Leidos, a heavyweight government services provider, has throttled up its rivalry with defense primes L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon for providing support work to the FAA.
Mooney International officials are in negotiations with a group of investors interested in acquiring the manufacturer of high-performance single-engine aircraft.
Spirit AeroSystems has completed its first integration of the 767 forward fuselage section, which doubles its labor content on the Boeing platform used as freighters and for the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker.
The introduction of delivery service by drones is facing a challenge of human acceptance, according to surveys by the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Sales of avionics for business and general aviation aircraft rose 14.3% during the first nine months of 2019 compared to a year ago, the Aircraft Electronics Association says.
Following its acquisition by Vista Global last September, jet charter specialist XOJET Aviation is undergoing a major transition period that President and COO Kevin Thomas said is taking the company in new directions.
Boeing and startup Kitty Hawk have unveiled a joint venture that is developing the Cora two-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous air taxi.
Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost, A3 (A-cubed), has wrapped up testing on the Vahana autonomous electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator, completing 138 flights totaling 13.4 hr.
Stratodynamics Aviation of Canada, which in September set a record by releasing an unmanned glider from a stratospheric balloon at 11,434 ft., is to operate research flights for NASA under a contract awarded to the University of Kentucky.
Local media reports say the Busy Bee aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic flight from Goma to Beni on Nov. 24, when it crashed into a densely populated residential area and caught fire. Reports on the number of passengers and fatalities vary, with 25-27 people said to have been killed on the 19-seater aircraft and on the ground.
Under the program, insulating materials are provided at no cost to owners of eligible homes. The FAA will provide 90% of the funding with the remainder coming from the airport.
Tens of thousands of drone enthusiasts in the UK risk a £1,000 ($1,264) fine if they fail to register by Nov. 30, the Civil Aviation Authority has warned.
