Converting the rooftops of underused parking garages into vertiports is seen as an early opportunity to expand the ground infrastructure for urban air mobility (UAM) beyond the limited number of heliports now operating.
Pfizer Inc.’s corporate aviation department helped reduce the amount of time the company needed to gain emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine by about two weeks, according to its director.
Garmin on June 1 announced an agreement to supply its G5000 flight deck for the D328eco, an upgraded version of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop under development by Germany-based Deutsche Aircraft.
Under the proposed budget, the FAA would spend $2.4 million in the coming fiscal year to place “senior representatives” in the UK, Mexico, Poland and somewhere in Southeast Asia.
Responding to Wisk Aero’s lawsuit alleging the theft of trade secrets, Archer Aviation has described the case as “entirely baseless” and accused its urban air mobility (UAM) rival of “reckless innuendo and rank speculation” in a bid to “weaponize the legal system” to harm the startup.
The 2.8-metric-ton-class aircraft would be a clean-sheet design aimed at meeting the UK Ministry of Defense’s rotary-wing unmanned air system (RWUAS) requirements.
The management of Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB) was “surprised and disappointed” by Aerion Supersonic’s sudden decision to cease operations.
Constant Aviation, based in Cleveland, has completed its 33rd modernization of a Bombardier Challenger 604 flight deck, which represents about 80% of the total avionics modernizations on the aircraft model.
The FAA plans to transition a new rocket tracking capability from test to operational status in June, providing a way to reduce flight disruptions as the pace of commercial space launches increases.
