Business & Military

A Russian inventor has come up with a new twist on unmanned aerial systems, one that might offer a legal way around the virtual ban on their commercial use in the U.S. Sergei Lupashin’s Fotokite looks like any of the dozens of multi-copter small UAS vehicles now on the market but with an important difference.As […]

The U.S. has pledged to supply an “armed Cessna and other support aircraft” to help Lebanon counter the threat from ISIL extremists. David Hale, the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, confirmed the deal in a statement released after a meeting with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam Salam. Saudi Arabia is paying for the aircraft. The Saudi money […]

AVweb’s weekly sampling of what’s new in aviation this week uncovered a kneeboard of uncommon versatility, a trade-up program from iFlightPlanner, a new line of aircraft circuit breaker lockouts and a talent search for a new, aviation-themed show. Helipad LLC has launched a new pilot kneeboarddesigned by helicopter pilots for helicopter pilots. “Although we specifically […]

Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets collided over the Western Pacific Friday, resulting in the loss of both jets-one pilot has been rescued. A search is underway for the other pilot. A cruiser, destroyer and helicopters are currently conducting the search for the missing pilot. The aircraft were operating off the carrier USS Carl Vinson, which […]

The third Boeing 787 Dreamliner built is being loaned to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Extensively modified as Boeing went through the certification process, the airplane was used by Boeing to show the flag, flying around the world in the six-month Dreamtour in 2012. Boeing and Museum of Flight officials spent months determining if […]

In Melbourne, Florida, Embraer opened a new engineering and technology center, the first outside of Brazil. AVweb attended the grand opening and interviewed the company’s Mauro Kern about Embraer’s plans. view on YouTube

Declaring its seriousness to expand in the global aerospace market, Embraer on Monday cut the ribbon on its new engineering and technology center in Melbourne, Florida. The center will eventually employ about 200 people, Embraer officials said, and will carry on engineering projects across all three markets Embraer is active in. The center also represents […]

Less than six months after its first flight, Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation CJ3+ has been certified by the FAA. The FAA stamped the paperwork on Thursday (Sept. 4, 2014) for the aircraft, a modern makeover of the original, which was launched in 2003. The biggest change is the Garmin G3000 avionics suite, which includes the […]

Police in Nova Scotia used an unmanned aerial system (UAS) equipped with surveillance camera to find a family lost in a wilderness area late Saturday. A couple and their 17-year-old daughter got disoriented after setting out on a hike about 4:30 p.m. and called police for help on a cellphone about 8:30 p.m.The Royal Canadian […]

Last July, an FAA spokesperson gave stunning testimony before Congress-she said that the FAA was going to miss its December 2015 deadline for the rewrite of FAR Part 23 to simplify small aircraft certification by at least two years. As would be expected, the aviation community expressed its fury. Members of Congress sent letters to […]