Commercial Urban Air Mobility in Regulatory Infancy, Elwell Says While the buzz surrounding Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is ever louder, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell on June 11 said his agency…
Military U.S. House Defense Committee More Than Doubles Chinook Block II Funding Concerned that canceling Block II upgrades for the Army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopters could harm Boeing [BA] and its supply chain, the House Armed Services Committee…
Commercial New Future Transportation Unveils ‘Drive-Fly’ eVTOL Concept It’s the first eVTOL vehicle concept that will be able to both drive on the road and fly as an aircraft, according to New Future…
Military Sikorsky To Build First Six Production VH-92A Presidential Helos Under $542 Million Contract Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky has received a $542 million Navy contract to build six low-rate initial production VH-92A presidential helicopters as part of the Marine Corps'…
Commercial Uber Adds Jaunt As Sixth eVTOL Vehicle Manufacturing Partner Uber Elevate has named Jaunt Air Mobility its sixth manufacturing partner for urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles. Joining Bell, Embraer-X, Boeing's Aurora Flight Sciences, Pipistrel…
Commercial Honeywell and Denso Collaborate on Electric and Hybrid Powertrains for UAM Honeywell will partner with Japanese automotive manufacturer Denso to develop hybrid-electric and electric powertrains, with an emphasis on the growing urban air mobility (UAM) market,…
Commercial Air Canada Makes Deal to Offer Drone Cargo Services Air Canada is embracing commercial drone delivery: The operator reached an agreement with Drone Delivery Canada to sell the latter's services through its cargo arm.…
Military Paris Air Show Comes at 'Pivotal Time' for European Aerospace European defense modernization plans for fixed wing and rotorcraft will take center stage at this year's Paris Air Show, which is scheduled from June 16-23…
Commercial Getting BVLOS off the Ground with 91.113 The FAA has been trying to streamline drone processes: Low-altitude authorization and notification capability speeds up airspace applications. May's updated guidance removes exceptions for hobby…
Military UPDATED: Raytheon, UTC Aerospace Businesses To Combine Into $74 Billion Aerospace And Defense Company After news of their potential merger leaked on Saturday, Raytheon [RTN] and United Technologies Corp. [UTX] announced on Sunday that UTC’s aerospace business and Raytheon…
Commercial Uber To Launch Helicopter Transit Service in New York While Uber continues positioning for a future filled with air taxis, the ride-share giant's Elevate arm is launching something more tailored to the present: Uber…