Commercial Why Automation Shouldn't Push Pilots Out of Air Taxis As it tries to take to the skies, the urban air mobility industry is at a crossroads. The ultimate goal is unmanned operations, freeing up…
Commercial Airbus A³’s Vahana Electric Air Taxi Has a Single Screen Pilotless Cockpit Airbus A³ provided a glimpse of what the interior of a future self-piloted electric air taxi cockpit could look like, showing for the first time…
Military Boeing to Test More Powerful GE Engine on CH-47, as House Appropriators Advise Restoring Block II Funding RIDLEY PARK, Pennsylvania — Boeing is undertaking a "beyond Block II" effort for its CH-47F Chinooks, including a testing program this year of two General Electric 7,500…
Commercial New Drone Guidelines Set the Stage for Remote ID The FAA updated the Federal Register with new guidelines for recreational drone use today, bringing the standards more in line with commercial flight and priming…
Military Air Force's New Rescue Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight The Air Force’s new combat rescue helicopter lifted off for the first time May 17, flying for more than an hour and included hover control…
Military Sikorsky Awarded $1.1 Billion for 12 CH-53K King Stallions Sikorsky was awarded a $1.1 billion contract for 12 heavylift CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, the Department of Defense announced on Friday, with $509 million for…
Commercial What Uber Is Looking For in a Cost-Effective Urban Transport Vehicle Despite Uber's notoriously ambitious schedule, Director of Aviation Engineering Mark Moore says the company does not need any miracles to get its urban air mobility…
Military PODCAST: Military Helicopters and Future Vertical Lift Want to get caught up — or dive into the details — on the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift project? R&WI executive editor Dan Parsons was recently interviewed on…
Military Boeing to Start Delivering Modernized Little Birds to Night Stalkers RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Boeing is preparing to start delivery of modernized A/MH-6M helicopters to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the "Night Stalkers," at Ft.…
Military Boeing Still Mum on FARA Proposal RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Boeing executives briefing reporters on May 16 at the company's pre-Paris Air Show media tour remain mum on the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft…
Military Inside the Phased-Array Antenna Boeing is Putting on the MQ-25 Boeing is introducing a new flat phased-array satcom antenna for military aircraft, starting with the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker that the company is developing for…