Aviation News

In a move that leaves no question as to how it feels about the promise of electric propulsion, Rolls-Royce has entered into an agreement to acquire Siemens’ eAircraft business, the company announced during the Paris Air Show 2019. Siemens’ significant work in electric and hybrid-electric propulsion development began to take shape several years ago under […]

Boeing released its annual Boeing Market Outlook in concert with the Paris Air Show during the week of June 17. The report summarizes the current state of the global aviation market and projects anticipated growth 20 years into the future, broken down by region and aircraft size. The Boeing Market Outlook punctuated an event that […]

Stephen Pope, the Editor-in-Chief of Flying magazine and a longtime aviation journalist and pilot, has been announced as an inductee into the 2019 class of the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame. An “airport kid” who grew up around aviation in New Jersey, Pope began taking flying lessons at the age of 15 in a […]

While the vision of economically viable supersonic commercial flight invested in Concorde was never fully realized, the airplane still stands as an icon to those who would try again to achieve that goal. Boom Supersonic, working to make that vision a reality, announced at the Paris Air Show this week that it is ready to […]

AirMap and Raytheon Company said they’ll soon begin collaborating on projects to safely integrate drones into low-altitude civil airspace, efforts they expect will unlock the positive economic and social benefits of expanded commercial drone operations. AirMap calls itself the world’s leading airspace intelligence platform to help drone operators safely fly and communicate in low-altitude airspace. […]

The DOT and the FAA are taking steps to advance the development of civil supersonic aircraft beginning with the FAA’s initiation of two rulemaking activities on civil supersonic aircraft noise. The first is a proposed rule for noise certification of supersonic aircraft, the second a proposed rule to streamline and clarify the procedures to obtain […]

Taking inspiration from feathered experts in the art of graceful soaring, Airbus has test flown a scale-model airplane that incorporates flapping wingtips which designers say could one day lead to lighter wing designs with less drag. Based on the wing structure of the albatross, which is an excellent soarer, the remote-controlled AlbatrossOne model plane uses […]

L3 Commercial Aviation said it plans to open a U.S.-based airline training center near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) as the company seeks to address the growing pilot shortage in the United States. The training center in Arlington, Texas, will offer pilot training courses and dry leasing options for airline customers using L3’s RealitySeven […]

McLean, Virginia-based Aireon passed a never-before-achieved milestone last week when the company’s satellite-based ADS-B receiver system was certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as an official Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). That means Aireon can now provide Air Traffic Management (ATM)/Air Navigation Service (ANS) surveillance services to support the separation of aircraft. […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) last week highlighted a number of changes coming soon to the FSS system managed for the FAA by Lockheed Martin Flight Services. Later this month, the FAA will complete its Clearance Relay initiative to streamline clearance delivery procedures at non-controlled airports. A clearance delivery telephone number, direct to the […]