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By Garrett Reim
The CityAirbus NextGen will use a custom version of the Magidrive, a lightweight brushless motor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve Holding listed publicly on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10 after completing its merger with blank-check company Zanite Acquisition.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Energy company Shell, already a strategic investor in ZeroAvia, is to supply hydrogen to the zero-emission propulsion startup’s base in California to support flight testing of its fuel-cell powertrain.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Acoustic testing completed with NASA last year confirmed the low noise profile of Joby Aviation’s tilt-prop electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi, the startup said May 10.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Canadian aerostructures and spacecraft sub-tier provider Magellan Aerospace saw almost 7% greater revenue during the first quarter of 2022 over the year-before period.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has delivered the first Cessna 408 SkyCourier to long-time customer, FedEx Express, following the turboprop’s certification in March.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve UAM will list publicly on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10 after closing a merger with blank-check company Zanite Acquisition that raised less funding than hoped for.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Spire of San Francisco signed a contract to provide weather data collected by its satellites to Gale Force, a maritime routing software company.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia has taken delivery of a second Dornier 228 regional turboprop.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
As part of preparations for the introduction of urban air mobility operations in Brazil, Embraer and sister company Eve UAM have evaluated a set of autonomous flight technologies around Sao Jose dos Campos using helicopters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA sees soon-to-be finalized guidance that unifies several related pilot competences under one umbrella as the first edition of a document that will be expanded in future years, a senior agency executive said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier continues to see strong demand for Challenger and Global business jets with an order backlog that grew $1.3 billion during the first quarter of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UPS’s drone airline subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has embarked on a strategy of deploying autonomous and remotely operated aircraft across a range of use cases from medical delivery drones to large feeder aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Mineta was the longest-serving U.S. Transportation Secretary in the department’s history and a difference-making advocate for the nation’s aviation system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Small French manufacturers Elixir Aircraft and TurboTech plan to develop a cryogenic hydrogen propulsion system for light aircraft under a project supported by the French government’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
NASA is preparing its X-57 Maxwell all-electric experimental aircraft for its first flight test this summer.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
German general aviation manufacturer Flight Design displayed a mockup of a version of its F2 light sport aircraft with zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion at the Aero Freidrichshafen 2022 show on April 27-30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
By 2035, Rio de Janiero could see a fleet of 245 urban air taxis flying 4.5 million passengers a year on more than 100 routes linking 37 vertiports, Eve UAM forecasts in the first concept of operations for urban air mobility (UAM) to be developed in Brazil.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has lifted the veil on a new lightweight head-up display (HUD) it is targeting at the business jet and single-aisle airliner market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-propulsion startup Hydroplane has received a second U.S. Air Force small business contract to demonstrate a fuel cell-based powerplant.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Daher has begun deliveries of its TBM 960 turboprop, which replaces the TBM 940, following the aircraft’s unveiling in early April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Swiss light aircraft developer Junkers Aircraft is proposing reviving development of the Ju-52 trimotor as a potential low-cost transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to test its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing platform with a series of research projects centered around the German city of Ingolstadt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
FAA Flight Standards Service executive director David Boulter will take the agency’s top civil-service safety job on an interim basis when current acting associate administrator for Aviation Safety Chris Rocheleau leaves government service at the end of May.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Boom Supersonic has signed a 10-year agreement for carbon dioxide removal via Climeworks direct air capture technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion