The European arm of General Atomics is studying adapting the Dornier 228 twin-turboprop into an unmanned cargo aircraft. The company says an unmanned Dornier 228 could open up new prospects for growth for the platform, following its purchase of the rights to produce the aircraft from Switzerland’s RUAG International.
U.S. drone manufacturer Skydio announced March 1 that it has raised $170 million in a Series D funding round led by the Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund.
Biofuel producer Gevo has signed a MOU with Germany’s HCS Group to build a renewable hydrocarbon facility in Speyer, Germany, which will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
A cyberattack on a newly acquired manufacturing asset and a foreign policy shift by the new Biden administration combined to overshadow topsized financial results disclosed by aerospace supplier Kaman on Feb. 26.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has announced the passing of its technical editor and director of business operations, Mike Collins, who died Feb. 25 at age 59 after battling COVID-19.
Russ Meyer, chairman emeritus of Cessna Aircraft, has partnered with his son, Russ Meyer III, a former Citation program manager, and former Cessna CEO Gary Hay to form CitationPartners, a program to revamp pre-owned Citation Excels into like-new condition at an affordable cost.
Bipartisan leaders of the U.S. House Transportation Committee have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the FAA’s efforts to introduce drones into the national airspace system.
Kitty Hawk has partnered with European health care company Falk to evaluate use of the Heaviside electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle in emergency response operations.
Spirit AeroSystems is growing the defense part of its revenue streams faster than expected, which is mildly helping to offset lost work in making airliners, the company’s CEO said Feb. 23.
Joby Aviation is going public in a transaction that will provide the urban air mobility startup more than $1.5 billion to complete aircraft development and begin air taxi services.
European publication of certification rules for road-capable gyroplanes has cleared the way for the Netherlands’ PAL-V to complete development of its Liberty flying car.
Business jet deliveries in 2020 fell 20%, while turboprop shipments declined 16% and piston aircraft deliveries were steady, with a decrease of 0.9%, according to data released Feb. 24 by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association during its 2021 State of the Industry press conference.
Hard on the heels of its billion-dollar investment deal, urban air mobility startup Archer has committed to launch its first air-taxi network in Los Angeles by 2024.
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium has selected Spanish aerostructures supplier Aciturri to build the composite airframe for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Russian Helicopters is on its way to securing the first foreign investment in its VTR500 light single rotorcraft program run through its VR-Technologies subsidiary.
Skyborne Aviation Group Limited, based at Gloucestershire Airport, UK, has signed an agreement to purchase Vero Beach Flight Training Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, marking its first pilot training base in the U.S.
Nearly 70% of fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada responding to a survey say fuel sales dropped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual FBO fuel sales survey.
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, based here, has launched a new custom function aircraft cockpit display called the Flex MD23, a “build-you-own instrument” product with “virtually limitless” applications.
