CAE plans to expand its business with the acquisition of a 50% stake in SimCom Holdings, a training provider, for $85 million, the training provider says.
Germany’s Volocopter has conducted a test flight at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland with its prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
The leading U.S. developers of supersonic aircraft have called on the Transportation Department to modify its proposed rule on supersonic flight authorizations, arguing the proposal’s wording amounts to an effective prohibition on all supersonic flight.
The FAA has suspended the use of an automated system at JFK International Airport that allows drone operators to request and obtain authorization to fly in the vicinity of the New York City airport.
The pilots who will fly NASA’s X-59 QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator are evaluating the external vision system (XVS) that will provide forward visibility in an aircraft where the long shockwave-shaping nose completely blocks the view from the cockpit.
The 1,215-lb. vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft made a 64-sec. first hover flight on Aug. 14 at the Camp Roberts California National Guard Base.
The FAA has OK'd a certificate of authorization allowing General Atomics to fly its Predator B remotely piloted aircraft beyond visual line of sight of an operator using a ground-based sense-and-avoid system to prevent midair collisions.
The only remaining backcountry airfield in Death Valley National Park, commonly called Chicken Strip, has been officially authorized, removing any question about its legal use by visitors.
Business aircraft flight activity in North America was mixed during the first half of 2019, with three months of activity gains and three months of declines, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.
The U.S. equipage rate to meet the FAA’s ADS-B requirements by the Jan. 1, 2020, deadline rose to 79% for business aircraft in July, an increase from 56% a year ago, according to FlightAware.
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment said it has donated 87 Quantix hybrid drones and supporting data analytics systems to agricultural departments at 35 U.S. universities.
The UK has unveiled a more than £300 million ($368 million) government-industry investment to develop “cleaner, greener” forms of air transport, including electric and autonomous aircraft and sustainable alternative fuels.
