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By Bill Carey
The FAA on Nov. 20 released for comment proposed airworthiness standards for six small unmanned aircraft systems as a step toward issuing its first-ever regulatory certifications of drone designs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The FBI on Nov. 19 arrested a Hollywood, California, man on charges that he crashed a drone into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter in September.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter operations have managed to resist the affects of the coronavirus pandemic, but customers are delaying investment decisions for new rotorcraft, according to Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of One Aviation’s assets of Eclipse Aerospace and its Eclipse Aircraft project to, a U.S. company backed by British businessman Christopher Harborne for $5.25 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. start-ups VerdeGo Aero and XTI Aircraft have partnered to develop a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Embraer has partnered with Portugal-based energy company EDP on electric-aircraft research.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Gulfstream started the year with “great momentum” after announcing the all-new G700 in late 2019, flying that aircraft for the first time on Feb. 14 and delivering the 600th G550 and 400th G650 in the first quarter.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
LunaJets Group, a private jet broker based in Geneva, has launched Luna Group Charter and Luna Solutions.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business-aviation aircraft deliveries rose slightly in the third quarter of 2020 led by deliveries of piston-powered planes, while business jet and turboprop handovers declined.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is to use artificial intelligence in the design of an air taxi under a four-year, $7.2 million DARPA contract.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The FAA next year will begin using live telemetry data from commercial space vehicles to determine the extent of airspace it needs to protect during launch and re-entry operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
New Zealand start-up Kea Aerospace has unveiled plans to develop a stratospheric unmanned aircraft, aiming initially at the aerial imagery market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Collins Aerospace is to work with Boom Supersonic to develop the inlet, nacelle and exhaust system for the startup’s planned Mach 2.2 airliner, the Overture.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A survey of potential urban air taxi users by German research organization Fraunhofer and vehicle developer Volocopter reveals a high demand for safety but a split on whether the aircraft should be piloted.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Bell has begun the process of optimizing the design of its Electrically Distributed Anti-Torque system as it mulls how the technology could be used in a commercial rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Safran Electric & Power has signed an agreement to power Bye Aerospace’s eFlyer 2 and eFlyer 4 certified electric light aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A technology enabling real-time detection of clear air turbulence is to be tested on flights of a high-altitude unmanned aircraft from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Self-flying air-taxi developer Wisk has teamed with NASA to address the safe integration of autonomous aircraft into urban airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland’s Kopter Group has elevated its caretaker CEO Marco Viola to lead the company following the departure of Andreas Lowenstein in September.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation traffic worldwide is declining in November as travel restrictions tighten with the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WingX Advance data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has marked the delivery and entry-into-service of its first Beechcraft King Air 360 turboprop, an upgraded and redesigned King Air 350i.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Aireon on Nov. 12 announced an agreement with the FAA allowing the agency access to its satellite-routed aircraft surveillance data to evaluate different air traffic control applications.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
German start-up Lilium has announced that the first electric regional air mobility network in the U.S. will be launched in 2025 in Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Japan’s Sony Corp. has announced the start of a drone development project aimed at video production for the entertainment and other industries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Projects to use drones to deliver COVID-19 supplies are among the first wave of winners under the UK’s £125 million ($165 million) Future Flight Challenge.
Advanced Air Mobility