National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Nashville | August 17, 2020

Last week, on August 12, Nashville International Airport became the first in Tennessee and thirty-fifth in the nation to debut ‘Clear’ biometric identity scanners, providing passengers with an expedited, touchless security screening option. The Clear kiosks utilize iris or fingerprint scans to verify users’ identities and flight information. Instead of waiting in line to present an identification card and boarding documents, customers can go to a Clear kiosk, which sligh...

BUSINESS AVIATION

Velo3D | August 05, 2022

Velo3D, Inc. a leading metal additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical parts, announced StarHagen, a provider of high-quality production parts for aerospace companies, has joined the Velo3D Contract Manufacturer Network with the purchase of an end-to-end solution from the additive manufacturing technology company. The Sapphire printer acquired by the company is calibrated to print in Inconel 625, a nickel-based superalloy designed for high-strength, and to resist high temper...

DEFENSE AND SPACE

Elbit Systems Ltd. | May 31, 2022

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a $69 million contract to supply Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities to a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract will be delivered over a period of three years. Oren Sabag, General Manager of Elbit Systems ISTAR & EW, said: "We witness a growing demand for our EW capabilities as militaries around the world increasingly recognize the importance of dominating the electromagnetic spectrum." About El...

AIR TRANSPORT

Skydweller Aero | February 13, 2023

An aerospace company, Skydweller Aero Inc., the developer of solar-powered aircraft for defense and commercial industries, recently announced that it has successfully completed a demonstration of its initial autonomous flight test using its new proprietary fly-by-wire (FWB) actuation control system. After meeting the criteria for safety-critical operations set by the Spanish Civil Airworthiness Authority (AESA), Skydweller's test pilot passively rode along on board. It validates both t...