MilitaryWith 'Sincere Regret,' Airbus Accepts Belgian Selection of F-35 Over Typhoon Airbus has released a prickly response to Belgium's announcement that it will purchase 34 Lockheed Martin F-35As to replace its aging F-16 fighter fleet, saying it has "taken note" of the decision…
CommercialBoeing's Defense, Services Segments Carry $25B Earnings in Q3 Boeing reported over $25.1 billion in third-quarter earnings Wednesday — up $900 million, or 3.8%, year over year (YOY) — despite stagnant commercial revenues thanks to growth in the smaller defense and…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Adding Automated Approach Verification to Airports in the NAS Raytheon is leveraging its air traffic control technology, the standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS), to prevent situations like last year's Air Canada Flight 759 near-miss at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) that almost…
MilitaryEmbraer KC-390 Receives Brazilian Type Certification Embraer’s KC-390 multi-mission military cargo plane has received type certification from Brazil’s civil aviation authority, the ANAC, clearing a path to full operational capability next year. Aimed at competing with Lockheed Martin’s…
CommercialBell Taps Thales to Provide On-Demand VTOL Flight Controls Thales will develop flight control systems for Bell's vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft, the two companies said Tuesday. Bell has said the aircraft, which is to be used for on-demand urban mobility in partnership…
CommercialGE-Owned Avitas Granted First Large Commercial BVLOS Waiver Avitas Systems, a GE venture, received the first FAA approval to fly a 55-plus-pound UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) with no spotter for commercial purposes. Operating on Shell oil facilities…
MilitaryControl Six MQ-9 Reapers From Your Laptop With GA-ASI's Heresy Software General Atomics wants it to be so easy to manage drones that, using the company's Heresy multi-mission control (MMC) software, one operator can oversee a half-dozen large UAS, assigning tasks and monitoring…
CommercialNew Boeing Business to Tackle AI, Advanced Computing Boeing has launched a new business tasked with researching and development of solutions in artificial intelligence (AI), secure communications and complex systems optimization for commercial and government applications. Called Disruptive Computing and…