Articles about Aviation – Page 7 of 14

Investigation of Lion Air 737 crash focuses on faulty sensor: Why wasn’t it fixed?

Right from the start of last month’s fatal flight of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet from Indonesia, pilots were… Read More

Boeing and SparkCognition launch SkyGrid venture to build software for air mobility

Four months after announcing that they were linking up to create a traffic management system for drones, Boeing and SparkCognition… Read More

What did pilots know about 737 MAX control issue? Debate swirls after crash

What did 737 MAX pilots know, and when did they know it? That’s become a subject of debate in the… Read More

Egan Airships floats a sales campaign to get its Plimp hybrid aircraft off the ground

What do you get when you cross an airship and an airplane? If you’re willing to spend more than $4… Read More

NASA and FAA cast a wide net to get set for revolution in urban air mobility

The rise of air mobility options ranging from delivery drones to air taxis and flying cars is shaping up as… Read More

TLDR: Inside Renton’s effort to become the next big tech hub of the Pacific Northwest

This week, GeekWire has set up shop in Renton, Wash., bringing you stories of the city’s growth and the momentum… Read More

Boeing raises its financial outlook after a strong third quarter with lingering snags

Boeing’s third-quarter financial results exceeded expectations, leading the company to raise its outlook for the full year — and leading investors… Read More

Zunum Aero picks Safran to build engine turbines for future hybrid electric aircraft

Zunum Aero has selected France’s Safran Helicopter Engines to provide a new-generation engine turbine for its hybrid-to-electric airplane, due for… Read More

Watch Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg take some ‘stick time’ in a T-X training jet

One of the things I learned about Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is that he loves to fly the aircraft his… Read More

TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Nintendo, eBay, Boeing

Today’s featured stories How Nintendo learned from a Wii U disappointment to create the popular Switch console eBay CEO: ‘I… Read More

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg lays out his vision for space airplanes and aerospace traffic system

A decade from now, Boeing will still be primarily known as an airplane company, the company’s CEO says. But some… Read More

From farm to final frontier: How Boeing’s CEO plants the seeds for tomorrow’s tech

Dennis Muilenburg is leading Boeing into a second century of innovation with dreams of hypersonic flight, self-flying planes and journeys… Read More

Boeing gets $2.9B contract for 18 Air Force KC-46 tankers as it nears first deliveries

News Brief: The U.S. Air Force today awarded Boeing a $2.9 billion contract for 18 more KC-46A tanker aircraft and… Read More

TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

Today’s featured stories Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears ‘Alexa, start Halo’:… Read More

Boeing wins $805M contract to build U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A robotic refueling planes

After a months-long competition with the likes of Lockheed Martin, Boeing has won a $805.3 million contract from the Pentagon… Read More

How Boeing’s engineers redesigned the landing gear to make the 737 MAX 10 fly

When Boeing’s customers said they wanted a stretched-out 737 MAX jet, there was one big problem: The 737’s landing gear… Read More

No GPS? No problem! Researchers test new and improved systems to track drones

As more and more drones fill the skies, increasingly sophisticated methods will be required to track them under increasingly challenging… Read More

Amazon Prime Air drone gets delivered to Smithsonian for museum display in 2021

Amazon’s drone delivery service is still in its experimental phase, but it’s already destined to become a part of American… Read More

Port of Seattle Commissioner Courtney Gregoire

Port of Seattle steps up Sea-Tac airport security presence after fatal airplane theft

Security measures have been stepped up at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including the maintenance area where a ground support worker commandeered… Read More

Brace yourself for a loud Seafair Weekend: Fat Albert rejoins the Blue Angels air show

Hey, hey, hey … it’s Fat Albert, in the skies over Seattle: We’re not talking about the jumbo-sized character created… Read More

Boeing to open research center in Boston area, focusing on autonomous aircraft

Boeing says it’ll be moving into a 100,000-square-foot research and lab space in Cambridge, Mass., that will focus on the… Read More

Boeing foresees a doubling in demand for pilots by 2037, and works on ways to fill it

If Boeing is projecting a doubling in the global commercial airplane fleet over the next 20 years, it only makes… Read More

Boeing outdoes Airbus’ jet sales tally at Farnborough, but the details are murky

Boeing declared victory in its multibillion-dollar sales competition with Airbus at this week’s Farnborough International Airshow — but the details are… Read More

Silicon Valley startup unveils BlackFly, the latest entrant in race to field a flying car

A Silicon Valley startup called Opener is taking the wraps off a single-seat, all-electric flying vehicle known as BlackFly, which… Read More

Embraer's E190-E2 and Boeing's 737 MAX 7

Boeing and Embraer forge $4.75 billion jet venture to counter Airbus and Bombardier

After months of negotiations, Boeing and Brazilian jetmaker Embraer today announced a tentative agreement to form a $4.75 billion joint… Read More

GoFly Prize unveils 10 winning designs in $2M contest for personal air vehicles

Some of the designs look like winged motorcycles. There’s a cute mini-airplane with stubby wings. And a couple of the… Read More

Washington state makes its pitch for Boeing’s future 797 jet … with science!

Boeing hasn’t yet declared whether it will build a new breed of midsize passenger jet — variously known as the New… Read More

Boeing goes vertical and partners with Safran on auxiliary power units for planes

Boeing and Safran have set up a joint venture to design, build and service auxiliary power units for airplanes, marking… Read More

Zunum Aero strikes deal with JetSuite for debut of hybrid electric airplanes in 2022

Zunum Aero says its first hybrid-to-electric airplanes will wear the colors of JetSuite, a private aviation company that’s a partner… Read More

APiJET rolls out ‘Smart Aircraft’ monitoring service with Icelandair as first customer

Seattle’s Aviation Partners and iJet Technologies have joined forces in a software-as-a-service venture called APiJET, which is aimed at making… Read More