FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) faces long-running challenges in addressing safety concerns for human commercial spaceflight passengers.
U.S. startup Pivotal has four of eight BlackFly ultralight eVTOL vehicles for evaluation by the USAF's AFWerx innovation unit under the Agility Prime program.
Rep. Larsen, ranking member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, expressed optimism that Congress can pass FAA reauthorization legislation.
Howmet Aerospace beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit expectations in the fourth quarter of 2023 on the back of robust demand for its commercial products.
The FAA has OK'd a pair of proposals by Reliable Robotics outlining certification requirements for the company’s autonomous navigation and autopilot systems.
A cascading loss of propellers resulting from a blade failure caused by an anomalous propeller tilt mechanism was the likely cause of the crash of a Joby S4.
The FAA has OK'd the certification plan for Joby’s electric propulsion system, marking another step on the startup’s path to type certify its S4 air taxi.
