Metal 3D-printing startup Velo3D, which has targeted the aerospace and defense sector as a key customer, will become a publicly traded company in a reverse merger announced March 23 with blank-check company Jaws Spitfire Acquisition.
Textron Aviation is launching its Special Olympics Airlift and seeking owners and operators of Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air, Beechcraft Premier, Beechjet and Hawker products to help fly more than 4,000 athletes and coaches to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida.
Piper Aircraft President and CEO Simon Caldecott plans to retire April 2 after nearly 10 years with the company. Piper’s board of directors has been working on a succession plan for several months and new leadership will be announced soon, the company said.
A Boston startup is taking a new look at wing-in-ground-effect vehicles through the lens of distributed electric propulsion, advanced flight control and hydrofoil lifting surface technology.
Fast Air Jet Center says it has become Canada’s first carbon-neutral fixed base operator. The FBO, located at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport in Manitoba, Canada, continues its commitment to being run on a net zero basis for its carbon footprint, it says.
Embraer said it saw a solid rebound in airplane deliveries in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, as both executive and commercial aircraft show signs of resurgent demand.
Airbus has signed a new cooperation deal with Romania’s Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) which could see the Romanian company customize, service and support H145M twin-engine light multirole helicopters.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. on March 17 announced an agreement with Aviation Engineering Zrt for license production of the Ilyushin Il-103 light multipurpose aircraft in Hungary.
Alliance Jet, a jet charter operator based in Ireland, is expanding its operations in Europe after obtaining an International Maltese Air Operator’s certificate.
The owner of a drone racing supply shop has filed a petition for review of the FAA’s Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft (Remote ID) final regulation in federal appeals court.
Daher’s aircraft division delivered 53 Kodiak and TBM turboprops in 2020 with plans to deliver another 50 in 2021, according to the company, a show of “resilience” in its product lines.
Business aircraft activity in North America was down 12% in February compared to a year ago, while European activity fell 31%, according to Argus data. Compared to January, activity in North America was down 4.4%, while activity in Europe was down 2.6% compared to the previous month, Argus said.
Hybrid-electric pioneer Ampaire plans to conduct the UK’s first electric regional flight following a successful bid for funding support under the government’s £125 million ($174 million) Future Flight Challenge.
Deliveries of Western-built, turbine-powered helicopters are projected to total 6,376 units valued at $30.4 billion over the next 10 years, resulting in a compound annual growth rate of 1.4% for the in-service fleet, according to Aviation Week Network’s Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast.
A design tool enabling power trains for electric aircraft to be modeled and optimized early in design has been released by startup LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Systems.
Against a background of U.S. government opposition to using small drones produced in China, Texas-based Windhover Labs has unveiled a domestically developed flight computer designed to make it easier to develop and certify drones in the U.S.
The past year has been “pretty brutal” for the aviation industry, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting supply chains and aircraft deliveries, but “we’re going to come out of it just fine,” says Richard Aboulafia, Teal Group vice president of analysis.
Offshore helicopter operator CHC Group’s Brazil-based operation is to be the first to introduce a helicopter-dedicated derivative of a Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) on its Leonardo AW139 used for offshore oil and gas support.
