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BUSINESS AVIATION

Wisk | August 10, 2022

Wisk Aero, a leading Advanced Air Mobility company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., is continuing its global expansion with the launch of a new engineering hub in Montreal, Canada. The hub will be dedicated to the ongoing development of its 6th generation aircraft. Wisk is launching the new hub with existing Montreal-based personnel and intends to grow this presence to approximately thirty employees by the end of the year. Wisk has been ex...

uAvionix | October 20, 2020

uAvionix Corporation announced today that it has filed an application for a standard technical order (TSO) with the FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for its flagship Mode S ADS-B OUT transponder for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The ping200X follows a series of pioneering low-size, weight and power (SWaP) electronics developed and certified by uAvionix for UAS and General Aviation aircraft. Certification approval is expected in Q4 2020....

DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

Dassault Aviation | March 22, 2022

Dassault Aviation and ISAE-SUPAERO launched the "Design and Architecture of Cognitive Air Systems" teaching and research chair in 2016 to redefine the connection between crews and aviation systems. After some initial promising findings, the two aviation partners have decided to extend their collaboration for another three years. This chair aims to investigate various aspects of human-machine collaboration, with its primary research fields including neuro-ergonomics, auto...

Boeing | June 29, 2020

The Federal Aviation Administration began recertification flights of the Boeing 737 Max on Monday, a key step toward permitting the planes to return to service after two fatal crashes more than a year ago. The 737 Max, Boeing’s bestseller, has been grounded worldwide since March 2019 after the crashes — one in Indonesia and another in Ethiopia — within five months of one another. All 346 people on the flights were killed in the crashes. Boeing has since changed a flight-...