US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is calling on the industry to revisit numerous labour, safety, subsidy and collective bargaining issues that for the past year have taken a back seat to the coronavirus pandemic. US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is calling on the industry to revisit numerous...Continue Reading

Bell believes its work on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the US Army and the unmanned V-247 Vigilant tiltrotor concept for the US Marine Corps (USMC) ought to have “synergy” with the US Navy’s (USN) Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Maritime Strike programme. Bell believes its work on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor for the US Army...Continue Reading

The USA has funded 70 efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, and related technologies, between fiscal years 2015 and 2024. The USA has funded 70 efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, and related technologies, between fiscal years 2015 and 2024. Those efforts, which total nearly $15 billion, are primarily led by the US Department of Defense (DoD),...Continue Reading

Following several deadly accidents in recent years, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten oversight of certain passenger flights conducted under general aviation rules. Following several deadly accidents in recent years, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten oversight of certain...Continue Reading

NASA is planning for Ingenuity, its Mars helicopter, to fly within the next three weeks, engineers say on 23 March. NASA is planning for Ingenuity, its Mars helicopter, to fly within three weeks, engineers say on 23 March. Bob Balaram, Mars Helicopter chief engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), says the first attempt at...Continue Reading

Set to be retired from Royal Air Force use in 2023, the service’s Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 tactical transports will represent an attractive proposition for secondhand buyers, according to support provider Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group. Set to be retired from Royal Air Force (RAF) use in 2023, the service’s Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 tactical transports will...Continue Reading

IAG has signed a $1.76 billion revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks, using take-off and landing slots at both London Heathrow and Gatwick airports as collateral. IAG has signed a $1.76 billion revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks, using take-off and landing slots at both London Heathrow and Gatwick airports as collateral. The three-year facility, which contains two one-year extension periods...Continue Reading

DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution programme tested team dogfighting between artificial intelligence-controlled fighters in a software simulation in February. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) programme tested team dogfighting between artificial intelligence-controlled fighters in a software simulation in February. “Scrimmage 1”, run by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, tested artificial intelligence...Continue Reading

Numerous lobby groups and trade organisations representing the aviation and travel industries have called upon the US government to develop a roadmap that would relax international restrictions and once again allow foreign tourists to enter the country. Numerous lobby groups and trade organisations representing the aviation and travel industries have called on the US government...Continue Reading

French aerospace firm Aura Aero is intending to develop a 19-seat electric-powered regional aircraft, as it looks to certify its two-seat Integral R light single. Aura Aero says the 19-seat project, to address the embryonic low-carbon transport sector, is supported by the Occitanie region. It unveiled the plan as it inaugurated an assembly line at...Continue Reading