After forming a strategic partnership in 2019, Alphabet company Loon and SoftBank subsidiary HAPSMobile have jointly developed a broadband-internet communications payload for the AeroVironment-designed Hawk30 high-altitude pseudo-satellite.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification leaning on lessons learned from the ongoing Boeing 737 MAX debacle.
Impacted by trade tariffs and the dollar’s higher value, U.S. rotorcraft maker Robinson Helicopters saw deliveries drop by over a third in 2019, compared to the 316 aircraft handed over the year before.
Air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand has entered into an agreement with a UK company to build on a proof-of-concept drone detection system currently being tested at Auckland Airport (NZAA).
Over the next five years, Honeywell Aerospace expects manufacturers to deliver 4,100 new civil helicopters, spurred by the entry-into-service of several new products.
CP Technologies, a subsidiary of Israel’s Aeronautics, has established a business unit to pursue U.S. defense and civil markets for the parent company’s range of unmanned aircraft systems.
In-seat system provider Astronics on Feb. 4 warned investors over financial effects of the Boeing 737 MAX production halt, as well as other “unfavorable” developments including a negative court ruling and ongoing restructuring charges.
Air navigation service provider Naviair will establish a remote tower center at Billund Airport (BLL), Denmark’s second largest airport, to manage surrounding air traffic and ultimately provide central air traffic control for other regional airports.
The New Zealand government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility startup Wisk to conduct a “world-first” passenger transport trial using its Cora electric self-flying air taxi.
In the pre-owned business jet market, 2019 moved from a seller’s market early in the year to a predominantly buyer’s market by its close, said Brian Proctor, Mente Group president and CEO.
The FAA has proposed amending its certification procedures so that it can issue design approvals for some unmanned aircraft systems as a “special class” of aircraft.
