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Small startups in Airbus’ home city have the potential to drive technological advancements in the industry.

Typical Level 1 applications could include flight control law optimization, sensor calibration, fuel tank quantity evaluation and icing detection.

Switzerland-based Daedalean is working with U.S. avionics manufacturer Avidyne to gain FAA supplemental type certification of the system.

Construction of the planned facility, located at Daytona Beach International Airport, is expected to begin in 2026.

Such a development would provide commercial air transport with potential safety and efficiency improvements, while spurring the debate on AI trustworthiness.

Promoters of competency-based training and assessment are striving to expand the use of the methodology.

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Civil aviation is in increasing danger as Israel trades missile fire with Iran and its proxies. IATA warns that protection must be guaranteed.

The airframer aims to prove the Racer’s eco mode, higher speeds and lower fuel burn during 2025.

Having two pilots onboard is a vital safety asset that reduced-crew concepts are threatening, says NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy.

EASA, the FAA and IATA are increasingly using AI to process air transport incident reports in a bid to better detect safety trends—both successes and failures.

The Racer is currently in maintenance after its first 8 hr. of flight testing, during which it achieved speeds of 227 kt. in June after just seven flights.

Since 2018, only 48% of commercial air transport accidents have had a final report published, according to Gabriel Acosta, head of operational safety at IATA.

The EU has a robust system to ensure that aviators are following their equally robust set of rules—that system is laid out in the Ramp Inspection Program.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says airlines should avoid operating within Israeli and Lebanese air space—at all flight levels.

Florian Guillermet speaks with Aviation Week about EASA-FAA cooperation, spoofing and jamming threats, and ensuring that EASA can meet its expanded mandate.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority plans to begin beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone demonstrations by year’s end.

EASA will start a public consultation on methodology for its planned Environmental Labeling Scheme, also known as the eco-label, the executive director tells Aviation Week.

Electric propulsion promises lower operating costs and emissions, but will they be enough?

“When it comes to aviation safety, the authorities have to speak with one voice,” says Florian Guillermet, the new executive director of EASA, in his first interview since taking on the role in April.

The clean-sheet, twin-engine aircraft is expected to fly by year’s end or in early 2025.

An MRO issue may explain the rupture of a Rolls-Royce XWB-97 fuel hose that led a Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000 crew to return to Hong Kong, EASA says.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Acquired by Airbus in 2001, Poland’s PZL-Okecie produced more than 1,000 of the four-seat Wilgas between 1967 and 2008.

With radio frequency interference now routine for commercial airlines, more is at stake than redundancy, a cornerstone of aviation safety built over decades.