MilitaryAPG-83 AESA Radars to Improve F-16 Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground Performance The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters by Lockheed Martin is to provide 5th generation radar features akin to those of the F-22 and…
Air TaxiVertical Aerospace Reveals ‘VA-1X’ Air Taxi, Targets 2024 for Commercial Operations Vertical Aerospace, Britain’s leading entrant in the race to commercialize electric vertical flight, unveiled the VA-1X, a vectored-thrust air taxi that represents a significant departure from the company’s previous multicopter design. Specs…
Business & GALuxStream Connectivity is Coming to Four Gulfstream Jets Under New STC Federal Aviation Administration certification of the LuxStream connectivity service is expected prior to the end of 2020 on four different Gulfstream aircraft types under a new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) that is…
Air TaxiU.S. Air Force Leaders Witness Manned eVTOL Demonstration by LIFT Aircraft’s HEXA Leadership from the U.S. Air Force observed a manned demonstration of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft last week near Austin, Texas, as first reported by eVTOL.news. Secretary of the…
Air TaxiEHang Joins ICAO’s Ambular Project As First Hardware Partner Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle-maker EHang has joined Ambular, a volunteer project run by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to explore applications of electric vertical flight for emergency medical response operations. Launched…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 23, 2020 Check out the Aug. 23 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines happening across the global aerospace industry. Commercial…
MilitaryIn Effort to Bolster U.S. Small Drone Industry, Pentagon Clears Five Models for Government Use With Congress poised to ban all U.S. government purchasing of Chinese drones and components, the Department of Defense is leveraging its small UAS prototyping efforts with industry to offer domestically manufactured options…
CommercialPODCAST: Allegiant Talks Aircraft Network Security and Predictive Maintenance On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature a pre-recorded presentation on aircraft network security and predictive maintenance at Las Vegas-based low cost airline Allegiant. The presentation was given by…