MilitaryWATCH: SB-1 Defiant Spins Rotors in First Official Video The SB-1 Defiant has begun spinning rotors in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Sikorsky-Boeing team is readying the compound helicopter prototype for its first flight early this year. “The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1…
CommercialAirbus Detects Cyber Attack, Unauthorized Data Access Airbus detected what it is calling "a cyber incident" with its commercial aircraft information systems that resulted in unauthorized access to data, the company revealed Jan. 30. "This is mostly professional contact…
CommercialBoeing Brings in $100 Billion in 2018 Revenue Boeing earned $101.1 billion in 2018, an 8 percent year-over-year growth and a new high mark for the planemaker. The company saw moderate gains in every major segment contribute to the total,…
MilitaryUS Army Orders $40M in Personal Reconnaissance Nano-Drones The U.S. Army has given FLIR Systems a $39.6 million contract for Black Hornet tactical nano-UAVs. Purchased under the Army's Soldier Borne Sensor program, FLIR will deliver an undisclosed number of its…
ATM ModernizationNATCA Wants Separate Funding Source for Aviation After Shutdown The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) wants stable, reliable funding for aviation to ensure that nothing like the 35-day government shutdown that just ended can ever hamstring it again — which might…
ConnectivityCertus to Expand Cockpit Connectivity on Boeing 737 MAX, 777X New Iridium Certus aircraft terminals being developed by Collins Aerospace will bring speedier satellite-based connectivity to in-production Boeing 737 MAX and future 777X cockpits. First unveiled in 2016, Certus is Iridium’s multi-service…
CommercialAirbus Threatens UK Pull-Out in the Event of a No-Deal Brexit Airbus CEO Tom Enders delivered a scathing rebuke to proponents of a no-deal Brexit Thursday, even threatening the manufacturer's eventual abandonment of the United Kingdom. "Please don’t listen to the Brexiteers’ madness,…
CommercialEviation CEO: Alice to Start Electric Powered Flights by 2021 Eviation has established a new U.S. facility to start manufacturing and flight testing its 9-passenger electric propeller powered airplane, the Alice commuter, which the company’s chief executive told Avionics International will be…