Air TaxiDelta Invests $60M in Joby as Part of New Partnership Delta Air Lines has entered into a long-term partnership with Joby Aviation to launch electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft services. The airline also made an upfront equity investment in Joby…
UnmannedSabrewing CEO Talks Record-Breaking Cargo Drone Hover Flight Sabrewing Aircraft Company, based in California, recently announced the successful completion of its cargo drone prototype’s first hover flight with an 829-pound payload. According to the company, this set a new world…
AI & AutonomyWisk Unveils Its 6th-Generation Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft Wisk Aero just revealed its 6th-generation air taxi, an autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company claims that this vehicle, which is its go-to-market aircraft, is the first autonomous…
CommercialCommercial Aftermarket Services Will Recover to Pre-Pandemic Levels Next Year, New Airbus Report Says A new report published by Airbus expects demand for commercial aircraft aftermarket services to return to pre-pandemic 2019 levels by next year. The annual Airbus Global Services Forecast (GSF) analyzes projected growth…
Embedded AvionicsL3Harris Mission Management Processors Added to Open-Systems Design of Boeing T-7A L3Harris Technologies is supplying its mission-management processors to Boeing for the T-7A Red Hawk under a recently announced $91.5 million contract. The processors will be added to the open systems embedded computing…
ConnectivityUK Regulatory Authority Says Viasat/Inmarsat Merger Could Hurt In-flight Connectivity Competition The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority(CMA) could soon refer Viasat’s pending Inmarsat acquisition to a deeper investigation due to how it might lessen competitiveness in the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in the U.K. The CMA released results of its…
ATM ModernizationEasyJet Starts In-Flight AirFi Trial, Adds Descent Profile Optimization to A320 Fleet EasyJet, the second largest U.K.-based low-cost airline, will modify its fleet of in-service Airbus A320 jets with a Flight Management System (FMS) software upgrade that will help its pilots reduce fuel burn,…
Electrification and SustainabilityDrone Delivery Trials Begin at Scotland’s First Drone Port Unmanned drones are now performing collection and delivery services in a new series of trials at Scotland’s first drone port. The drones will be transporting medicine, medical equipment, and samples between healthcare…