Business & GAVista Global Sees Demand for Private Flying Surge Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in First Half of 2021 Vista Global – the parent company of VistaJet and XO - experienced record growth during the first six months of 2021, selling over 8,000 new annual subscription hours, an increase of 67…
MilitaryVolansi Demonstrates Fully Autonomous Drone Delivery with Navy and Coast Guard The Silicon Valley-based drone delivery company Volansi completed the first-ever completely autonomous maritime drone delivery demonstration with the Navy and Coast Guard on July 18 near Key West, Florida, Will Roper, Volansi…
Business & GAPODCAST: Sentient Jet CEO Talks International Expansion and the Jet Card's Digital Transformation On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Andrew Collins, CEO of Sentient Jet joins as the guest to discuss the company’s recent international expansion, a surge in new private jet passengers,…
Embedded AvionicsCollins Aerospace Developing Generational Leap in Flight Control Processing Power for Perigon The use of multicore processors, an input/output (I/O) card, and high-speed backplane are among the main elements giving Collins Aerospace the ability to establish 20 times the processing power of its existing…
Electrification and SustainabilityDHL Express Adds 12 Electric Aircraft to Fleet with New Purchase DHL has purchased 12 electric aircraft from Eviation which will operate on all routes currently serviced by piston and turbine aircraft, the company announced in an Aug. 3 press release. “We firmly…
Electrification and SustainabilitySustainable Aviation Fuels Aren’t Sustainable, Not Yet at Least Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) are attractive to the aviation industry because they provide a large reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with little changes to current technology. SAF is a drop-in solution meaning…
ConnectivityAnuvu to Expand In-flight Connectivity Service with New MicroGEO Satellites Two months after Global Eagle rebranded as Anuvu, the mobile connectivity and passenger experience provider is working on the launch of the Anuvu Constellation under a new partnership with microGEO high throughput…
MilitaryBoeing Demos MQ-25 MUM-T Capabilities Without Ground Control Comms In a new demonstration from Boeing testing advanced manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capabilities, the Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler communicated with other manned aircraft without the need for an air vehicle operator…