Military Lockheed's VTOL Data Fusion Sensor Suite Tested On V-280 Lockheed Martin has flight tested its pilotage distributed aperture sensor (PDAS) on a Bell V-280 Valor. PDAS is a multi-function sensor system for vertical lift aircraft…
Commercial FAA Reviewing Comments En Route to Implementing New Drone Rule The public comment period closed this week on the FAA's proposed rule change to allow more flying drones at night and over people. "The preliminary…
Military If Bell 407GXi Wins Navy Trainer Contest, Final Assembly to Take Place in Ozark Bell said it plans to conduct final assembly of its 407GXi single-engine helicopter at its plant in Ozark, Alabama if the company is awarded the…
Safety Drones Helped Fight Notre-Dame Catherdral Fire Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was the site of a raging fire Monday, April 15, suffering a still-unknown amount of damage as the building is assessed.…
Commercial Growing Rapidly, Quebec's Aerospace Sector Aims High MONTREAL -- Quebec’s aerospace industry is growing at a rapid pace, and provincial leaders are determined to capture a larger percentage of the world market.…
Commercial PART II: After the Accident, The Black Box Now and Tomorrow This is the second of a two-part series on black boxes with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Read the first part here. Black boxes…
Commercial Dart Aerospace Receives FAA/EASA Certification for EC/H130 Flotation System Dart Aerospace has received STC approvals from the FAA and European regulator EASA on its new EC/H130 emergency flotation system (EFS). Dart received certification from…
Commercial After the Accident: Inside the Black Box with NTSB Investigators You've read about the black box. In the wake of a crash, authorities scramble to find the black box, the key to the investigation. It…
Military MD Helicopters Granted GFRC for Production of Military Aircraft As MD Helicopters fulfills a $1.4 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the Pentagon for at least 150 MD530 rotorcraft destined for the United States’…
Commercial Honeywell to Handle Navigation for Volocopter eVTOL Honeywell and Volocopter will jointly test and develop navigation and automated landing systems for Volocopter's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the two companies…
Military FVL ‘Absolutely Fundamental’ to Army Maneuver Warfare Against Near Peer, Milley Says The Army Future Vertical Lift program is “absolutely fundamental” to the service’s ability to execute maneuver warfare against a near peer threat, like Russian and…