FAA finalises airworthiness criteria for Joby’s eVTOL news Yves Le Marquand 8 Mar 24 0 Today, the FAA will publish the final airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s JAS4-1 eVTOL aircraft. The publication comes 15 months after Joby’s proposed airworthiness criteria… Read more
EASA accepts H55 battery pack compliance check list news Yves Le Marquand 23 Feb 24 0 EASA has accepted H55’s battery pack compliance check list (CCL), an “important milestone” that allows H55 to finalise completion of its test programme. A successful… Read more
FAA accepts requirements for Reliable’s navigation and autopilot systems news Yves Le Marquand 13 Feb 24 0 Taking a step further toward certification, the FAA has accepted the requirements for Reliable Robotics’ advanced aircraft navigation and autopilot systems. The acceptance means the… Read more
FAA approves Joby’s propulsion certification plan news Yves Le Marquand 9 Feb 24 0 The FAA has accepted Joby’s certification plan for its propulsion system, marking an approved path across its certification programme, according to Didier Papadopoulos, president of… Read more
Reducing air traffic control workload key to near-airport air taxi operations says NASA Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 16 Jan 24 0 Managing and reducing the workload of air traffic control (ATC) will be key to commercial air taxi operations in and around airports, according to NASA. … Read more
Wing granted BVLOS authorisation by FAA news Yves Le Marquand 7 Dec 23 0 Wing has become the the latest to receive a summary grant for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations by the FAA. Authorisation has been… Read more
Lilium receives design approval from EASA news Yves Le Marquand 27 Nov 23 0 Lilium has received Design Organisation Approval from EASA further clearing the pathway towards type certification of its eVTOL. The approval means the German eVTOL aircraft… Read more
Electra Aero completes maiden flight with Goldfinch demonstrator news Yves Le Marquand 20 Nov 23 0 Electra Aero has successfully flown its EL-2 Goldfinch in a world first for hybrid ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft. The two-seat Goldfinch STOL demonstrator… Read more
AFWERX, NASA and FAA sign info-sharing ‘MoU of MoUs’ news Yves Le Marquand 31 Oct 23 0 AFWERX Prime, the FAA and NASA have agreed to share flight-test data to accelerate the safe integration of AAM aircraft into the national airspace system… Read more
Reliable Robotics to design in-house radar system news Yves Le Marquand 30 Oct 23 0 Reliable Robotics has hired Marc Pos to lead design and certification of a detect and avoid (DAA) radar system. The system will make up a… Read more
Archer’s Midnight takes flight in ‘key milestone’ for test programme news Yves Le Marquand 25 Oct 23 0 Archer’s Midnight aircraft has begun flying in a key milestone for the eVTOL’s test programme. The flying of Midnight builds on four years of flight… Read more
SwissDrones gets ‘unprecedented’ FAA authorisation for nation-wide BVLOS operations news Yves Le Marquand 25 Oct 23 0 SwissDrones and aerial service partner, Phoenix Air Unmanned have gained unprecedented FAA authorisation to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) across the entire US.… Read more
A slice of the FAA layer cake Deep Dive Yves Le Marquand 18 Oct 23 0 Memorising sections of a religious text, if not all of it, is a way for followers to preserve and protect those teachings. A similar code… Read more
FAA issues initial BVLOS approval for Zipline news Yves Le Marquand 19 Sep 23 0 The FAA has authorised Zipline International to deliver commercial packages around two US locations using drones that fly beyond the operator’s visual line of sight.… Read more
Industry sheds light on challenges still remaining for FAA in devising powered-lift rules news Yves Le Marquand 18 Aug 23 0 Back in June the FAA published its 160-page Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), now the public comments are back in. The SFAR is intended to create… Read more