Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the ASSURE Coalition have been selected as part of the FAA’s Center of Excellence in Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Embry-Riddle is co-founder of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence, or ASSURE. Embry-Riddle will be the technical lead in UAS airport ground operations, UAS pilot and crew training and co-lead in command and communication.
The upgrade is part of a broader FAA “Destination 2025” safety goal to reduce commercial-airline fatality rate by 24%, to 6.2 deaths per 100 million passengers per year, by 2018, and to reduce the general-aviation rate to no more than 1 fatal accident per 100,000 flight hours, also by 2018.
Drew McEwen is vice president of sales and marketing at Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach, Florida. He joined Piper in 2010 as director of sales and was promoted to the executive leadership team in 2011. He was appointed to his current position in 2013.
Bombardier Business Aircraft is reducing production of its Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft because of softness in demand, a move that will cut 1,750 jobs.
At FlightSafety Academy in sunny Vero Beach, Florida, 90% of its more than 400 students training to become professional pilots come from outside the U.S.
The Airbus Training Center in Miami has signed a three-year agreement with FlightSafety International for ab-initio training for aspiring pilots at its Flight Safety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has introduced the UAS Modernization Act, which would create a temporary rule to allow commercial drone operations in the U.S.
Airlines for America wants Congress to take away the FAA’s oversight of the nation’s air traffic control system, but the Regional Airline Association has not yet taken a position, executives from the two groups said May 12.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is prepared to deliver its first aircraft to the U.S. market in 2017 when Trans States Airlines adds the MRJ to its fleet, but it will be some time before the regional carrier decides which model it will take, a Mitsubishi executive told Aviation Daily.
If you’re wondering whether the deadline to equip aircraft for ADS-B Out might be extended, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta is clear. “The answer is no,” Huerta told attendees at the Wichita Aero Club luncheon on May 12.
Jerry Kuwata, a former WECO operations manager of Granite Bay, California, was sentenced to a year in prison and two years of supervised release by the U.S. District Court for “recklessly endangering aircraft,” according to the Department of Transportation.
Ernie Edwards has been appointed senior vice president and chief commercial officer for Aerion. In his role, Edwards has responsibility for all sales-related activity on Aerion’s Mach 1.5 As2 supersonic business jet. He reports to Aerion CEO Doug Nicols. Edwards retired as president of Embraer Executive Jets in late 2013. While at Embraer, he also served as vice president of sales and marketing for North America. Most recently, Edwards served as non-executive chairman of Veling Tayara Ltd., a Dubai-based leasing company for business jets.
