Harbour Air ePlane Project Advances With Motor Installation
Canadian seaplane airline Harbour Air, working with motor developer MagniX, has completed installation of the electric motor in a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver under its ePlane project to electrify the aircraft. read more from Aviation Week – Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial News https://ift.tt/2oiT47r via IFTTT
Alaska Air Group Profit Jumps 48% On Revenue, Cost Execution
Alaska Air Group’s revenue and cost-cutting initiatives continued to reap gains in the 2019 third-quarter (Q3), as the Seattle-based company’s net income advanced 48% to $322 million from a year earlier. read more from Aviation Week – Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial News https://ift.tt/2WcXetY via IFTTT
Lateral Aircraft Separations Reduced In North Atlantic Ocean
Lateral separations between aircraft flying in North Atlantic Ocean airspace have been reduced through the use of space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) for near real-time aircraft monitoring, UK NATS announced Oct. 25. read more from Aviation Week – Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial News https://ift.tt/2WfKFhm via IFTTT
FTC Inquiry Won’t Derail Northrop GBSD Bid
Northrop Grumman “looks forward” to submitting its bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Ground-based Strategic Defense intercontinental ballistic missile replacement program in December, read more from Aviation Week – Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial News https://ift.tt/32P3ISb via IFTTT
NASA’s Mars InSight Resumes Red Planet Dig
NASA’s Mars InSight lander is once again hammering its way into the crust of Elysium Planetia, a stretch of smooth plain on the red planet’s northern equatorial belt. read more from Aviation Week – Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial News https://ift.tt/2PjlcSR via IFTTT
ATR Delivers First EVS-Equipped Regional Turboprops
Turboprop airframer ATR has delivered the first aircraft equipped with the ClearVision enhanced vision system (EVS), thus introducing a new system for improved situational awareness in commercial aviation. read more from Aviation Week – Aerospace Defense, Business & Commercial News https://ift.tt/2WcGgfa via IFTTT