Aero-News Network: The aviation and aerospace world's daily/real-time news and information service

Hide/Show Archive Navigation.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

All News

February 08, 2019

Airborne 02.08.19: Diamond A/C 'Help Wanted', Boeing-Aerion, Super Bowl Drones

Also: SpaceX Ship 'Mr. Steven', Boeing 747 In Hotel Garden, American Airlines HGR, CFM Orders

After one year under the new management of the Diamond Aircraft Group, the company is on its way to achieving its goal to be the leading company in GA, in its class, worldwide. After staff increases in 2018, the company now is looking to employ even more people in 2019 as production is doubling. Boeing has announced a partnership with Aerion, making an investment in the company to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, and unlock supersonic air travel for new markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Boeing will provide engineering, manufacturing and flight test resources, as well as strategic vertical content, to bring Aerion's AS2 supersonic business jet to market

More Videos

HiDron Measures Weather Conditions In The Stratosphere

Flew An Autonomous Drone To An Altitude Of 82,000 Feet

UAVOS Inc. and Stratodynamics Aviation Inc., have successfully completed the next stage of flights tests of the earth observation platform called the HiDron to an altitude of 82,000 ft. The HiDron also carried atmospheric measurement system onboard, in a collaboration with researchers from the University of Kentucky. The night-time flight lasted 4 hours, including the one-hour weather balloon launch period with an average climb rate at 22 ft./s. At release altitude the HiDron was 22 miles away from the launch site where it headed home and was above launch area at an altitude of 59,000 ft.

ASTM International Commercial Spaceflight Committee Approves First Standard

Covers Fundamental Safeguards For Storing, Using, And Handling Liquid Rocket Propellants

ASTM International’s commercial spaceflight committee (F47), launched in 2016, has approved its first technical standard. The new guide (F3344) covers fundamental safeguards for storing, using, and handling liquid rocket propellants. The document was developed by the subcommittee on spaceports.

Government Of Canada Investing In Safety At The Rouyn-Noranda Airport

Will Spend Nearly $11 Million For Repaving Runways And Taxiways

Canadians, tourists and businesses benefit from safe and well-maintained airports. From visiting friends and family, to travelling to medical appointments, or getting goods to market, we rely on our local airports to support and sustain vibrant communities. These airports also provide essential air services including community resupply, air ambulance, search and rescue and forest fire response.

Divers Discover Bodies In Aircraft Recovered From The Ocean In Northeast FL

Plane Had Gone Down December 20th With Two People On Board

A plane that went down in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeast Florida coast December 20th has been recovered by local authorities. The wreckage of the PA-46 Malibu located by side-scan sonar in about 40 feet of water off Little Talbot Island just north of Jacksonville.

Delair Launches Aerial Intelligence Platform

New Cloud-Based Solution Introduces New Levels Of Efficiency For UAV Workflows

Delair, a supplier of commercial drone solutions, has unveiled Delair Aerial Intelligence, a platform for converting drone-based images into actionable business insights. The new cloud-based solution provides a complete integrated and easy-to-use workflow to manage, analyze and share data, streamlining the process for unlocking the true potential of aerial surveying.

Advertisement

NASA Research Could Reshape Understanding Of Moon's Formation

Researcher Challenges Theory That The Moon Was Once A Part Of The Earth

New NASA research combining experimental studies with analyses of samples collected nearly 50 years ago during Apollo provides compelling evidence that the Moon formed from the same materials as Earth in the aftermath of a giant impact between the young Earth and a Mars-sized impactor.

EASA Certifies Astronics AeroSat Components

F-310 SATCOM Connectivity Antenna And ARINC 791 Style Radome Solutions Certified On All Airbus A320 Aircraft

Astronics Corporation, a provider of advanced technologies for the aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Astronics AeroSat, recently received EASA certification of its next generation SATCOM connectivity system.

Avfuel Hosts Network Customer Service Master Class In San Antonio

Included Applicable Tactics On How To Treat Customers Like 'Royalty'

With nearly 80 organizations in its row at this year’s SDC, Avfuel Corporation took advantage of this unique face-to-face opportunity to offer its branded FBOs in-person customer service training in San Antonio, Texas, prior to the show.

New U.K. Fast Jet Training Takes Off

High-G Training And Test Facility At RAF Cranwell Open For Business

The U.K. MoD Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, has opened the High-G training and test facility at RAF Cranwell.

Kratos Successfully Commands Spacecraft Using AF's Ground Services Framework

Demonstration Confirms TRL 8 Readiness Of Kratos Enterprise Ground Services

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has commanded an on-orbit spacecraft using the U.S. Air Force’s Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) framework. This demonstration directly follows on the heels of three successful pathfinder studies announced earlier by Kratos for migrating the Command and Control System – Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system to the EGS architecture. CCS-C provides consolidated Military SATCOM tracking, telemetry and command capability for 14th Air Force and 50th Space Wing.

Florida County Using Drones For Property Appraisals

St. Johns County Experiencing Rapid Growth, Aircraft Help Officials Keep Up

St. Johns County in northeast Florida is one of the state's, and the country's most rapidly-growing regions. In an effort to keep up with appraisals of new construction in the county and ensure compliance by existing property owners, the Property Appraiser has turned to drones to help in its assessment of value.

Advertisement

RAF Tornado Returns From Operations For The Last Time

Marks End Of An Era That Began In 1979

After almost 40 years serving the U.K. on military operations across the world, iconic RAF Tornado jets have returned home for the last time. First entering service in 1979, the fast jets have been used in operations across the world, most recently bombarding Daesh to push the terrorist group back through Syria and Iraq.

Transportation Secretary Presents Astronaut Wings To SpaceShipTwo Crew

Chao: 'We Are Entering A New And Exciting Frontier In Our Nation’s Space Activities'

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao pinned FAA Astronaut Wings on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crewmembers, Test Pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Fredrick “CJ” Sturckow, during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Thursday. Last year’s historic spaceflight marked the nation’s return to space on an American-made rocket, and paves the way for future travel to space with commercial spaceflight participants.

NASA, Partners Update Commercial Crew Launch Dates

Unmanned Crew Dragon Test Pushed To March 2

NASA and its Commercial Crew Program providers Boeing and SpaceX have agreed to move the target launch dates for the upcoming inaugural test flights of their next generation American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space Station.

Airbus And Dassault Systèmes Embark On Strategic Partnership

Mission Is To Create The European Aerospace Industry Of Tomorrow

Airbus and Dassault Systèmes have signed a five-year Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to cooperate on the implementation of collaborative 3D design, engineering, manufacturing, simulation and intelligence applications. This will enable Airbus to take a major step forward in its digital transformation and lay the foundation for a new European industrial ecosystem in aviation.

ForeFlight’s New Airport 3D View Delivers Next-Gen Airport Familiarization

Immersive, Interactive Familiarization Tool Delivers A New Paradigm For Airport Arrival Briefings

ForeFlight now gives pilots and aircraft operators a unique, interactive, and global airport familiarization tool with Airport 3D View. Leveraging ForeFlight’s leading mapping and synthetic vision platform, the Airport 3D View feature combines stunning global aerial imagery with Jeppesen-sourced high-resolution terrain to create a realistic and interactive simulation of the airport environment.

SmartSky Networks Announces $104 Million Funding Round

Has Raised Nearly $350 Million To Date

Inflight internet provider SmartSky Networks has closed a total of $104 million in funding, including $75 million in debt commitments from funds managed by the Global Credit team at BlackRock and equity investments by private equity firms Tiger Infrastructure, WP Global, Platform Partners, and Meritage Investors. The funds will be used in the on-going rollout of SmartSky’s nationwide air-to-ground network. With this new round of financing, SmartSky has raised almost $350 million in funding to date. The company is advised by Allen & Company LLC.

Advertisement

Klyde Morris 02.08.19

We Know You Always Wondered Where Those Names Came From ...

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

Airborne 02.06.19: Carter Copter Acquired, Whelen Buys Lopresti, Enstrom 480B

Also: Gone West-WASP Mildred Doyle, Red Bull Selects Hartzell, Jazz Pilots Ratify, Sala Malibu Located

A startup Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company has acquired the rights to the Carter slowed-rotor compound (SR/C) technology developed by Carter Aviation Technologies for personal and air taxi aircraft. Jaunt Air Mobility was introduced at the Vertical Flight Society symposium in January. Little is known about the company other than it was founded last May by New Jersey engineer and entrepreneur Kaydon Stanzione. The technology acquired by Jaunt is the similar to that used by Carter's Personal Air Vehicle,

Garmin Announces Availability Of The G1000 NXi For Citation Mustang

Upgrade Available Immediately At Textron Aviation Service Centers

Garmin has announced the certification and availability of the G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrade for the Cessna Citation Mustang. The G1000 NXi offers a number of new and enhanced features, including wireless cockpit connectivity, split-screen capability, SurfaceWatch, visual approaches, map overlay within the horizontal situation indicator (HSI) and more.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (02.08.19)

“There still are many critical steps to complete before launch and while we eagerly are anticipating these launches, we will step through our test flight preparations and readiness reviews.” Source: Kathy Lueders, NASA Commercial Crew Program manager. The first Commercial Crew test flight have been delayed again by the agency.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (02.08.19): Common Point

A significant point over which two or more aircraft will report passing or have reported passing before proceeding on the same or diverging tracks.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (02.08.19)

National Association of State Aviation Officials

Officially established in 1931, the National Association of State Aviation Officials is one of the oldest continually active aviation advocates in the United States. For instance, it is far older than the FAA.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Top Videos

Airborne Affordable Flyers 04.18.24: Carbon Cub UL, Fisher, Affordable Flyer Expo

Airborne-Flight Training 04.17.24: Feds Need Controllers, Spirit Delay, Redbird Flt

Airborne 04.16.24: RV Update, Affordable Flying Expo, Diamond Lil

Advertisement

Podcasts

AeroTwitter

Please wait while our tweets load

If you can't wait - check out what we've been twittering

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC