The CEOs of Wing, BETA and Joby testified before the US House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure’s Aviation subcommittee on FY24 FAA Reauthorization: Harnessing the Evolution of Flight to Deliver for the American People. Group Editor Marty Kauchak monitored the proceedings.
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to allow aspiring pilots and aircraft maintainers to obtain an expanded, qualified expense under 529 savings plans.
The fiscal year 2024 Congressional hearings continue with a major difference from last year’s sessions: US Senate and US House members and their staffs are receiving an expanded perspective on aviation topics from a broad roster of industry and government executives, and subject matter experts on key technology, policy and business niches.
The US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee convened a hearing on Advanced Air Mobility: The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Beyond. Group Editor Marty Kauchak monitored the proceedings.
In the first in a series ofsimulation and training industry innovators disrupting the market space, HalldaleGroup Editor Marty Kauchakgained insights from Gastão de Figueiredo, Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at blackshark.ai.
The “good” news: the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget request includes major investments for the services’ training and education programs. The “not so good” news: they are competing for their fair share of the budget with high-visibility “big ticket” programs.
Forget that most major eVTOL OEMs are not eyeing their first round of operational flights until about 2025. An all-hands effort of government and industry stakeholders is gaining momentum to establish the training organizations that will prepare pilots and maintainers to begin this next chapter of aerospace industry history.
The Loft Dynamics team is developing a virtual reality flight simulator for the Airbus H125 glass cockpit based on the Garmin G500H TXi and GTN 650Xi avionics package. The enhanced device “will be ready in mid-2023. We’re taking orders now.” Simon Von Niederhäusern, Head of Marketing, told CAT.
Group Editor Marty Kauchak noted his favorite time at industry conferences is the opportunity to explore booths and connect with community members in the exhibition hall. During his walkabout of the HAI exhibition floor on March 7, he gained insights on developments at entrol and Resier.