ConnectivityAirbus to Provide Predictive Maintenance Platform to EasyJet Airbus has signed a five-year agreement with easyJet to provide predictive maintenance services for its entire fleet, comprised of nearly 300 Airbus aircraft. The maintenance plan relies on the European manufacturer’s Skywise…
MilitaryAir Force Aims to Overwhelm Opposition with Expendable Drones Pentagon scientists are trying to beat the cost curve the military likely will encounter in future wars by designing low-cost, expendable unmanned aircraft and munitions that can overwhelm enemy defenses without breaking…
UnmannedMost Drone Flights Will Be Autonomous by 2022: Study The commercial unmanned aircraft services (UAS) market is experiencing a steady economic expansion due to disruptive innovations such as autonomous platforms, transitional drones and hybrid propulsion. Frost & Sullivan expects that by…
CommercialBoeing to Use LIDAR for Industry First on EcoDemonstrator Boeing is looking to use light detection and ranging (LIDAR) in an industry first. The latest version of the original equipment manufacturer's ecoDemonstrator aircraft is researching the use of LIDAR to detect…
ConnectivityBoeing Invests in Nanosatellite Communications with Australia's Myriota Boeing has joined a $15 million funding round for Australian nanosatellite communications startup Myriota. The funding round is led by Australian firms Blue Sky Venture Capital and Main Sequence Ventures. Myriota developed…
CommercialDreamliner Delivered: First Boeing 787-10 Bound for Singapore Boeing’s facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, played host to Singapore Airlines as airline representatives took delivery of the first 787-10 Dreamliner. Relative to other jets in the Dreamliner family, the 787-10…
Business & GA20 New Avionics Technologies Introduced at AEA 2018 Avionics manufacturing innovation is booming for the business and general aviation industry, as demonstrated in the annual opening ceremony at the 2018 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) convention. The theme of the…
CommercialFirst Boeing 737 Max 9 Delivered to Thai Lion Air Boeing delivered its first 737 MAX 9 to launch customer Lion Air Group, also the first operator to put the MAX 8 into service. One of the world’s largest operators of 737s,…