small satellite launcher in a push to enter new business areas by leveraging its core technology capabilities.
The Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) last week opened it 14th and largest facility in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, just a few miles from Midway International Airport.
Emerging from stealth mode, U.S. startup Lyten is promoting potential aviation applications for its high energy-density lithium-sulfur battery technology for electric vehicles.
Six aircraft are participating in Gulfstream’s G700 certification flight-test program, including a fully outfitted jet that Gulfstream recently flew to Doha, Qatar, and Le Bourget, France, to showcase to the international market.
The FAA has released a Notice to Airmen with revised air traffic procedures for aircraft operating in the vicinity of Las Vegas during the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Oct. 12-14, 2021.
Embraer is proposing a right-sizing of the Chinese fleet and suggests adding aircraft with 70-150 seats to ply new regional routes and relieve stress on major air hubs.
Textron Aviation has completed the first two deliveries of a fleet order of Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops to Brazilian customer Azul Conecta, a subsidiary of Azul Airlines.
Kansas State University’s Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create a program to train students to serve as officers and pilots within the NOAA Corps.
The FAA needs to use additional noise metrics to assess the impact of implementing performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures at airports to avoid legal challenges and delays, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended.
The FAA is set to begin widespread deployment of software that integrates data from several existing systems and calculates optimal pushback times to minimize delays between the gate and departure.
