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By Angus Batey
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the aviation industry, but it has brought a significant influx of new customers to business aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airline information technology provider SITA is to supply its Smart Path biometric identity management technology as a component of the passenger journey through vertiports to be developed by the UK’s Skyports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Dassault’s first production Falcon 6X business jet will begin a 40-stop, 150-hr. round-the-world tour beginning later in June, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has invested an additional $115 million in U.S. urban air mobility startup Overair, which is developing the Butterfly tiltrotor electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Members of the IAMAW Lodge 712 at Bombardier walked off the job on June 13 in a one-day strike after rejecting a final contract offer from the company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation has recently introduced the first mockup of a Falcon 10X flight deck, highlighting improved human-machine interface and a further level of automation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As the war in Ukraine continues to mean the supply of titanium from Russia is uncertain, the European aerospace industry is pressing on with efforts to find replacement sources.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Building on its involvement in a UK project that set a speed record for electric aircraft, energy storage specialist Electroflight has introduced a battery system designed to be available off the shelf for use in the early development of electric aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Advanced air mobility companies have a critical advantage over legacy aerospace business as they transition into manufacturing, according to the leader of Deloitte’s U.S. aerospace and defense consultancy.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
“Several airframers in commercial aviation are ready to go ahead with single-pilot operations,” says a Toulouse-based professor in an aerospace engineering course. “And they are waiting for one another to go first.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lilium has completed the preliminary design review for its seven-seat electric air taxi, finalizing changes intended to extend the range that can be extracted from the Lilium Jet’s battery system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
A federal judge has authorized the U.S. to seize two large private jets belonging to Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich for violating export and sanction laws related to Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
As it prepares to launch its Airspeeder racing series, Australia’s Alauda Aeronautics says it plans to develop a supercar-style high-performance eVTOL vehicle for private owners.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Delivery drone operator Zipline has developed an acoustic detect-and-avoid system to enable autonomous long-range flights in complex as well as uncontrolled airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has acquired German hydrogen-electric propulsion pioneer H2Fly.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Canada’s first private-equity fund dedicated to the aerospace supply chain is targeting $100 million and already has garnered commitments for $77 million, officials said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Tier 1 Engineering has begun flying its electric Robinson R44 helicopter with the 350-kW MagniX magni350 electric propulsion unit planned for the production conversion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup AutoFlight has continued its rapid progress toward developing the Prosperity 1 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi, flying a second full-scale proof-of-concept aircraft that incorporates design refinements.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Regional turboprop lessor Monte Aircraft Leasing has agreed to purchase up to 100 hydrogen-electric powertrains from zero-emission propulsion startup ZeroAvia for installation on new and existing Cessna Caravans and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters as well as Dornier 228s and HAL-228s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Deloitte Consulting has launched a Wichita “Smart Factory” officials call the “art of the possible,” using advanced technology to focus on the future of manufacturing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
When Dubai hosted demonstrations of both EHang and Volocopter prototypes in 2017, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates looked to be a front-runner for the introduction of urban air mobility using electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
A Mitre report found that the FAA’s amended type certificate process results in safe designs but made several recommendations for improvement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Two teams with experience developing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft launched startups focused on taking a different approach to advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Energy Department has launched its $2.6 million Hydrogen Shot Incubator Prize, a program which is aimed at finding technologies to reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Lengthening certification timelines shows the regulatory landscape is changing, but industry will adjust to the new expectations, a top Honeywell executive says.
Aircraft & Propulsion