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Pivotal says it has delayed customer deliveries of its Helix personal electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to 2025.

The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.

Boeing is adding requirements for moving aircraft down production lines and new traveled work protocols.

Joby Aviation modifies S4 pre-production prototype into a technology demonstrator for hydrogen-electric propulsion.

The DOT has 60 days from the date the FAA Reauthorization Act was signed into law to make its selections, and any comments on applications are due July 17.

The FAA’s informal rulemaking process should welcome open communication to ensure impacts are understood.

Tasked with boosting both production rates and aircraft quality, Boeing is making long-needed changes to its decades-old production protocols.

In an upcoming airworthiness directive, the FAA will order inspections of all U.S.-registered 737 Next Generation and 737 MAX models in service.

The FAA has granted another $289 million to U.S. airports for infrastructure projects, including $66.7 million to PHX for taxiway work.

Boeing plans to pursue formal AS9100 certification, matching a requirement to which it holds suppliers across its businesses.

Form an objective 3rd-party firm outside Boeing to approve design data and oversee production of those approved products, Kilroy Aviation CEO Mike Borfitz says.

An FAA Reauthorization Act provision could change the way donor organs can travel on commercial flights, easing logistics and making allocation more equitable.

Having a smokestack on the runway centerline was problematic, but could an SMS program have helped prevent an accident?

The FAA is making revolutionary changes in its approach to mental healthcare.

A new plan focuses on tracking airplane production basics as key to addressing issues and eventually increasing production.

The line is focused on maximizing energy density and cycle life with the safety required for certification.

The FAA plans to order all Boeing 767 operators to either check records or inspect main landing gear outer cylinders for signs of heat damage.

Tools are being developed to speed the detection and mitigation of GPS jamming and spoofing.

With ambitions to operate air taxi service on demand—and at a frequency far greater than airliners fly currently—Joby Aviation has unveiled ElevateOS software.

New allegations suggest that Boeing’s willful disregard of quality assurance in its commercial aircraft production remained in place as recently as late 2023.

SkyDrive has applied to the FAA for a type certificate for its SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Recent revisions of the certification requirements for EVTOL aircraft that narrowed the gap between European and U.S. regulators come as welcome news to Lilium.

Israeli startup AIR has unveiled an unmanned cargo version of its AIR ONE personal electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

The FAA’s move to address the growing frequency and complexity of public charter flights presents challenges and opportunities for the AAM industry.

The FAA is exploring changes to the way public charter flights operate in U.S. airspace, citing a recent expansion in both their frequency and complexity.