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

REGENT Completes Successful First Foil Testing in Seaglider Sea Trials REGENT’s latest sea trial campaign tests the vessel’s hydrofoiling capability on water ahead of the first flight later this year. The Seaglider vessel operates exclusively over the water in three modes: floating on the hull, foiling on hydrofoils, and flying in ground effect, within one wingspan from the surface of...Read More

Avionics Industry Set to Soar Into 2032 Amid M&A Boom and Tech Advancements By John Persinos The global avionics industry, valued at approximately USD 91.32 billion in 2023, is forecast to surge to USD 179.44 billion by 2032, growing at a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.67%, according to a new report by Fortune Business Insights. In 2023, North...Read More

ZeroAvia to Build Manufacturing Hub in Scotland Zero-emission aviation leader will launch a Hydrogen Centre of Excellence and major manufacturing facility close to Glasgow Airport Scottish Enterprise have awarded ZeroAvia a £9m Regional Selective Assistance grant to help realise the project alongside company investment, creating hundreds of jobs The manufacturing plans build on UK Government R&D funding and equity investment...Read More

Airbus Summit 2025 – Update on progress toward sustainable aviation By Eric Brothers At the third edition of the Airbus Summit held in Toulouse, France in March, experts, creators, and innovators from around the world gathered in person and online to learn the latest news of the plane maker’s efforts toward sustainable aerospace. Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said, “We thought...Read More

Heart Aerospace closes operations in Sweden and relocates its corporate HQ to Los Angeles, California By Chris Stonor Hybrid-electric airplane manufacturer Heart Aerospace is to relocate its corporate headquarters from Gothenburg, Sweden to Los Angeles, California. In a press release issued earlier this week, the company confirmed it will close its operations in Sweden to enable a bigger scale-up of...Read More

EUROCAE – Call for Experts! New WG-132 Automated Aircraft Inspection: Calling All Experts! The aviation industry has begun testing the capabilities of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for aircraft maintenance. However, there is little industry guidance on the equivalence of using such a tool in place of physical aircraft inspections. WG-132 aims to develop standards, procedures, processes, and guidelines for the...Read More

Archer and Palantir collaborate on AI development of aviation By Ed Hill Archer Aviation and software analytics developer Palantir Technologies have announced a partnership to build the AI foundation for the future of next-gen aviation technologies. For decades, the aviation industry has made only incremental improvements, constrained by legacy technology and a dominant duopoly in commercial aviation. With the rapid...Read More

Engine MRO: Navigating the future with AI, robotics, and sustainability According to marketresearchfuture.com, the Aircraft Engine MRO Market industry is projected to grow from USD 24.1 Billion in 2024 to USD 34.5 billion by 2030, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.80% during the forecast period (2024 – 2030). With a spurt in demand for commercial air travel...Read More