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The Aircraft Electronics Association reported figures for the first half of 2019 that show the industry billed more than $1.5 billion, up 14 percent from 2018. The sales in the second quarter alone were up almost 15 percent from last year. AEA breaks sales into retrofit and forward-fit categories; forward-fit is the purchase of avionics […]

Amazon has formally applied to begin limited drone delivery of packages in the U.S. and comments are being accepted until Aug. 28. Amazon wants to use drones to deliver packages weighing less than five pounds directly to customers within 30 minutes of its distribution center. The aircraft would fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), […]

A Southwest pilot flew his father home last week, 52 years after saying goodbye for the last time as a five-year-old. Capt. Bryan Knight made sure he was in the left seat for the flight from Oakland to Dallas on Aug. 8 that was carrying the remains of his father, Col. Roy Knight, who was […]

A Minnesota pilot who pulled the parachute on his Cirrus SR22 over a wilderness area of Quebec says he hopes his well-documented account of his experience can help others if they find themselves in similar straits. Matt Letinen, the CEO of a Minnesota mining company, was flying back from a mine his company operates in […]

The FAA is investigating whether the pilot of a medevac helicopter fell asleep at the controls while taking a patient to the hospital. In a statement to a Boston television station, the agency confirmed it was looking into an incident June 24 involving the Boston MedFlight flight from Martha’s Vineyard to a Boston hospital. Boston […]

The NTSB has issued a Safety Alert asking jet fuel providers to take measures to prevent fuel contamination by diesel exhaust fluid (DEF). The board warned that the addition of DEF to jet fuel can cause a chemical reaction that forms crystalline deposits in the fuel system, increasing the risk of engine failure due to […]

Gulfstream announced that it delivered the first of its new G600 jets on Thursday. An unidentified U.S. customer took delivery of the aircraft at Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. As previously reported by AVweb, the G600 received its FAA type and production certificates on June 28, 2019. “We always strive to exceed our customers’ expectations, […]

China-based urban air mobility (UAM) company EHang has announced that it has selected Guangzhou, China, as the first city in which it will establish a low-altitude passenger transportation network using its autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV). As part of the arrangement, EHang will work with the city government to build necessary infrastructure, design safety rules and […]

Bye Aerospace and OXIS Energy have announced a collaboration to develop and produce a Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) “advanced battery cell for the high-voltage battery pack system to be considered for Bye’s future electric aircraft.” According to OXIS Energy CEO Huw Hampson-Jones, OXIS’ Li-S cells and battery systems are “over 50 percent lighter than the current Li-ion […]

Communications, navigation and surveillance equipment designer and manufacturer uAvionix announced the official opening of two new facilities on Tuesday. The first facility, called Headquarters 2 (HQ2), is located in Leesburg, Virginia, and will be used for business operations, development and regulatory engagement. The second is a FAA Manufacturing Inspection District Office (MIDO) approved manufacturing facility […]