Senior officials from the U.S. FAA defended the agency’s certification of the Boeing 737 MAX as “fundamentally sound” during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing July 31.
Bye Aerospace is to work with the UK’s Oxis Energy on development of a high energy-density battery that could power the company’s planned four-seat eFlyer 4 electric aircraft and future larger regional air taxi projects.
The Chinese government is suspending the rights of its citizens to make individual visits to Taiwan, restricting visitations to the island only via groups organized by travel agencies.
Aircraft manufacturers are taking a greater in-house role in the design, development and production of the executive seats that go into their jets and turboprops.
Equity Bank in Wichita, a subsidiary of Equity Bancshares, is establishing an aircraft financing division to finance new and used piston-powered aircraft, turboprops and jets.
Less than a year after bolting on smaller rival Firstmark, parent company BBA Aviation announced July 30 that it will sell component OEM and MRO provider Ontic to private equity investor CVC Capital Partners for $1.365 billion.
Germany’s DLR aerospace research agency is gearing up for autonomous flight trials of an unmanned gyrocopter to prove the tech could be used for autonomous freight hauling.
Washington remains the best state in the U.S. to be an aerospace manufacturer or to locate a new business, consultancy PwC says in its latest ranking of manufacturing attractiveness.
Global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider StandardAero recently completed its first U.S. registered Learjet 45 Honeywell Primus Elite installation at its facility in Augusta, Georgia, using JetCity’s FAA-approved Supplemental Type Certificate.
Business jets have been a controversial subject across Africa as governments of developing nations recognise a need for top-level travel for their heads-of-state while, at the same time, fending off accusations of buying expensive white elephants. Now, as Alan Peaford discovers, there is an alternative from the Middle East.
Acting FAA Administrator Daniel Elwell called the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) “the perfect marriage of innovation and passion, of old and new” during a “Meet the Administrator” forum at EAA AirVenture.
The annual Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture focuses on innovation and battery powered aircraft. Listen as Fred George and Molly McMillin report live from Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The future took the captain’s seat at the world’s largest aviation gathering, the annual Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin that it has reached an agreement with employment services provider JSfirm as its newest job distribution partner.
Deliveries of the G600 will start in August, notes Cowen & Co. Analyst Cai von Rumohr in a report to investors. Gulfstream’s backlog includes about 1 1/2 years of sales, von Rumohr noted.
The engines will be used in Integrated Distributed Electric Propulsion systems being developed by Florida-based VerdeGo for vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft weighing up to 7,500 lb.
The agreement immediately provides Airports Authority of India surveillance coverage of regions in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean, representing 6 million sq. km, Aireon said.
Hemisphere termination puts hold on Safran’s business jet market ambitions, despite positive results from recent tests of upgraded Silvercrest compressor.
