Mach to the future – in conversation with Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl Fresh from the successful completion of its XB-1 flight test campaign earlier this year, TIM ROBINSON FRAeS talks to Boom Supersonic founder and CEO, Blake Scholl. By Tim Robinson FRAes AEROSPACE: What was your reaction on completing the XB-1 flight test campaign? Relief, satisfaction, elation at proving...Read More

Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) FAA is amending rules for the manufacture, certification, operation, maintenance, and alteration of light-sport aircraft. The amendments enable enhancements in safety and performance and increase privileges under a number of sport pilot and light sport aircraft rules. These enhancements include increasing suitability for flight training, limited aerial work, and personal travel. This final rule...Read More

Cockpit Video Recorder Mandates Remain Elusive Lawmakers once again decline to require cameras in airline cockpits By Hanneke Weitering As another FAA reauthorization bill makes its way through the legislature, the decades-old debate over cockpit video recorders has reared its head once again. While the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has had cockpit cameras on its “Most Wanted” list since...Read More

Starlink Acknowledges Software Failure Behind Outage of Satellite Internet Service By Corinne Reichert Outage reports spiked Thursday afternoon for Elon Musk’s high-flying satellite operations. Starlink experienced an outage Thursday afternoon that went on for 2.5 hours and took down tens of thousands of people’s satellite internet service. By a little after 5 p.m. PT Thursday, the company said in a post on X that...Read More

NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity By Laura Mitchell, NASA NASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of aviation. In April and May, researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built two specialized radio systems to study how well fifth-generation cellular network technology, known as...Read More

FL Technics Expands Continuing Airworthiness Management Capabilities FL Technics has been granted the extended Part-CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization) certificate, enabling it to additionally manage Airbus A350 and ATR 42/72 aircraft types. FL Technics has been granted the extended Part-CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization) certificate, enabling it to additionally manage Airbus A350 and ATR 42/72 aircraft types. This brings the...Read More

DGCA took punitive action against Air India Express for not following airworthiness rules: Minister The DGCA conducts both planned and surprise inspections of airlines and maintenance organisations. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) took punitive action against senior officials of Air India Express for failing to comply with an airworthiness directive, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol...Read More

NATO certifies Albanian Civil Aviation for airworthiness NATO has officially recognized Albania’s Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) for meeting its strict airworthiness standards, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced today. Rama praised the decision, calling it a milestone that proves Albania’s aviation sector now aligns with NATO’s highest safety and operational benchmarks. “The Civil Aviation Authority of Albania has fully met the...Read More

AutoFlight’s unmanned eVTOL first to get airworthiness certification in China By Micquel Ros, Aerotime Chinese eVTOL developer AutoFlight has obtained an airworthiness certificate for its V2000CG CarryAll pilotless aircraft from China’s aviation authorities, according to reports from several local media outlets on July 22, 2025. The V2000CG CarryAll has already obtained its type certificate and production certificate, so this latest...Read More

The Ahmedabad crash: accidental or deliberate? By David Learmount The movement of two small switches on the aft end of the flight deck centre console, reachable easily by both pilots, appears to hold the key to what happened to the Air India Boeing 787-8 that crashed fatally just after take-off at Ahmedabad on 12 June. It seems that one of the...Read More