MilitaryU.S. Air Force to Experiment with Avionics Networks for Light Attack Aircraft As the United States Air Force (USAF) continues its light attack aircraft program with the Textron Aviation AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, the military service plans…
ConnectivityInmarsat Aviation VP Talks Growth in Business Aviation, Future Roadmap and Arctic Routes Inmarsat plans to launch eight new satellites by 2023 as part of its future roadmap in a strategic move that will see its support of in-flight connectivity performance and speeds take generational…
Air TaxiVolocopter Showcases Unmanned Utility Drone, ‘VoloPort’ Infrastructure It's been a busy year for German air taxi developer Volocopter, which continues to be at the forefront of the urban air mobility race. The developer recently announced its VoloDrone, a utility…
Business & GAGarmin Autoland to Permit Emergency Touchdowns for General Aviation Planes On Oct. 31, Garmin rolled out its Garmin Autoland avionics system for general aviation aircraft to permit autonomous touch downs in emergencies. After Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of Autoland, the…
Air TaxiUber Takes a Different Approach to Food Delivery By Drone Uber released its latest design for a food delivery drone that will contribute to — rather than replace — their existing driver-focused delivery service. Equipped with six electric motors along two “wings”…
Air TaxiUS Air Force Hopes to Leverage Commercial Progress on ‘Air Taxi’ Vehicles DAYTON, Ohio — At the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) on Wright-Patterson AFB, the service has begun preliminary research into how it can harness commercial efforts on urban air taxis to increase…
MilitaryU.S. Army in Final Stages of Developing EW Software Tool for Battle Management The U.S. Army is in the final stages of developing a software tool, the Raytheon Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT), to give the operators of military hardware, including aircraft, situational…
CommercialThomas Global Achieves Cockpit Display Upgrade Certification on 737 Classics Thomas Global Systems received what the Australian manufacturer describes as a first of its kind liquid crystal display (LCD) cockpit upgrade for cathode ray tube (CRT)-equipped Boeing 737 Classics. Under a new…