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By Molly McMillin
Vivek Kaushal joined Global Jet Capital in 2015, and since 2019 has served as Chief Operating Officer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric aviation can get started using technology adapted from the automotive market, but moving beyond small, short-range aircraft will require significant government and industry investment in battery research and development focused on the unique requirements of aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Ann Shay
Gulfstream Aerospace President Mark Burns talks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about the OEM’s thought process behind designing a new aircraft family but only announcing the G400 and G800 on Oct. 4. He also unveils changes to customer support.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Fly Exclusive is refurbishing its fleets of aircraft so they will all have matching paint schemes and interior designs, to present the same look and feel for customers—no matter which aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
Randy Greene, former chairman emeritus of the Corporate Angel Network who led Safe Flight Instrument Corp. for more than 20 years, died on Sept. 29.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
GE Aviation’s Catalyst engine, a clean-sheet turboprop engine that will power Textron Aviation’s new Beechcraft Denali, completed its first flight Sept. 30 on a King Air 350 Flying Test Bed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
British business aviation is bouncing back from the twin shocks of COVID-19 and Brexit, but encouraging figures and individual success stories do not give a complete picture.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Nick Guida, founder and CEO of Tamarack Aerospace, launched the Sandpoint, Idaho-based company in 2010, based on his invention of the active load alleviation system (Active) winglets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK electric air taxi infrastructure company Skyports is aiming for the first commercial passenger flights from a new London vertiport in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has received a firm order for 20 Challenger 3500 super midsize business jets valued at $534 million at list prices from an undisclosed customer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has ferried one of the prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotors to the United Arab Emirates, where the aircraft will participate in the upcoming Dubai Expo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Automaker Honda has launched development of an electric vertical-takeoff air taxi and reusable small satellite launcher in a push to enter new business areas by leveraging its core technology capabilities.
Advanced Air Mobility

Rob Mark
The Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) last week opened it 14th and largest facility in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, just a few miles from Midway International Airport.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
Emerging from stealth mode, U.S. startup Lyten is promoting potential aviation applications for its high energy-density lithium-sulfur battery technology for electric vehicles.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The UK plans to build a center to lead research, testing and certification of new sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Czech startup Zuri has completed the first tethered hover of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Embraer is proposing a right-sizing of the Chinese fleet and suggests adding aircraft with 70-150 seats to ply new regional routes and relieve stress on major air hubs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has completed the first two deliveries of a fleet order of Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops to Brazilian customer Azul Conecta, a subsidiary of Azul Airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Kansas State University’s Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create a program to train students to serve as officers and pilots within the NOAA Corps.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
The FAA needs to use additional noise metrics to assess the impact of implementing performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures at airports to avoid legal challenges and delays, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is set to begin widespread deployment of software that integrates data from several existing systems and calculates optimal pushback times to minimize delays between the gate and departure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Textron has unveiled one of the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing configurations being studied by its new eAviation division.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South Korea has published its initial concept of operations for urban air mobility with the goal of beginning commercial operation in Seoul in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The two aircraft are traveling through Europe on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refined by Finnish producer Neste.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Where several of its rival electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) developers have chosen to be vertically integrated, Vertical Aerospace is relying on Tier 1 suppliers funding their own technology development work in return for gaining access to a new aviation market.
Advanced Air Mobility