The FAA’s surprise Jan. 28 settlement with the City of Santa Monica, California, regarding the closure of its airport has raised a number of troubling questions, industry experts say.
Mark Moore, the NASA engineer who evangelized electric-powered aircraft and on-demand mobility within the agency, is joining ride-hailing giant Uber to advance its Elevate concept for vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) air taxi networks in congested cities.  
The Canadian government is providing C$372.5 million ($282.4 million) in repayable support for Bombardier's Global 7000 business jet and C Series airliner .
According to Hawkeye President Mike McCracken, "We wanted a simple method that would allow first-time buyers of private aviation travel solutions an easy way to see the value added, whether charter, time-share or full ownership." It was also important for existing flight departments to track these metrics for justifying their current aircraft or increase use of their aircraft, he added.
As part of its plan to field a Quiet Supersonic Transport low-boom flight demo, NASA has issued a call for interested companies to submit a “capability statement.”
Spirit AeroSystems’ board of directors has approved increased compensation for Tom Gentile, Spirit president and CEO, and Duane Hawkins, senior vice president and general manager of Spirit’s Boeing and Defense Programs.
Plans to restore a commercial helicopter service between the UK mainland and the Isles of Scilly have moved a step closer, following the approval of plans to build a new heliport to support the service.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers have become the nucleus around which a new nine-seat hybrid electric turboprop aircraft could be built in the near future.
