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By Graham Warwick
Beam Global, a manufacturer of solar-powered charging stations for the automotive market, has flown an electric-powered light aircraft between five airports in California to demonstrate the potential for zero-emission aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Schweizer RSG has secured certification for new-build Model 269 helicopters, ending a more than decade-long hiatus in production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin, Graham Warwick
A Los Angeles-based commuter airline plans to purchase up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops from Textron Aviation with plans to convert them into hybrid-electric aircraft for commercial air travel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The updated version of Cirrus Aircraft's G2 jet features inflight Wi-Fi from Gogo, improved takeoff performance and new exterior color options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A startup led by electric vertical flight guru Mark Moore has emerged from stealth mode to develop ultraquiet electric propulsors, initially for U.S. military unmanned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Archer’s claim to have independently developed its electric air taxi design is a “fairy tale,” Wisk alleged in a brief submitted in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction against its urban air mobility (UAM) rival.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Having started out with the vision of personal flying using a wearable jet pack, the eponymous JetPack Aviation has shifted its focus to a single-seat vehicle that the startup hopes will form the basis for a range of vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for special missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The French Air and Space Force has signed an order for nine Pilatus PC-21 aircraft, to train future military pilots, Pilatus announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airobotics’ drone boxes will support law enforcement for the six-month-long Expo 2020 Dubai.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has joined Canada’s SAF+ Consortium, which plans to build in Montreal the first power-to-liquids plant to produce sustainable aviation fuel from renewable electricity and captured carbon dioxide.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Epic Aircraft has earned FAA certification for its Epic E1000 GX six-seat single-engine turboprop aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has partnered with an energy company to evaluate development of a viable charging infrastructure for electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Building on its concessions to manage highways, railways and tunnels in several countries, Spain’s Globalvia is expanding into urban air mobility through a strategic alliance with Chinese autonomous passenger and cargo air vehicle developer EHang.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
John Calcagno, Piper Aircraft’s Interim President, CEO, discusses his company’s recovery from the pandemic and its outlook and plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Boeing is backing the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the U.S. under a partnership with supply chain developer SkyNRG.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen will retrofit ATR 72 and de Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprops operated by Icelandair, Air Nostrum and Ravn Alaska with hydrogen fuel-cell power trains.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Forest Service notified Bell Textron of a “potentially serious maintenance issue” with its Bell medium helicopters just before Transport Canada and the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directives requiring operators to inspect the aircraft’s main-rotor hubs for potentially faulty hub strap pins.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
As alternative propulsion concepts show promise to help decarbonize aviation, leaders in the commercial aviation, advanced air mobility and business aviation markets have joined forces to establish carbon credits for emissions reductions enabled by electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Drone Delivery Canada plans to test expedited deliveries from Edmonton International Airport in Alberta to local businesses under a yearlong project with the airport, Apple Express Courier and Ziing Final Mile.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Only a fraction of the investment required to make urban air mobility (UAM) an economically or socially relevant mode of transportation has been raised, and players in the market will need to take the long view if they want to see a return on their investment, cautions a report by Porsche Consulting.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
United Airlines and its regional affiliate Mesa Airlines have conditionally agreed to order 200 19-passenger electric airliners from Heart Aerospace as they participated in the Swedish startup's $35 million Series A funding round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hard on the heels of being appointed chief executive of delivery-drone developer Volansi, former assistant U.S. Air Force Secretary Will Roper has been named to the board of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft developer Beta Technologies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
NASA has added aircraft autonomy developer Reliable Robotics and 13 other entities to the list of partners that will participate in the agency’s first Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The FAA violated environmental law when it amended flight procedures for aircraft arriving at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) without environmental review, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
French hybrid-electric aircraft startup VoltAero has selected Rochefort Charente-Maritime Airport in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France for its final-assembly plant.
Emerging Technologies