MilitaryPoseidon's Reach: The P-8A Around the World NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Approaching the U.S. Navy's final planned buy of Boeing P-8A Poseidons in 2020, 169 of the multimission maritime aircraft have been sold across seven countries. As primary buyer,…
MilitaryEGI-M: Northrop Grumman's GPS for GPS-Denied Areas NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The business case for Northrop Grumman's assured position, navigation and timing (A-PNT) solution is tricky, on its face — GPS is better, and as long as you have…
CommercialBoeing Knew the AOA Disagree Alert on the 737 MAX Didn't Work — and Said Nothing In 2017, Boeing learned that the angle-of-attack (AOA) disagree alert — a standard feature on all 737 MAX aircraft — didn't work on the majority of the planes. The company determined that…
ConnectivitySoftBank Develops Aircraft Delivering Telecommunications Connectivity SoftBank is developing an aircraft that delivers telecommunications connectivity from the stratosphere. The company launched a High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) business through HAPSMobile, a joint venture between SoftBank and U.S.-based company AeroVironment. With the…
CommercialCity Airbus eVTOL Prototype Makes First Flight in Germany City Airbus, the namesake company’s unmanned, ducted-fan-driven urban air taxi prototype, made its first flight May 3 in Donauwörth, Germany. Airbus Helicopters did not make a formal announcement of the milestone, but…
MilitaryTextron Shadow Block 3 Upgrade in Flight Tests Textron is flight testing a new Block 3 version of its AAI-developed RQ-7 Shadow UAS, which the U.S. Army has been using for 20 years and, according to Textron, plans to use…
RegulationWhat the FAA Learned About Future Air Taxis From Missteps Integrating Drones CHICAGO — The FAA wasn't ready for drones, according to its executive director for unmanned aircraft, Jay Merkle. But the Administration learned over the last several years, and it is determined not to…
CommercialGE's AiRXOS Takes on UTM through the Cloud To support the burgeoning urban air mobility (UAM) market, GE subsidiary AiRXOS has unveiled a platform for viewing and managing air mobility data and, running on it, a network ecosystem and a…