French airship developer Flying Whales has selected Thales’ FlytX certifiable avionics suite and fly-by-wire flight control computer for its LCA60T large-capacity cargo airship.
The CAA-led eVTOL Safety Leadership Group includes potential operators, manufacturers, rotorcraft experts and aviation companies which have been brought together to foster understanding of the aviation safety implications of advanced air mobility.
Already a major market for helicopters, Brazil is shaping up as a potential promising region for advanced air mobility if conditional aircraft orders are a guide.
The G400 will fly 4,200 nm at Mach 0.85 with eight passengers and three crew. The G800 will have a "theoretical" range of 8,000 nm at nearly Mach 0.85 with eight passengers and four crew.
Textron Aviation has received an order for 20 Cessna Skyhawk piston aircraft from Sichuan Longhao Flight Training Co., a flight training school in China, and an order for 10 Skyhawks from Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus in Kansas.
Former Wichita Textron Aviation employees have designed wheel pants for the Cessna Caravan 208 and 208B turboprops, a “simple solution” to improve efficiencies they say are long overdue.
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.
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.
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.
NASA has awarded contracts to GE Aviation and MagniX for the Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) program, which aims to mature megawatt-class electrified aircraft propulsion (EAP) technologies for regional and single-aisle transport aircraft from 2035 onwards.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Six aircraft are participating in Gulfstream’s G700 certification flight-test program, including a fully outfitted jet that Gulfstream recently flew to Doha, Qatar, and Le Bourget, France, to showcase to the international market.
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.
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.
