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By Graham Warwick
Unmanned cargo-aircraft startup Elroy Air has partnered with humanitarian transport operator AYR Logistics to develop an autonomous aerial-delivery service.
Advanced Air Mobility

AW Staff
Collins Aerospace has announced it is working with Australian company Seeing Machines on a suite of technologies to monitor fatigue and alertness among flight crews.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Latin American on-demand charter booking platform Flapper has agreed to purchase 20 electric engines from MagniX to convert Cessna Caravans to zero-emissions propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has conducted a full-scale fuselage drop test using anthropomorphic test dummies and post-mortem human passengers inside a Challenger 601 fuselage to validate advanced virtual engineering models of the same test set-up.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Explorer Aircraft is developing a hybrid-electric regional airplane derived from the high-wing single-engine Explorer 500T utility aircraft, a more powerful version of which it plans to fly with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-40A turboprop over the coming weeks.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Aevex Aerospace is preparing to deliver the first of three high-gross-weight De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300HG Twin Otter X2s developed by modification specialist Ikhana, under a new commercial aircraft leasing unit.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business and general aviation avionics sales totaled $601.8 million during the third quarter of 2021, up 15.8% from a year ago.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
So far, the four Bombardier 7500s VistaJet has received are on target to fly 1,400 hr. per year each.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric aircraft pioneer Pipistrel will supply startup Airflow with motors, controllers and batteries for its proof-of-concept aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up recorded a net loss for the third quarter of 2021 but saw a boost in the number of flight legs, new members and revenue.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The tests, which involved a piloted flight by Volocopter’s prototype air taxi, demonstrated the service operating model and air traffic management integration.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Archer Aviation has transported its Maker technology demonstrator to a flight test center in California in preparation for a first hover flight of the electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle before year’s end.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
In a search to add suppliers to help it build rockets, United Launch Alliance visited Wichita aerospace suppliers Nov. 10, accompanied by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas).
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Satellite operator Iridium announced on Nov. 10 that its Certus 100 satellite communications service is now commercially available for aviation and other applications.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Existing composite materials and manufacturing processes will not scale to the production volumes envisioned for advanced air mobility and startups should consider collaborating to qualify new technologies, urges a company formed to help companies scale up manufacturing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Norwegian regional airline Wideroe is continuing its journey toward introducing zero-emissions aircraft, signing an agreement with Embraer’s Eve subsidiary to study electric vertical takeoff and landing operations in Scandinavia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream plans to construct a new $70 million, 225,000-sq.-ft. service center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, its first facility in Arizona.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
South Korean automaker Hyundai has renamed its urban air mobility division Supernal and plans to begin certification of its electric air taxi in the U.S. in 2024, aiming to launch commercial flights in 2028.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has performed what it claims to be the first helicopter flight on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, albeit powering only one of the two engines on the H225 testbed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The FAA has removed a requirement for “unnecessary” multi-engine aircraft training for pilots seeking to earn their initial air transport pilot certificates concurrently with a single-engine aircraft type rating.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The National Business Aviation Association hailed the final passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that contains measures to support efforts to attract and retain aviation workers, fund improvements for general aviation airports and spur next-generation programs.
Maintenance & Training

By Angus Batey
After attracting new customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and recovering faster from the crisis than other aviation sectors, business aviation in the region is also benefiting from warming diplomatic ties, MEBAA founder Ali Alnaqbi says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM) has released a report on the potential of Toronto as an early market as it works toward releasing a national road map for Canada.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
Embraer posted a $33.9 million net loss in the third quarter of 2021 on $958.1 million in revenue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier’s Safety Standdown celebrated its 25th anniversary during the two-day event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel here Nov. 2-3 in a program called “Learn, Apply, Share.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation