The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Deutsche Aircraft has partnered with German hydrogen propulsion specialist H2Fly to demonstrate a zero-emission, fuel-cell-powered version of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The airshow's organizers say attendance by overseas visitors, which may be difficult depending on COVID-related border restrictions, is not critical to the success of this year's event.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The distinctive, 100-kg (220-lb.) UAS100 has been designed to carry up to 10 kg with a radius of action of 100 km (62 mi.) and perform surveillance of critical infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Existing aeronautical standards are not adequate for certifying artificial intelligence (AI) with safety-critical systems, and new means of compliance will have to be developed, concludes a report jointly issued by standards developers SAE International and Eurocae.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
As it prepares to list on the New York Stock Exchange, on-demand private aviation provider Wheels Up has detailed its vision for expanding into the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation has created a joint research laboratory in partnership with two French academic institutions dubbed Moliere, an acronym of the French for “innovative functional materials for aviation.”
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Sydney Airport's board will analyze whether the offer is “reflective of the underlying value of the airport given its long-term remaining concession and the expected short-term impact of the pandemic.”
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble
The Paraguayan Air Force plans to start operating the new aircraft for humanitarian missions in the second half of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Australian startup Swoop Aero has completed a study in Mozambique that demonstrated the feasibility of using drones for the cold-chain transport of infectious tuberculosis and COVID-19 laboratory samples.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
On-demand drone delivery provider Zipline has secured an additional $250 million in funding.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
For unmanned cargo aircraft to operate effectively within a future express logistics system, what happens on the ground is as important as what happens in the air.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has ended G550 production and delivered its final ultra-long-range twinjet on June 30 for commercial use, with the aircraft going to an international customer, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
A third Falcon 6X prototype has joined the aircraft’s flight-test campaign, manufacturer Dassault Aviation announced July 1.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Eve Urban Air Mobility has confirmed plans to use EmbraerX’s Beacon maintenance platform for aftermarket coordination of its eVTOL aircraft. Embraer’s urban air mobility (UAM) spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has officially confirmed plans to leverage Beacon, the maintenance coordination platform developed by the OEM’s market accelerator EmbraerX.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has taken its largest order of 2021, a firm order for 10 business jets valued at $451.8 million at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Eviation aircraft has redesigned its Alice nine-passenger electric regional aircraft, dispensing with some of the original design’s most noteworthy features.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany plans to create an urban air mobility innovation network bringing together the federal government and four regions previously selected as pilot sites for drone and air taxi services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A long-established manufacturer of kit helicopters plans to enter the already crowded electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing market by capitalizing on the proven rotor system from its existing product line.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first limited-edition Phenom 300E light jet as part of its “Duet” collaboration with German automaker Porsche, Embraer announced June 30.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
CitationPartners, founded by former Cessna executives, has delivered its first Citation Excel Eagle, a refurbished pre-owned Citation Excel midsize business jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aerovel’s Flexrotor long-endurance vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft has demonstrated operations in gusty winds using an autopilot developed by the University of Washington.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
It has emerged that the Volocopter 2X was issued a permit to fly by French civil aviation authority DGAC after receiving approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) using recently released guidelines for the design verification of drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The five-year contract maintains Raytheon’s position as the systems integrator for STARS, which receives surveillance and flight-plan data and presents the information to controllers on high-resolution, color displays.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Stratodynamics and UAVOS have completed a series of stratospheric flights with the HiDRON autonomous glider from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Japan-based Yamaha Motors and ShinMaywa Industries have signed an agreement to jointly research a new next-generation small aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion