With modification of the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and 208 Caravan to autonomous operation already under its belt, Reliable Robotics has received an Air Force Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate autonomous capabilities on U.S. Air Force aircraft.
Design changes and component supply issues have pushed back the first flight of the certification prototype for Harbour Air Seaplanes’ conversion of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion.
VoltAero’s Cassio 1 hybrid-electric testbed aircraft is anticipated to surpass 10,000 km of flight en route to the AERO Friedrichshafen general aviation trade show in Germany.
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
Asia-Pacific charter operator Sino Jet recently introduced a Dassault Falcon 7X to the island province of Hainan, China, where it has established a satellite office under the Hainan Free Trade Port Law.
Autonomous electric aircraft developer Pyka has closed a $37 million Series A funding round to support production of its Pelican uncrewed crop sprayer and develop a cargo version of the aircraft.
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
The FAA, in an emergency order on April 1, revoked the private pilot certificate of a pilot, Trevor Jacob, alleging Jacob purposely crashed his 1940 single-engine Taylorcraft in California’s Los Padres National Forest for the purpose of filming it.
Levaero Aviation, an aircraft sales and service company known as an Authorized Pilatus Aircraft Sales and Service Centre in Canada, has announced the opening of a new facility at the Collingwood Regional Airport (CNY3), in Collingwood, Ontario.
Aviation Week's Matt Orloff tests the Honeywell Anthem, a cloud-connected cockpit system designed to be intuitive for the pilot, to see how it performs.
Aerobility, a UK aviation nonprofit offering the disabled the opportunity to fly, is showcasing its Grob G109B Able motorglider at Aero Fridrichshafen in its first public display in Europe.
Chinese startup TCab Tech has conducted transition flight tests with a 50%-scale demonstrator of its planned E20 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
