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…
CommercialQantas Keeps Project Sunrise in Future Plans Despite Impact of COVID-19 Quantas is unlikely to resume international flying until July 2021, CEO Alan Joyce said during the Australian carrier's Aug. 20 conference call. The company reported a $1.9 billion loss under the impact…
Air TaxiLong Road Ahead for FAA, Airports on Drone Security and Integration Continuing on its path toward greater integration of drones into the national airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will soon proceed with testing and evaluation of drone security systems for safe use…
Editor's NoteThe First 100 Days: How Airlines Responded to the COVID-19 Crisis COVID-19 is one of the biggest challenges the airline industry has ever faced. Airlines have never before seen such a dramatic and sustained decline in air passenger demand. The industry has previously…