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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries acquisition of Canadair Regional Jet Program

New era in electric aviation: VoltAero production-version Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft

VoltAero today revealed the production configuration for its Cassio aircraft, which will revolutionize general aviation with a highly efficient, safe and optimized family of airplanes powered by the company’s hybrid-electric power module. Cassio utilizes VoltAero’s hybrid-electric p...

Revolution in safety - Daher HomeSafe emergency autoland system for its TBM 940

With one single buttons the aircraft can land itself at the safest airport... They said it is magic, we say it i technology... 3 years of development program and finaly today Daher unveiled HomeSafe™ - an emergency system that automatically brings the airplane to a runway touchdown if...

A benchmark for emergency delivery - Wingcopter wins at World Bank-sponsored drone challenge

Yesterday, the organizing committee of the Lake Kivu Challenge announced the Flying Competition’s winners and named Wingcopter the winner of the Emergency Delivery category. Wingcopter also received a special award for its safety procedures. As a winner, the company receives a prize money of GBP 65,000. The Flying Competition was part of the 2020 African Drone Forum which took place in Rw...

Meet Vertical Aerospace new Chief Engineer - Tim Williams

Vertical Aerospace has appointed Tim Williams to the role of Chief Engineer to help drive Vertical towards its vision of electric flight for everyone. Tim, formerly a Chief Engineer at Rolls-Royce, will be responsible for leading the development of the new eVTOL aircraft being developed by Vertical – this will be the third prototype built by Vertical as the...

Collaboration on training opportunities: Centennial College and Diamond Aircraft

Centennial College and Diamond Aircraft Industries of London, Ontario have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on activities of mutual benefit, including program development, student work placements and research and innovation projects. As Ontario’s first public college, Centennial has a long history of educating aircraft and avionics technicians accredited by Transport Ca...

Disruptive biotechnology solutions for aviation security operations - Airbus & Koniku

Airbus and Koniku Inc. have made a significant step forward in the co-development of a solution for aircraft and airport security operations, by extending research activities to include biological hazard detection capabilities, as well as chemical and explosive threats. The disruptive biotechnology solution, which was originally focused on the contactless and automated detection, tracking...

Sapere Aude to Fly Again

Should we install new seats capable of containing COVID-19 on aircrafts? Maybe, but we won't feel safe on claustrophobic seats that could turn into a trap in emergency conditions. The key point, in our view, is to give people a sense that their safety is, for those who work in aviation, the top priority. We want to make a contribution by sharing our considerations. It is known that the psy...

Bell Textron Canada Develops Crew Barrier for Customers

Bell Textron Canada is proud to work with the Government of Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces to further protect servicemen and women during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Canadian Armed Forces ramp up operations ahead of peak flooding season, the Mirabel-based company is rapidly bringing to market isolation systems for the CH-146 Griffon aircraft --the Royal Canadian Air Fo...

Rolls-Royce opens its Digital Academy for free training

Rolls-Royce is publishing, for free, its world-class digital skills training programme to help people and businesses around the world prepare for a potentially digital-centric recovery from COVID-19. Bringing together its trusted training partners and platforms, the first suite of courses includes introductions to data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, coding and digital cul...

Second Boeing 777X Completes First Flight

Boeing conducted a productive and successful first flight of the second 777X airplane. Capt. Ted Grady, 777X project pilot, and Capt. Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot, flew for 2 hours and 58 minutes over Washington state before landing at Seattle's Boeing Field at 2:02 p.m. Pacific. Designated WH002, this airplane is the second of four in a...

Airbus develops solution to use widebody aircraft for pure cargo operations during corona crisis

Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks, after removal of the economy-class seats. This solution will help with the airlines’ own business continuity, and also alleviate the global shortage of ‘belly-freight’ air cargo capacity due to the widespread gro...

Safran: Adapting to an unprecedented situation

CEO Philippe Petitcolin commented: "Over the past year, Safran has successfully managed the impact of the 737MAX crisis. The situation we are facing today is of a different order of magnitude, although it remains difficult, at this point, to measure precisely its far-reaching consequences. The actions which my fellow managers and I have launched are timely, tailored to each particular s...

Alaska North Slope Borough Now Flies a PC-24 Air Ambulance

Operated by the North Slope Borough Search and Rescue Department (SAR) in the northernmost region of the United States, the PC-24 provides basic medical care for 9,800 residents across a territory of 95,000 square miles (246,000 square kilometres). Outfitted with tandem LifePort™ AeroSled™ stretchers and five passenger seats, it is the fourth PC-24 to be delivered in a medevac configur...

EHang Applies AAVs in Flood Emergency Response Exercise in China

EHang announced its successful participation in a flood emergency response exercise recently organized by the local government in Shaoguan, China. In this exercise, EHang had fully demonstrated the real application of its AAV technologies in an emergency situation. The large-scale AAV operations were conducted efficiently and autonomously, in a centralized mode. This further exemplifies the use ca...

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