Aviation News

The legal fallout from a Delta 777’s fuel dump over parts of Los Angeles last week has begun to pile up and the FAA has promised to “thoroughly investigate” the incident. The aircraft took off from LAX for Shanghai just before noon last Tuesday and on the tower tape the crew accepted a “high speed […]

SpaceX says it could send astronauts to the International Space Station as early as April after achieving the last major milestone of its Dragon manned capsule program on Sunday. The company fired off a Falcon 9 rocket topped with a crew capsule and tested the emergency escape system before blowing up the rocket, which had […]

Bombardier said it may end its partnership with Airbus in the A220 airliner and hinted it could even sell its business jet division to pay off debt and prop up its sagging train business. The company cut its earnings projections for 2019 for the second time prompting a stock sell-off that reduced share prices by […]

This week, AVweb’s news roundup uncovered reports on a new flight training device based on the Piper Archer TX, the acquisition of a general aviation accessory company and a new safety registration level for a private charter jet operator. One-G Simulation has announced its new Vero 28 flight training device has been approved as an […]

A government advisory committee tasked with investigating FAA aircraft certification procedures and the certification of the grounded 737 MAX 8 has found that the proper process was followed by Boeing and the FAA when certifying the MAX. The Special Committee to Review the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Certification Process also found the FAA’s certification procedures […]

Airbus has announced that its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project has reached a significant milestone with the successful completion of its first fully automatic vision-based takeoff. The system being tested is designed to use image recognition technology installed on the aircraft to navigate and detect obstacles during an autonomous takeoff. The test included […]

Joby Aviation announced that it has raised $590 million in its recent round of Series C funding and formed a partnership with the Toyota Motor Corporation aimed at the certification and deployment of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) for use in air taxi services. As part of the partnership, Toyota Executive Vice President […]

The FAA has officially opened its new indoor fire research facility in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The agency says the $5 million facility will be used to support research and conduct testing on fluorine-free firefighting foams. The project is being conducted in order to address a directive laid out in the FAA Reauthorization Act of […]

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The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) broke ground on its “Project SkyLab” facility expansion at the Sun ‘n Fun Expo campus in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday. ACE says the new space has been designed to support its current educational programs, provide space for its higher education and technical training partners to grow their curriculum center […]