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By Graham Warwick
New Zealand startup Kea Aerospace has conducted a 14 hr. 3 min. test flight of a subscale prototype as it continues development of a large, solar-powered unmanned aircraft capable of remaining aloft in the stratosphere for months.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay deploying 5G wireless services using C-band spectrum for two weeks beyond the scheduled Jan. 5 start date, giving the FAA more time to prevent airspace system disruptions arising from the potential of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Korean Air has demonstrated the visual inspection of an aircraft using multiple drones simultaneously.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Dron
European travel regulations for air passengers—and others—have continued to change at a dizzying speed, with new measures and restrictions introduced in several countries immediately prior to, or during, the holiday period.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Sustainable aviation and advanced air mobility are the focus of the fifth round of research projects selected under NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
With sustainability a key focus for the business aviation industry, six entities took part in a pilot scheme during the second half of 2021 intended to create a new sector-wide-applicable standards and training system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems is to lead development of a hydrogen fuel-cell system to power future advanced air mobility vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Leaders in the business aviation industry give their predictions for what will be the biggest challenges in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Jet It’s flight operations now account for 10% of the global HondaJet fleet, accounting for 17% of the total fleet hours.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Strong demand for its fractional ownership program led to the Honda aircraft order, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In the first such move by a leader in the advanced air mobility market, Joby Aviation has acquired Austrian radar designer Inras to prepare for more complex, and eventually autonomous, operations of its electric urban air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has announced the first order for its VT-30 long-range autonomous air taxi, now in flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German drone delivery company Wingcopter has secured a new investor in Latin America as it expands its global presence.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has demonstrated an end-to-end delivery operation using an unmanned cargo aircraft and a ground robot.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The first so-called gigafactory built by a European battery company has been commissioned, with the assembly of its first lithium-ion cell.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Private aviation received a boost after restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown were lifted, with business aviation flight activity up 45% year over year and increases in the sale of pre-owned aircraft leading to record-low inventory.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Jet Linx, a provider of aircraft management, joint ownership and jet card services, has resumed its executive jet card sales on a limited basis, the Omaha-based private aviation provider announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK rotorcraft startup Hill Helicopters claims to be outselling its competitors and capturing a sizable share of the single-engine light helicopter general aviation market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Behind the scenes of the aviation and telecommunications industries’ clash over 5G wireless transmissions, aviation standards organization RTCA is developing performance specifications for a new generation of radio altimeters that would be hardened against 5G interference.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have refused a high-level U.S. government appeal to delay activating new 5G wireless networks on Jan. 5 as scheduled, offering instead to draw temporary exclusion zones around certain airports to protect against the possibility of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
As ZeroAvia prepares to fly its modified Dornier 228 hydrogen-electric propulsion system testbed, details of the mobile refueling system that will support flight testing are emerging.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Denmark’s government has set the goal of all domestic aviation being fossil-free by 2030, potentially through a combination of sustainable aviation fuel and electric and hydrogen propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Electric Aircraft Group and the University of Nottingham plan to establish a joint venture to develop megawatt-class electric propulsion systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Figeac Aero, a supplier of large metal components, is pressing on with negotiations to increase its capital thanks to aerospace investment group Tikehau Ace Capital.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Airlines for America petitioned the FCC to stop pending 5G wireless deployment until aviation industry concerns resolved.
Safety, Ops & Regulation