Air TaxiUPS Purchases Beta's eVTOL Aircraft UPS is purchasing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies through its Flight Forward program and is expected to receive the first 10 aircraft by 2024, according to an…
CommercialBoeing Recommends Some Airlines Pause 737 MAX Operations to Address Electrical Issue Boeing on Thursday identified a potential electrical issue involving the 737 MAX and has recommended some airlines operating the aircraft, which recently re-entered service, temporarily pause those operations to address it. "Boeing…
Air TaxiAir Taxis Likely to Not Deploy in Early to Mid 2020s as Predicted, New Report Says Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are still facing many technological, regulatory, and infrastructure hurdles and will likely not deploy in the early-to-mid 2020s as some have predicted, new research from…
Air TaxiAgility Prime Researches Electronic Parachute Powered by Machine Learning The Air Force’s Agility Prime program awarded a phase I small business technology transfer (STTR) research contract to Jump Aero and Caltech to create an electronic parachute powered by machine learning that…
UnmannedZipline Expands into Japan with Toyota Partnership Zipline and Toyota Tsusho, a member of the Toyota Group, have formed a partnership to use drone delivery service to enable healthcare access in communities in Japan, the companies announced recently. Zipline…
ConnectivityJetBlue Brings In-Flight Sports Streaming to London-Bound Airbus A321LRs JetBlue is adding an in-flight live sports streaming platform, Sport 24, to its new fleet of Airbus A321LR aircraft that are on track to begin the New York-based carrier’s first transatlantic flights…
Air TaxiAFWERX Invests in Nap of the Earth Flight with Vy 400 VTOL AFWERX is working with Transcend Air through a new contract that will explore “nap of the Earth” flight, whose flights require the aircraft to fly low and follow the contours of terrain…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - April 4, 2021 Check out the April 4 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.…