NASA in 2013 launched the Advanced Composites (AC) project. Its major goal is to develop computational tools to predict the strength and life of composites and reduce design cycle time and testing by 30%.
Honeywell has launched a consigned inventory management plan that allows large business-fleet operators to store the avionics they need at the repair facility closest to them.
Key goals are accelerating the safe integration of beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, including package delivery, and addressing safety and security concerns with operations close to people and critical infrastructure.
The number of pre-owned business jets on the market has declined with 2,225 jets for sale, although it remains a buyer’s market, said JetNet, which released September and year-to-date figures on Oct. 30.
Launch Technical Workforce Solutions, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has acquired Aviation Managed Solutions (AMS), based in Griffin, Georgia, the companies announced.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank heard an earful of opposition and doubt from senators on both sides of the political aisle Nov. 1.
Afrijet, a key business aviation player in both Gabon and the general region, is reacting to commercial opportunities by expanding into new fields of commercial flying.
When it costs more to certify new avionics systems than to engineer them, it’s time for governments to agree on standards and accept other's approvals.
Mark Briggs, co-founder of Safety Management Resources, says taking bad risks is "an awful difficult thing to change.” Briggs spoke at Bombardier’s 21st Safety Standdown USA in Wichita.
There’s “no aircraft in production that has content exclusively from an OEM’s region,” said Subhranshu Sekhar Das, Frost & Sullivan’s vice president and practice head for aerospace.
Startup Advanced Tactics Inc. has switched its focus from a fly/drive military truck to the commercial autonomous cargo and air taxi market and unveiled the smaller AT Transporter.
The FAA is proposing a $3.685 million civil penalty against NavWorx of Rowlett, Texas, for allegedly producing and selling automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) units containing a GPS chip that did not meet FAA requirements.
A judge in a legal fight between Cobham’s Aeroflex unit and Tel-Instrument, a designer and manufacturer of avionics test and measurement offerings, has awarded Aeroflex an additional $2.1 million in punitive damages.
Malaysian private aviation company Sapura Aero has taken delivery of an MD Helicopters MD 600N, the first helicopter without a tail rotor to be operated in Southeast Asia.
The requirements scrub ended in November 2016, months before President Donald Trump took office, but he did help negotiate cost of the 747-8 airframes.
Astronautics has completed the preliminary design review for its new connectivity platform for Airbus Helicopters, the Astronautics Air Ground Communications System for Airbus Helicopters.
