CommercialEthiopian Airlines 737 MAX Crash Kills 157 157 people were killed Sunday morning when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff from the country's capital city of Addis Ababa. The Kenya-bound 737 MAX 8 was in flight for…
CommercialEVTOL Industry Just Waiting for the Public to Get on Board Industry insiders say the primary roadblock to unlocking urban air mobility (UAM) as a market in the U.S. is not technology, but public acceptance and airspace integration. "The technology is ready," said…
MilitarySierra Nevada Will Bring Old Alpha-Model Black Hawks Into the 21st Century on The Cheap ATLANTA — Sierra Nevada Corp. is taking the Army’s old UH-60As, some with more than 16,000 flight hours on them, and installing upgrades that bring the old birds nearly to the capability…
ConnectivitySix Avionics Things You’ll Learn at the 2019 Aerospace Technology Week On March 12, 2019, Europe’s biggest aviation electronics conference and exhibition, Aerospace Technology Week, returns to Munich in a new format, with more exhibitors and speakers than ever before. The two-day…
Business & GAMore Beechcrafts Approved by FAA for Garmin Autopilot Garmin has received FAA approval for its GFC 500 on the Beechcraft Bonanza F33A and its GFC 600 on Beechcraft Baron models 58P, 58PA, 58TC and 58TCA from 1983 or earlier, expanding its…
CommercialBoeing CEO Wants US-China to Reach Deal Boeing sees a big opportunity in the Chinese market as the aerospace industry grows in the next 20 years, and as one of the biggest manufacturing companies in America, it is involved…
ConnectivityCobham's Satcom System to Solve Rotor-Induced Packet Loss Ed. Note: Helicopter data transfer often suffers significant degradation as a result of the overhead rotor blades, but Cobham has a satcom solution aimed at avoiding this difficulty, extending range and reliability…
CommercialHoneywell Brings Connectivity to Rotorcraft with New Satcom Terminal Honeywell is introducing a mission communications terminal for helicopters to provide two-way texting and push-to-talk capabilities between dispatchers and aircraft. The terminal is a compact digital satcom controller that supports all Iridium-based…