China’s EHang is to begin non-passenger test flights of its EHang 216 autonomous air taxi with a customer in Norway after receiving an operational permit from that country’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA).
Textron Aviation, WSU Tech and the Machinists Union announced a new two-year apprentice program to train toolmakers to help combat an upcoming shortage of skilled workers.
Startup vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft developer Transcend Air is poised to start flight tests of a revised scaled version of its tiltwing Vy 400 intercity transport vehicle
An Arsenal of Democracy Flyover planned for May 8 in Washington DC will feature U.S. and Allied World War II aircraft commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Battery thermal-management company Kulr Technology Group has developed a design for lithium-ion batteries that prevents cell-to-cell propagation of a thermal runaway.
More than half of the fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada—56%—recorded increased fuel sales in 2019 compared to a year ago, according to a survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group, although there are “turbulent times ahead.”
Textron Aviation will harness wind energy to supply nearly all of its energy needs at its factories in Wichita and Independence, Kansas, under a 20-year wind energy agreement with Evergy, the company says.
The UK will need people skilled in airspace design as it rolls out a major, nation-wide update of its airspace system, British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps has said in an exclusive interview with Aviation Week Network.
FlyExclusive, jet charter service provider based in Kinston, North Carolina, has acquired Sky Night, an owner and operator of Gulfstream GIVSP business jets.
“The drone industry accomplishes great missions, yet the infrastructure to dock, charge, host and control multiple drones is almost nonexistent,” says the CEO of accelerator EVA.
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the all-new, industry flagship Gulfstream G700 flight-test programme is making progress with a number of accomplishments in testing and performance.
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has welcomed the decision by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to remove 2020 emissions levels from the calculation of the baseline of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
