Icon Aircraft recently shifted most of the final assembly of its Icon A5 aircraft to its composite component manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico, as it begins to gain efficiencies from the processes, it says.
Alain Bellemare is stepping down as president and CEO of Bombardier, having overseen a radical reshaping of the Canadian company in a bid to restore its financial health.
Garmin said Mar. 11 that it has obtained EASA approval of an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) upgrade of Dornier 328 regional jet and turboprop aircraft.
Embraer is working with Stanford University and the U.S. Energy Department on development of multifunction structures that can store energy and carry loads, potentially reducing the weight of battery packs in electric aircraft.
China’s EHang is to begin non-passenger test flights of its EHang 216 autonomous air taxi with a customer in Norway after receiving an operational permit from that country’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA).
The project, initiated by Safran, involves regional companies working in agricultural chemicals and energy that plan to work together to produce and distribute sustainable biofuels.
Textron Aviation, WSU Tech and the Machinists Union announced a new two-year apprentice program to train toolmakers to help combat an upcoming shortage of skilled workers.
An Arsenal of Democracy Flyover planned for May 8 in Washington DC will feature U.S. and Allied World War II aircraft commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II.
More than half of the fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada—56%—recorded increased fuel sales in 2019 compared to a year ago, according to a survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group, although there are “turbulent times ahead.”
Textron Aviation will harness wind energy to supply nearly all of its energy needs at its factories in Wichita and Independence, Kansas, under a 20-year wind energy agreement with Evergy, the company says.
The UK will need people skilled in airspace design as it rolls out a major, nation-wide update of its airspace system, British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps has said in an exclusive interview with Aviation Week Network.
FlyExclusive, jet charter service provider based in Kinston, North Carolina, has acquired Sky Night, an owner and operator of Gulfstream GIVSP business jets.
“The drone industry accomplishes great missions, yet the infrastructure to dock, charge, host and control multiple drones is almost nonexistent,” says the CEO of accelerator EVA.
