Business Aviation

Scandinavia and Canada have led the way in researching better methods for quantifying anticipated runway braking action.

The FAA has awarded $3.29 million in grants to its unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence, a coalition led by Mississippi State University.

Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing start-up SkyDrive is looking at launching an air taxi service in 2023 in either Osaka or Tokyo, with initial flights over the sea, CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in an interview with the Japan Times.

During the first six months of 2020, business and general aviation avionics sales declined 23.6% from the same time a year ago due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing three consecutive years of growth, the Aircraft Electronics Association says.

Israeli company Percepto says its Sparrow small unmanned aircraft system for industrial applications now features an integral parachute that meets FAA requirements.

Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Wisconsin, while Chinese and “other foreign interests” are poised to buy the company’s assets and intellectual property.

Honeywell and urban air mobility vehicle developer Vertical Aerospace have signed a letter of intent naming Honeywell as the avionics supplier for Vertical’s passenger-carrying demonstrator aircraft.

Textron Aviation’s second Cessna 408 SkyCourier flight test twin turboprop has made its first flight in Wichita, the company announced Aug. 11.

TEXTRON AVIATION completed first flight of its second Cessna SkyCourier flight test article (P1), which is the first conforming production flight test

GE Aviation is progressing with engineering and certification testing on its Catalyst engine designed for Textron Aviation’s Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop.

Israeli start-up Gadfin has been selected by multinational energy company Enel Group to demonstrate electrical infrastructure inspection using a fuel-cell-powered long-range drone.

The U.S. Army's first intelligence-collecting jet has been deployed to the Pacific region as part of a demonstration of sensor technologies that will inform requirements for a new fleet of fixed-wing aircraft.

EXECUJET MRO SERVICE MALAYSIA was certified by Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority for Falcon line/heavy maintenance.

ROBINSON HELICOPTER delivered R66 serial number 1000.

QUIET TECHNOLOGY AEROSPACE, FL delivered its 200th corrosion-proof carbon fiber engine inlet replacement barrel for G280 for ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, ID

In their westward migration from Norway more than 1,000 years ago, the seafaring Vikings navigated their longboats across the treacherous North

When COVID-19 cases began to appear in some number in Wuhan, China, in January, Icelandic health officials moved quickly and decisively, focusing on

In 1939, Jack Northrop, renowned aeronautical engineer and founder of Northrop Aircraft, received one of the first commissions for his newly

In the early 1980s, this writer traveled to Iceland on a delivery flight of a new Canadair Challenger 600 just bought by a European customer. I rode

The bizav sector is not entirely in charge of its own destiny, and the deleterious effects that the COVID-19 crisis is having across the wider air transport sector may yet throttle the industry’s resurgence.

Daher has selected Elliott Aviation in Moline, Illinois, to install Garmin’s emergency autoland system on TBM 940 turboprops delivered in the U.S. in 2019 and the first half of 2020.

BOMBARDIER awarded five suppliers with Diamond certification for excellence in operational performance standards in 2019: AIDC, Taiwan; DIEHL