France’s EcoPulse distributed hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator has passed its preliminary design review, freezing the configuration and paving the way for a first flight in 2022.
Joby Aviation has become the first manufacturer to receive airworthiness approval for its electric air taxi under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime initiative.
The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association has canceled its February 2021 MEBAA show and is rescheduling it to December 2022 because of ongoing challenges with border restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After organizing controllers into work crews earlier in 2020 to protect against COVID-19 infections, the FAA is allowing more staffing flexibility at its air traffic control (ATC) facilities.
Electric propulsion developer MagniX has partnered with Australian operator Sydney Seaplanes and start-up Dante Aeronautical to work toward the first supplemental type certification of an electric-powered Cessna Caravan.
Fifteen aviation industry groups have asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to suspend an auction of radio frequency spectrum near the band used for radar altimeters.
China-based general aviation services company Avion Pacific has signed a strategic collaboration deal with aircraft developer Aerion to support its sales and marketing efforts in the Asia-Pacific region as well as operate several of the U.S. company’s AS2 supersonic business jets.
Germany’s Volocopter has committed to launching air taxi service in Singapore within three years using its piloted two-seat VoloCity all-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Dassault Aviation presented its new Falcon 6X long-range, large-cabin business jet Dec. 8 during a virtual rollout ceremony at the company’s Bordeaux-Merignac final assembly facility in France.
U.S. start-up Joby Aviation has agreed to acquire Uber’s Elevate aerial ridesharing program in a deal that involves Uber increasing its previously undisclosed investment in the electric air taxi developer.
British helicopter start-up Hill Helicopters says it will pursue certification of its HX50 turbine light helicopter under the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s amateur-built/experimental category to meet tight timelines for bringing the aircraft to market.
Business aviation is experiencing a resurgence in the value of diversity, with “significant” interest in making sure the industry reflects the population, NBAA-VBACE panelists said this month.
