Business Aviation

The delivery in Christiansburg, Virginia, by Wing’s Hummingbird aircraft made use of the first Part 135 air carrier certificate granted by the FAA for a drone operation.

Japanese startup SkyDrive has raised $14 million to advance development of its fly/drive electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

As the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition on Oct. 22-24 is set to kick off, industry analysts and experts continue to expect new products to stimulate orders, countering a lower level of legacy jet sales and flight operations.

World Fuel Services is working to lower carbon emissions in the aviation industry and plans to showcase those initiatives during the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas.

Gulfstream Aerospace laid off 3.5% of its U.S. workforce, or 446 positions, the week of Oct. 14, the company confirmed.

San Antonio-based SyberJet Aircraft successfully completed the first flight of its SJ30i light jet equipped with a SyberVision flight deck, kicking off an 18-month certification test program, the company said.

Textron Aviation has pushed some Textron Longitude deliveries into early next year as the aircraft undergoes some minor modifications, the company reports.

Garmin International and uAvionix announced the resolution of a patent lawsuit brought by Garmin over the use of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast tech.

The National Security Council will soon release a strategy for preventing drone disruptions at major metropolitan airports, the FAA says.

Britain’s aerospace industry is carefully examining the details of a revised agreement for the country’s exit from the European Union (EU).

Developed by Jeppesen and Airside Mobile, makers of the popular Mobile Passport app, Mobile QuickClear enables operators and pilots to manage the CBP process for international arrivals and departures directly through the interface

Embraer announced today at MRO Europe the signing of new maintenance contracts and the extension of agreements with African, and European, carriers, securing customers an efficient operation with the state-of-the art support from the original manufacturer through the TechCare programme.

Certification testing specialist promotes the concept of commercially operated civil supersonic corridor for overland flight testing.

The number of used business jets for sale rose 8% in October to 1,803 aircraft when compared to a year ago, according to Jefferies research.

World Fuel Services is working to lower carbon emissions in the aviation industry and plans to showcase those initiatives during the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas.

The National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition on Oct. 22-24 will bring together dozens of topics and educational sessions, along with the latest business aircraft products and services.

Honeywell announced on Oct. 15 that Mike Madsen has taken over as president and CEO of its Phoenix-based Aerospace business group, succeeding Tim Mahoney.

Airbus has confirmed it is no longer involved with the Pop.Up concept it studied with Audi, after reports emerged that the German carmaker has suspended work on the autonomous fly/drive air taxi.

Bombardier is taking the wraps off of its high-fidelity audio system designed for the Global 7500 business jet, called Bombardier’s l’Opera.

UK startup Vertical Aerospace has completed unmanned flight testing of a second full-scale prototype as it works to develop a certifiable electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Gulfstream’s G500 and Bombardier’s Global 5500 and Global 6500 business jets have been awarded European Aviation Safety Agency certification.

Digital aviation fuel supplier Valcora has signed its first third-party agreement with an aviation fuel provider to offer customers more ways of offsetting carbon emissions.

Automaker Ford has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a “vehicle integrated drone” that would help bring attention to a host car when it becomes stranded.

John Langford has been succeeded as president and CEO of Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences by Per Beith, formerly a senior director at the Boeing NeXt future mobility business unit.

Raytheon is proposing a multisensor aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6500 for a South Korean ground-surveillance requirement, partnering with Korean Air.