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Sagetech Avionics | July 28, 2021

Sagetech Avionics Inc., an innovative technology company that provides industry-leading avionics solutions for Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS), announced the completion of a successful demonstration of Detect and Avoid (DAA) using their low SWAP ACAS X-based DAA computer as part of a Phase 1 STTR for the United States Air Force. The latest generation of airborne collision avoidance, ACAS X, has become an international standard. ACAS X employs advanced algorithmic techniques and prob...

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AE Industrial Partners | September 16, 2021

AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AEI"), a US-based private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power generation, and specialty industrial markets, announced today that it has expanded its Unmanned and Autonomous platform through the acquisition of Jennings Aeronautics, Inc. ("JAI"), a leading provider of innovative Small Unmanned Aerial Systems . JAI will be combined with UAV Factory, a global leader in tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Simple Flying | January 13, 2020

Gulf Air has partnered up with Etihad to share benefits across both loyalty programs. Members of Etihad Guest, the loyalty program of Etihad, can now use their membership to redeem benefits across Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain. Likewise, those frequent flyer members of Gulf Air’s Falconflyer program can now use their points across Etihad’s vast network....

FlightGlobal | January 13, 2020

Airbus has started operating the first of the six BelugaXL high-capacity transports it is building to facilitate production ramp-up. The A330-based aircraft completed its first operational flight on 9 January, says the airframer. EASA certification was secured in November 2019, following a test campaign of more than 700h across some 200 flights since the first in July 2018. All six BelugaXL freighters will be operating by the end of 2023, Airbus indicates. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircr...