The next prototype of Eviation’s Alice all-electric, nine-passenger aircraft will undergo final assembly and flight test at AeroTEC in Moses Lake, Washington.
Chinese urban air taxi developer EHang is to expand its production capacity for autonomous air vehicles as it works to develop domestic and international markets for the passenger-capable aircraft.
Swiss artificial-intelligence (AI) start-up Daedalean has launched a project in partnership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to develop the first guidance for the certification of machine learning in safety-critical applications onboard aircraft.
Textron Aviation is seeing a pickup in orders for light turboprops and jets from private buyers, but demand from corporations for larger business jets has yet to show signs of recovery, parent company Textron told analysts on July 30.
Garmin said it was returning to normal operations following a cyberattack that disrupted its web-based aviation and consumer applications for several days.
Gulfstream Aerospace continued to struggle with travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2020, but managed to deliver 32 business jets compared to 31 a year ago.
The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests.
High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic and engine-maker Rolls-Royce have agreed to study propulsion system concepts for the Colorado-based company’s proposed Mach 2.2 Overture aircraft design.
The FAA will not extend a three-year partnership initiative with industry and state and local governments that helped launch the first commercial drone delivery operations in the U.S.
Among the few upsides of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increased interest in business aviation from people who have not previously flown privately. But this emerging new market has not gone unnoticed by criminals eager to exploit it.
Business aviation is poised to enjoy the best of times post-COVID-19, as the sector welcomes unprecedented numbers of new customers seeking the safety and convenience that private air travel offers, says Kenny Dichter, founder and CEO of Wheels Up.
NetJets has announced plans to recall all pilots and cabin crews furloughed in April from its NetJets Europe subsidiary, and has revised plans announced at the same time for the early retirement of a swathe of its European-based fleet.
The flight-test program for Gulfstream Aerospace’s flagship $75 million G700 ultra-long-range jet is surpassing testing milestones in speed and altitude, the company said.
Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita-based supplier for mostly Boeing and Airbus commercial aircraft, agreed to an expanded role on the Aerion AS2 that includes producing the forward fuselage, the companies announced on July 28.
