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MD Helicopters (MDH) is under new leadership after being acquired by an investment consortium led by MBIA Insurance Corp., Bardin Hill and MB Global Partners. Brad Pedersen will be serving as the company’s president and CEO with former Boeing Government Services president Edward Dolanski as chairman of the board. As previously reported by AVweb, MD […]

The Matternet M2 has become the first non-military unmanned aircraft system (UAS/drone) to earn its FAA type certificate. In an announcement on Wednesday, drone delivery system developer Matternet stated that the M2 underwent four years of evaluation by the FAA prior to certification. The company noted that the M2, along with several other drone models, […]

Gulfstream announced on Thursday that it has flown its second fully outfitted G700 test aircraft. According to the company, the aircraft will be used to “ensure the maturity, durability and comfort” of cabin elements, including the model’s new dynamic circadian lighting system. The G700 flew for the first time in February 2020 and has set […]

United Airlines has signed a $15 million investment deal with urban air mobility (UAM) company Eve Air Mobility for the purchase of 200 four-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The agreement also includes options for an additional 200 aircraft along with laying out plans for joint work on future projects such as studies […]

Norwegian authorities have come up with a plan to return an $80 million V-22 Osprey to the U.S. Air Force while protecting a priceless piece of ecosystem. As we reported last month, the Air Force grounded its Special Forces Ospreys after slipping clutches in the complex transmission that distributes power from the engines to the […]

Authorities in Western Australia say the pilot of a prisoner transport plane had to turn back to the airport after one of three teenage inmates onboard rushed the flight deck. The detainees, all aged 17, were in restraints and started kicking the interior of the plane shortly after takeoff from Broome for Perth. One made […]

Pilots buy and sell aircraft and equipment with a passion, so it only made sense back in January of this year to undertake the daunting task of adding a classified advertising section to AVweb’s editorial package. The result is available here, and AVweb readers with something to sell can take advantage of free listings for […]

Oregon-based Lightspeed Aviation announced today its Delta Zulu next-gen ANR aviation headset. Part of a new category of devices the company calls “safety wearables,” the headset weighs in at 14.9 ounces and is priced at $1099. The Delta Zulu also sports new styling and a variety of useful and unique features that Lightspeed says cater […]

Searchers have found debris and human remains at the assumed crash site of a Cessna Citation II SP off the coast of Latvia. Lt. Cmdr. Peteris Subbota, head of the Latvian military’s Marine Search and Rescue Coordination Centre, told The Associated Press, “[We found] remains of human bodies we believe to be associated with the crash.” […]

A freak microburst at Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) overturned a Diamond DA42 Twin Star on Thursday evening, Sept. 1, killing one of the two on board. Another parked aircraft also overturned. The DA42 was holding short of Runway 7 when the storm hit the airport. Several observers, including pilots of other aircraft and air traffic […]