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An aircraft is all black imposed on a map showing a route from Newark to New York City. Archer and United logos are at the top of the image.

Press Release: Archer, United reveal commercial electric air taxi route

Archer Aviation Inc. and United Airlines today announced their first airport to city center route between United’s hub at Newark Liberty Int... Continue Reading

A Boeing diagram illustrating the Boeing/Wisk Concept of Operations

Press Release: Boeing and Wisk unveil ops concept for Urban Air Mobility

Boeing and its joint venture partner Wisk today released a roadmap for transitioning to a future where automated and uncrewed aircraft can s... Continue Reading

Eve cabin mock up display at Farnborough

Press Release: Eve showcases eVTOL cabin at Farnborough

Eve Holding, Inc. (“Eve” or “the Company”) unveiled today at the Farnborough Airshow its first full-sized eVTOL (electric vertical take-off ... Continue Reading

Two pilots are sitting in the cockpit of a smaller aircraft

SITA sees more safety pipes in the future to relieve congestion

Secure cockpit safety services are powered by Inmarsat and Iridium satellites today on flights that are out of VHF range, including over oce... Continue Reading

White paper airplane with white dotted line following it on a blue background.

Press Release: Astronics expands CorePower for electric aircraft

Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense, and other mission critical industries, ann... Continue Reading

A pilot is sitting the cockpit of an aircraft.

Press Release: Eve and Thales enter partnership to develop eVTOL

Eve UAM, LLC, an Embraer company, and Thales, a global technology leader providing solutions, services and products in the defence, aeronaut... Continue Reading

A small business aircraft is pictured in a clear blue sky.

Press Release: Flight Data Systems offers FDR upgrade solution

Flight Data Systems (FDS), a leading provider of flight data solutions for the rotorcraft, business, military, and commercial aviation segme... Continue Reading

Textron Aviation Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft inflight over farm fields.

Textron looks to realize electric GA and UAM ambitions

On 17 March, Textron Aviation revealed its planned acquisition of Slovenian light aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, in a deal scheduled for c... Continue Reading

Press Release: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch Inmarsat’s next I-6 satellite

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second in the Inmarsat-6 series of satellites, I-6 F2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida in Q1 2023. Jap... Continue Reading

Alex Durand, CEO SaxonAir and vice chair of the British Business and General Aviation Association is pictured standing in front of a private aircraft in a great jacket and pink dress shirt.

Weather-cancelled heli ride raises questions about eVTOL expectations

Early in February, Norwich, UK-headquartered private charter operator SaxonAir held an event at Biggin Hill Airport, Kent, to mark the arriv... Continue Reading

Philippe Carette, President, Inmarsat Aviation

One-on-one with Inmarsat Aviation president Philippe Carette

Last fall, Inmarsat named Philippe Carette as president of its Aviation business. Carette joined the London-headquartered satellite operator... Continue Reading

Sekisui Kydex plant with workers making thermoplastic sheet

Press Release: SEKISUI acquires CCM equipment for thermoplastics

SEKISUI Aerospace, a subsidiary of SEKISUI Chemical, has completed an investment in Continuous Compression Molding (CCM) thermoplastics tech... Continue Reading

A rendering of Eve’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft over a city.

Press Release: Eve and Bristow partner to develop UAM capabilities

Eve Urban Air Mobility, LLC, an Embraer company, and Bristow Group Inc., the global leader in vertical flight solutions, announced today a M... Continue Reading

A screenshot of the Airbus summit with a large map of Europe seen behind a group of executives at a table

Airbus’ Summit on sustainability opens for complicated questions

During its two-day sustainability summit this week, Airbus created a space where players from throughout aviation — and beyond — came togeth... Continue Reading

Press Release: Inmarsat unveils plan for ORCHESTRA hybrid network

Today, Inmarsat unveiled plans for ORCHESTRA, the communications network of the future. In the largest ever transformation of its current wo... Continue Reading