Air TaxiLilium Starts the Next Phase of Flight Testing in Spain Lilium announced this week that it is now performing test flights in Spain using the Phoenix 2, the company’s 5th generation technology demonstrator. This next phase of flight tests is taking place…
Business & GANew Universal Avionics Connected FMS Technology Ready to Fly This Year The new “Connectivity Ecosystem” technology from Universal Avionics that gives pilots the ability to connect their iPads to their flight management system (FMS) could see its first passenger-carrying flights this year, according…
UnmannedDrone Company to Launch Small Urgent Package Delivery in Ireland This week, Manna Drone Delivery is planning to launch commercial operations of its custom-developed aerospace grade drones. The company claims it is the largest drone delivery operation in Europe, and has raised…
MilitaryNext Generation Perigon Flight Control Computer to See First Placement in Defiant X Helicopter The next generation Collins Aerospace Perigon flight control computer has received its first airframe selection as it will become a central part of the avionics featured on the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant…
AI & AutonomyGA-ASI's SkyGuardian UAS Completes Detect-and-Avoid Flights for the FAA At the end of March, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced completion of multiple test flights of its unmanned SkyGuardian aircraft that were performed for the Federal Aviation Administration and served…
Air TaxiFedEx Express to Test Elroy VTOL for Autonomous Middle Mile Cargo Delivery FedEx Express, the regional subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has a new partnership agreement with Elroy Air aimed at flight-testing their autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air cargo system for middle-mile logistics…
Business & GA17 New Avionics Technologies Introduced at the 2022 Aircraft Electronics Association Convention NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — Business and general aviation aircraft electronics are becoming increasingly more connected and digital within smaller modular form factors, as evidenced by the opening ceremony of the annual 2022…
Electrification and SustainabilitySwiss International Air Lines Plans to be First in the World to Use Solar Jet Fuel In a strategic collaboration with solar technology developer Synhelion, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and parent company the Lufthansa Group have partnered to bring solar aviation fuel to market and enable SWISS…