France’s EcoPulse distributed hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator has passed its preliminary design review, freezing the configuration and paving the way for a first flight in 2022.
Joby Aviation has become the first manufacturer to receive airworthiness approval for its electric air taxi under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime initiative.
British satellite operator Inmarsat has puts its very-high-throughput GX5 satellite into commercial service, boosting inflight broadband capacity for its commercial and business aircraft customers in Europe and the Middle East.
German startup Lilium has partnered with Lufthansa Flight Training to develop a pilot sourcing and training program that will support its planned global deployment of regional air mobility services.
The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association has canceled its February 2021 MEBAA show and is rescheduling it to December 2022 because of ongoing challenges with border restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After organizing controllers into work crews earlier in 2020 to protect against COVID-19 infections, the FAA is allowing more staffing flexibility at its air traffic control (ATC) facilities.
Electric propulsion developer MagniX has partnered with Australian operator Sydney Seaplanes and start-up Dante Aeronautical to work toward the first supplemental type certification of an electric-powered Cessna Caravan.
Fifteen aviation industry groups have asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to suspend an auction of radio frequency spectrum near the band used for radar altimeters.
China-based general aviation services company Avion Pacific has signed a strategic collaboration deal with aircraft developer Aerion to support its sales and marketing efforts in the Asia-Pacific region as well as operate several of the U.S. company’s AS2 supersonic business jets.
U.S. start-up Ampaire is flying its hybrid-electric testbed on a regional airline route in Hawaii to demonstrate the propulsion technology’s potential to reduce fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 40-50%.
Textron’s Bell helicopter division has acquired Response Technologies, a Rhode Island-based startup focused on flexible, additively manufactured, textile-reinforced composites and fuel cells.
Germany’s Volocopter has committed to launching air taxi service in Singapore within three years using its piloted two-seat VoloCity all-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Dassault Aviation presented its new Falcon 6X long-range, large-cabin business jet Dec. 8 during a virtual rollout ceremony at the company’s Bordeaux-Merignac final assembly facility in France.
U.S. start-up Joby Aviation has agreed to acquire Uber’s Elevate aerial ridesharing program in a deal that involves Uber increasing its previously undisclosed investment in the electric air taxi developer.
British helicopter start-up Hill Helicopters says it will pursue certification of its HX50 turbine light helicopter under the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s amateur-built/experimental category to meet tight timelines for bringing the aircraft to market.
Business aviation is experiencing a resurgence in the value of diversity, with “significant” interest in making sure the industry reflects the population, NBAA-VBACE panelists said this month.
Joby Aviation has signed a long-term supply agreement with Toray Advanced Composites for materials to support production of the California-based aerospace manufacturer’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) urban air transport aircraft.
Signature Flight Support has pumped the first ceremonial gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the first two locations in its network, marking the launch of the renewable fuel’s continuous availability for purchase.
Heavy lift helicopter operator Erickson has secured final FAA certification for its composite main rotor blades for S-64F and CH-54B models of its Aircrane and Skycrane helicopters.
David M. North, a naval aviator and Pan Am commercial airline pilot who went on to become editor-in-chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology and editorial director of the Aviation Week Network, died Nov. 24 in St. Michaels, Maryland.
