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Avionics

Expanded Engine Monitoring Available for Select PC-12s

Garmin's release of the TXi Engine Indication System is available for select PC-12/45 and PC-12/47 turboprop singles.
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WingX: Bizjet Demand Continues To Rise

The first week in February showed the year-over-year upswing in private jet activity continuing according to data analyst WingX.
Regulations and Government

AINsight: FAA Aeromedical Letters, Part 1

Not all letters from the FAA are bad. Many of the medical-related ones the agency sends are approvals after a condition has been reviewed.

Aircraft Suppliers Share $771k in Job-protection Grants

The federal Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection program has supported 52 Kansas companies with more than $111 million in grants.
Aircraft

Leonardo To Make Fuselage for Vertical VX4 eVTOL

Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo will support Vertical Aerospace in developing the fuselage for its VX4 eVTOL.
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Airlines

Aviation Alliance Expands Reach, Adding Grange President to Board

Betsy Huber, president of the National Grange, is eyeing issues where rural and farming communities can collaborate with aviation.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Resumes Turbo Skylane Production

After a nine-year hiatus, Textron Aviation announced it will resume production of the Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane piston single.
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Engines

Honeywell Engines Selected for Defiant X

Honeywell’s new HTS7500 turboshaft has been selected to power the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Nordam, China Airlines JV Establishes Taiwan MRO

The Taiwan operation replaces Nordam's more than two-decade-old MRO in Singapore.
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Aircraft

OEMs See Many Asia-Pac Roles for Utility Aircraft

Textron, Viking Air and Britten-Norman outline widely differing Asia-Pacific mission opportunities for their utility aircraft types.
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Aircraft

China Plays Long Game on C919 Development

Chinese leadership appears undeterred by persistent roadblocks to the C919's certification.
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Airlines

Highly Political Cross-Strait Pax Movements Decimated by Covid

Taiwanese airlines EVA Air and China Airlines report cargo volumes up 400 percent during pandemic.
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Aircraft

China’s March To Challenge U.S. Navy Shortens

Beijing has shortened development timelines by acquiring U.S. and Russian carrier aviation technology.
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Aircraft

Bangladesh Sizes Up Typhoons for Fighter Requirement

Having operated Chinese and Russian equipment for many years, Bangladesh looks to the West for its new fighter equipment.
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Aircraft

China’s Military Challenge is Real, and Growing

Astonishing progress in defense technology and production is helping China to develop an aggressive foreign policy.
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FutureFlight

Manta Accelerates Development of ANN eVTOL Aircraft Family

Flight testing with one-third-scale prototypes of the two-seat ANN2 are continuing, with a full-scale prototype to follow in 2023.
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FutureFlight

Odys Secures Funding To Develop Hybrid Blown Wing eVTOL Aircraft

A seed funding rounding has yielded $12.4 million to support efforts to bring the nine-passenger aircraft into commercial service by 2026.
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FutureFlight

Amprius Raises Energy Density Stakes with 450 Wh/kg Battery

The first examples of the cells have just been shipped to the manufacturer of pseudo satellites, and Amprius says they could also be used to power larger eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

Israel Approves First UAS for Unrestricted Operations in Civil Airspace

Elbit's Hermes Starliner uncrewed air system, which is intended for a variety of surveillance and inspection roles, will be able to operate alongside piloted aircraft .
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FutureFlight

Doroni Starts Construction of Full-Scale H1 Personal eVTOL Aircraft

The Florida-based start-up intends to begin flight tests by the end of 2022, and says it will be ready to commence deliveries in 2024.
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FutureFlight

Aviation Capital Group Offers $1 Billion To Support Volocopter eVTOL Leases

Volocopter recently started flight testing its two-seat VoloCity prototype and is also developing a larger VoloConnect model and the VoloDrone autonomous freighter.
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FutureFlight

Joby Starts Conformity Testing on eVTOL Aircraft Aerostructures

The first carbon fiber aerostructures coupons were tested at Toray Advanced Composites, which is a production partner in Joby's eVTOL program.
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FutureFlight

Brazilian Regulator Agrees on Process for Certifying Eve's eVTOL Aircraft

Agreeing on the type certification basis for its eVTOL aircraft is an important step in Eve Urban Air Mobility's plans to launch air taxi operations in 2026.
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FutureFlight

Asian Flight Booking Platform Yugo Commits to Electra's eSTOL Aircraft

Singapore-based Yugo offers charter flights in aircraft flown by partner operators, including on business jets, and now plans to add Electra's eSTOL aircraft to its inventory.
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Aircraft

Covid, Sanctions Take Toll on Russia’s Defense Electronics Firms

Russia’s defense industry has been crippled by supply-chain disruptions and Western sanctions.
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Training and Workforce

Covid Creates Pilot Surplus in Asia-Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region will likely to be the slowest to recover from the coronavirus pandemic due to widespread travel restrictions.
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Aircraft

Asia-Pacific Claims Key Role in Advanced Air Mobility Revolution

Along with China, Japan, South Korea and Australia, Singapore is set to be an early adopter of air taxi and cargo services operated by new eVTOL aircraft.
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Connecticut Authority Looks To Acquire Sikorsky Airport

The Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) is moving ahead with its attempt to acquire Bridgeport Sikorsky Memorial Airport.
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Aircraft

Earnings Soar, but Bombardier Cautious on Jet Delivery Ramp

Bombardier's earnings jumped by 220 percent in 2021 as the company emerged as a pure-play business jet maker and is seeing continued order strength.
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Airports

Partners Adding Airstrip Information to Nav Databases

The Recreational Aviation Foundation, Avidyne, and Jeppesen have teamed up to add public and private airstrips to Jeppesen Nav Databases.