Air TaxiNew Partnership Between Joby, JetBlue and Signature Aims to Create Credits for Clean Flight Technology Joby Aviation, JetBlue Airways, and Signature Flight Support are teaming up to create a new pathway to clean aviation by developing a system of aviation credits for using electric and hydrogen propulsion…
CommercialNew Eurocontrol Data Shows Airlines Increasingly Becoming Targets for Cyber Attacks Commercial airlines accounted for 61 percent of all detected aviation-related cyber-attacks in 2020, according to new data collected by Eurocontrol analyzing rising levels of risk for the industry from criminals, hackers and…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - July 11, 2021 Check out the July 11 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Air Taxi14 New Partners Added to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Project NASA has added 13 new companies and one university as partners on its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project that is researching the integration of air taxis and drones into the national airspace,…
Air TaxiAir Taxi Manufacturers Need to Start Thinking About Pilot Training Now There is a consensus in the electric air taxi industry that the first aircraft to emerge in the commercial world will not be autonomous. This begs the question, who will fly them,…
Air TaxiVolocopter Receives Prerequisite Approval from EASA to Begin eVTOL Aircraft Production Volocopter, the German air taxi and drone manufacturer, received a Production Organization Approval (POA) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the prerequisite to beginning production of its electric vertical takeoff…
AI & AutonomyWill Electric Air Taxis Fly Themselves? As electric air taxi vehicle developers progress towards certification and deployment the industry is starting to ask itself who will pilot these aircraft. Many companies are choosing to design piloted aircraft while…
ConnectivityAvionica CEO Talks Exiting GE Aviation Joint Venture In May 2018, Avionica established a joint venture with one of the most successful companies in the history of the aviation industry, GE Aviation, in an effort to take aircraft parts and…