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.
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.
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.
MEBAA has entered into an Agreement with National General Insurance Company (NGI) UAE, to provide uniquely designed Medical Insurance Scheme for its member companies operating within UAE.
European flight activity decreased slightly in September compared to a year ago, but rose slightly compared to August, according to Argus International.
Business aircraft flight activity in North America rose 2.4% in September compared to a year ago, with light jet activity posting the largest increase at 4.1%, according to Argus International data.
The next step in the antitrust review process for the proposed merger of Raytheon and UTC could happen within a month, UTC Chief Executive Officer Greg Hayes said Oct. 14.
Gulfstream Aerospace may launch its answer to Bombardier’s ultra-long range Global 7500, an extended G650 called the G700, during the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, Cowen & Co. analyst Cai von Rumohr said.
An alliance has been formed to promote the creation of a commercially operated civilian supersonic corridor to allow developers of supersonic transports to flight test their aircraft over land.
There were 1,214 accidents involving general aviation aircraft in 2016 and of those, 195 resulted in fatalities, an accounting released in October says.
2020 will be a good year for business aviation in the MENA region, according to Ali Alnaqbi, founding and executive chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA).
According to ASI Executive Director Richard McSpadden, the reduction in general aviation fatal accidents -- preliminary figures for 2017 suggest the decline is continuing -- appeared to support the effectiveness of numerous industry initiatives to reduce those mishaps.
