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By Molly McMillin
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an Emergency Temporary Standard outlining vaccination requirements for private employers with 100 or more employees, a ruling that will cover 84 million U.S. workers, the White House said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Bell Textron has signed an agreement with Arrow Aviation to sell the HeliFab Emergency Medical Kit configuration for the Bell 505.
Business Aviation

Aviation Week Staff
Gulfstream set a city-pair speed record in its G700 product test aircraft on Oct. 23, flying 7,172 nm from Houston to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at an average speed of Mach 0.87.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up is the latest in a growing list of private flight operators to restrict flying for new customers to keep service high for existing members amid a growing influx of new business and limited capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Washington State University is helping startup Zeva Aero with development of a single-person electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle under a grant from the state’s Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has launched into the already crowded electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry has contracted with Raytheon to convert two Beechcraft King Air 350 turboprop aircraft into Shadow intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance platforms for the Royal Air Force.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has partnered with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop certification requirements for hydrogen fuel cells in aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson is not anticipating “significant” agency staffing issues linked to workers not complying with a broader COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and reassured lawmakers that contingency plans are in place to handle potential disruptions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin alerting aviation manufacturers, operators and pilots to the potential adverse effects of new 5G wireless networks on radio altimeters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
As Congress prepares to finalize funding for fiscal 2022, six general and business aviation associations are asking for an increase from $4.96 million to $10 million for the Alternative Fuels for General Aviation program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The new facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport will house final assembly of Bombardier Global business jets, including its flagship Global 7500 ultra-long-range aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Airborne International Response Team have joined forces to study the use of small unmanned aircraft systems by public safety and emergency response organizations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup SkyDrive has become the first Japanese company to formally initiate the type certification process for an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A European project to demonstrate a modular hybrid-electric propulsion architecture for future small short/medium-range regional aircraft has been completed with flight tests of a second power train demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
The service provides the aircraft, crew, operations and supplemental lift but eliminates the need to hire pilots, rent a hangar, obtain insurance, maintenance and other necessities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes has received C$1.6 million ($1.3 million) from the British Columbia government to support plans to electrify its fleet of aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Barely a month after completing a $100 million series A fundraising round, Chinese startup Autoflight has flown a prototype of its V1500M three/four-passenger electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
CAE said it is buying AirCentre to expand its reach beyond pilot training and establish CAE as a technology leader in the growing marketplace for industry-leading, digitally enabled flight and crew-operations solutions.
Maintenance & Training

By Bill Carey
Reports of people pointing lasers at aircraft as of mid-October had exceeded the total number of reports received last year, reaching the highest number of laser-strike incidents since 2016, according to the FAA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, an operator of air and sea links to the archipelago off the coast of southwest England, has forged an agreement to bring zero-emission hydrogen flights to the islands.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Bombardier posted $1.4 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2021 as it delivered 27 business jets and logged $310 million in aftermarket revenue.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation recorded increases in revenue, aftermarket sales, and business jet and turboprop deliveries during the third quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron’s top executive calls a federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all employees of prime U.S. contractors and subcontractors “a curveball we wish we didn’t have.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Lilium has added Stuttgart Airport to its planned network of regional air mobility hubs in southern Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility