Eviation Aircraft, a global manufacturer of all-electric commuter aircraft, and Massachusetts-based Cape Air, one of the largest commuter airlines in the United States, have announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the purchase of 75 all-electric Alice commuter...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Textron completes acquisition of Pipistrel
Textron has closed its acquisition of Pipistrel, the electrically powered aircraft manufacturer. Pipistrel’s Velis Electro has received full type-certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The company, which offers a family of gliders and...
Boeing and Google Cloud partnership takes flight
Google Cloud and Boeing have announced a partnership that will support the aerospace company's cloud transformation by migrating hundreds of applications across multiple business groups and aerospace products to Google Cloud. The partnership will enable Boeing to...
Volansi announces Voly 50 Series
Volansi, an autonomous Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) drone logistics provider, has announced the launch of its newest unmanned aerial vehicle, the VOLY 50, a multirole, long-haul vehicle offering superior flight range and flexible payload capacity. The VOLY 50...
Airobotics proceeds towards Type Certification of its automated drone system
AIROBOTICS, an Israeli manufacturer of autonomous Unmanned Aircraft (drones) and Aerial Data Platforms, says that it is heading towards completion of a type certification process after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published the final airworthiness...
VesselsValue: Valuing Russian Controlled Aircraft
Using VesselsValue data, Gary Crichlow, Aviation Lead, analyses the current environment surrounding Russian controlled aircraft as a result of Western imposed sanctions. His article looks into the restrictions on aircraft connected to Russia, the impact of these...
De Havilland Canada launches DHC-515 Firefighter
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (De Havilland Canada) has launched the De Havilland DHC-515 Firefighter (formerly known as the CL-515) program. "After an extensive business and technical review, we are pleased to announce that we have launched the De Havilland DHC-515...
GE achieves 400 million flight hours and 37 years of navigation database
GE Aviation recently achieved 400 million flight hours and 37 years of on time delivery of its navigation database to airlines globally. GE’s navigation database (NDB) provides worldwide coverage and access to more than 18,000 airports. Each NDB is customized for the...
LATAM selects Iguazio to operationalize machine learning
Iguazio, the MLOps (machine learning operations) platform provider, has announced that LATAM - the leading airline group in Latin America - has selected its MLOps platform for a large scale, cross-company AI innovation project. The project will span the entire...
JAL engineering division selects IFS solution for aircraft fleet maintenance
Japan Airlines maintenance and engineering subsidiary, JAL Engineering Co., has selected IFS to support fleet-wide long range maintenance planning. The IFS solution, to be deployed in the cloud, will provide long range planners with the unified information insights...
First Airbus A320 FTD Level 2 at BAA Training Spain in Barcelona
A new Airbus A320 Flight Training Device (FTD) Level 2 is ready for training at BAA Training Spain. It is one of a few devices of this kind in Europe with Level 2 certification. It offers high-fidelity training functionality: the cockpit, visual system, and software...
Joby submits area-specific certification plan
Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, has submitted its first area-specific certification plan to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), believed to be an...