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The FAA has been given a set of recommendations in the final report of a committee struck to study the practical integration of drones into the National Airspace System. The Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) has handed in its final recommendations and is calling for a uniform set of regulations, some […]

The NTSB says Joby’s uncrewed prototype eVTOL crashed because of an unspecified “component failure” and the crash appears to have occurred shortly after some high-speed testing in a rural area of California. The NTSB’s preliminary report is short and says the tiltrotor multicopter was substantially damaged when it crashed near Schoonover Airfield, an Army facility […]

Just as traffic picks up again, United Airlines will be able to resume the use of 52 of its Boeing 777s after some modifications. The FAA is finalizing airworthiness directives that will lift the grounding of 777s with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines. One of the United aircraft had an uncontained failure of one of […]

The Canadian government has grounded a Russian cargo aircraft after the plane delivered a load of COVID-19 tests—for the Canadian government. The Volga Dnepr An-124, now the largest civilian cargo plane in operation, arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Feb. 27 on one of a series of charter flights for the Canadian government’s pandemic […]

MidTex Aviation has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Enstrom Helicopter Corporation, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last January. The deal includes all of Enstrom’s parts, owned aircraft, tooling, materials, drawings, intellectual property, factory buildings and airport lease. According to Enstrom, MidTex plans to reopen its factory in Menominee, Michigan, […]

The Wichita State University National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has been granted a $100 million contract to continue work on generating a virtual rendition of the B-1 bomber. The six-year follow-on contract was awarded by the B-1 System Program Office (SPO) at Oklahoma’s Tinker Air Force Base. NIAR’s B-1 digital engineering project began in […]

uAvionix announced on Wednesday that it has been acquired by investment firm DC Capital Partners (DCCP). According to uAvionix, the move will provide the company with “the means to impact the broader aerospace and defense markets.” The company emphasized that it remains committed to its customers, products and strategies in the general aviation and unmanned […]

Longtime senior editor Kate O’Connor has been named editor-in-chief of AVweb.com, capping a sparkling writing and editing career at America’s leading independent aviation news and information resource. Kate is a 2009 graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Kate has shown energy, diligence and superb judgment in running AVweb’s Flash reports, and she has taken on leadership […]

Aircraft upgrade company Blackhawk Aerospace has signed a letter of intent to acquire controlling ownership of Recoil Aerospace. According to Blackhawk, which has made its name providing performance improvements for turboprop aircraft, the move will allow it to diversify into the growing rotorcraft market. Recoil specializes in the design and manufacturer of lightweight, carbon fiber […]

Simulator technology and aviation training company CAE has partnered with Joby Aviation to develop and qualify flight simulation training devices for Joby’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. According to the companies, the project will leverage “core simulation technology Joby has been developing for the past five years.” Joby, which plans to both manufacture […]