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By Graham Warwick
Israel’s Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems has secured a service contract from the country’s largest medical logistics company to operate an on-demand drone delivery network connecting all of the country’s major hospitals, flying medical supplies over a radius of up to 200 km (125 mi.).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australian electric air taxi startup AMSL Aero is among 12 projects that have been awarded federal government grants under the first round of the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 23 executive jets during the third quarter of 2022, including 15 light jets and eight mid-size jets, up from 21 in the same quarter a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Deliveries of the Aero2 tiltwing uncrewed medical delivery aircraft to Spright are planned to begin in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
With the stated goal of helping regional aviation transition to net-zero operations, Monte Aircraft Leasing has added another offering to its portfolio with a letter of intent to purchase 40 modification kits from Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to convert Britten-Norman Islanders to hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has confirmed that launch of its aerial ridesharing service has been delayed to 2025, citing the FAA’s change of direction on certification and internal challenges related to the startup’s vertical integration.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier plans to increase jet deliveries in 2023 and says it is equipped to take on any market volatility ahead with key watch items including world geopolitical conditions and supply chain challenges.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By David Casey
Ferrovial Vertiports CEO Kevin Cox expects the growth of the urban air mobility industry to be “exponential” once the first air taxis enter service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring immediate visual inspections of Viking Air DHC-3 tail surfaces to ensure that an actuator used to control pitch is intact.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
SmartSky Networks, base in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, has received approval to provide SmartSky’s air-to-ground connectivity on Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation X series aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Pete Bunce, General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO, outlined the multiple challenges and threats that business aircraft manufacturers are facing at the Corporate Jet Investor conference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Brazil-based on-demand private-aviation provider and electric-aircraft proponent Flapper has raised an additional $6 million of Series A funding for investments in technology and flight operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay, Molly McMillin
Bombardier's new maintenance facility at Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport offers major inspections, upgrades, modifications and avionics installations, as well as interior refurbishments.
Maintenance & Training

By Bill Carey
Slovenian manufacturer Pipistrel, now part of Textron Aviation, announced on Oct. 31 that it has delivered the first Velis Electro electric airplane in Canada.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Self-piloted recreational flights over the Hudson and East Rivers in New York could begin as early as 2023 using Lift Aircraft’s single-seat, semi-autonomous Hexa electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Slovenian manufacturer Pipistrel, now part of Textron Aviation, announced on Oct. 31 that it has delivered the first Velis Electro electric airplane to Canada.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
On the heels of listing publicly, startup Amprius has signed a 3-year agreement to supply its high-energy-density batteries to BA Systems’ Air business for use in electrically powered flight applications.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Skyrocketing prices for gas and electric power in Europe are beginning to affect Safran’s supply chain, as well as the company’s strategic decisions, according to CEO Olivier Andries.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
In an Urgent Aviation Safety Recommendation, the board said DHC-3 operators should conduct one-time inspections of the aircraft’s horizontal stabilizer actuator lock ring.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s SK Telecom has signed an agreement with Daegu Metropolitan City to integrate urban air taxis into the future mobility ecosystem of the country’s fourth largest city and its planned new airport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Efforts to build up U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity to at least 3 billion gal. a year by 2030 have taken steps forward, with startups Alder Fuels and LanzaJet announcing progress in establishing their first plants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation delivered 72 Citation jets and turboprops during the third quarter (Q3), down from 84 a year ago, as supply chain challenges continue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Chen Chuanren
Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under development in China, with Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology conducting the first flight of its Twin-Tailed Scorpion D on Oct. 25.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Orloff
A judge has granted an injunction opposing the Town of East Hampton’s efforts to impose operational restrictions on its airport.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers