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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · 9d

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Beta Technologies discloses new partnership, product details in IPO filing (via ⁦‪@elanhead‬⁩.com) theaircurrent.com/industry-str... #staycurrent

Beta Technologies discloses new partnership, product details in IPO filing

Beta shares financial data plus first details on 19-passenger plane and autonomous military VTOL in new SEC filing.

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 13d

FAA exempts ATC modernization projects from standard acquisition policies (via ⁦‪@willguisbond‬⁩.com) #staycurrent

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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · 13d

SCOOP: The FAA has exempted ATC modernization projects from standard agency acquisition policies, a move that could accelerate procurement timelines but one that may also have unknown additional impacts. (via @theaircurrent.com)

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FAA exempts ATC modernization projects from standard acquisition policies

Bedford activates agency’s “unique alternative transaction authorities” to bypass existing procurement framework

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 15d

Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies prepares for IPO theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @elanhead.com & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies prepares for IPO

The Vermont-based eVTOL company is pursuing traditional public offering, not SPAC merger

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 19d

3D Viz: What’s left of the 50-seat U.S. regional jet network theaircurrent.com/valuable-res... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

What's left of the 50-seat U.S. regional jet network

A 3D data visualization of the dwindling operations for aging small regional jets in the United States

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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · 21d

SCOOP: Internal FAA documents indicate that the planned move of agency HQ employees to the DOT building in Navy Yard could "impact NAS safety" and cost over $250 million, @theaircurrent.com reports.

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FAA document warns move to DOT HQ could impact safety, cost $250m

New details emerge about ‘1DOT,’ a plan set to transform the FAA and its workforce

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 21d

FAA document warns move to DOT HQ could impact safety, cost over $250 million theaircurrent.com/regulation/f... via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent

FAA document warns move to DOT HQ could impact safety, cost $250m

New details emerge about ‘1DOT,’ a plan set to transform the FAA and its workforce

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 22d

Special Report: ATR is making a run at its loneliest market theaircurrent.com/industry-str... (via @jonostrower.com #staycurrent

Special Report: ATR is making a run at its loneliest market

With cars and big jets putting the squeeze on regional flying, turboprops attempt to fill America’s short-range mobility chasm

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 28d

Avelo turns to Embraer to build first U.S. E2 fleet theaircurrent.com/airlines/ave... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Avelo turns to Embraer to build first U.S. E2 fleet

With fresh investment for pre-delivery payments, Avelo bets on the same strategy with a different airplane

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · 29d

Airbus CEO: A220-500 launch paced by program profitability theaircurrent.com/aircraft-pro... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Airbus CEO: A220-500 launch paced by program profitability

Crucial 2026 ahead for A220 program as Airbus CEO targets production ramp and breakeven

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Sep 8

MOSAIC brings confusion to simplified flight controls theaircurrent.com/regulation/m... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent

MOSAIC brings confusion to simplified flight controls

FAA’s final rule could force an about-face for how manufacturers develop highly automated flight controls

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Sep 5

GE Aerospace partners with Beta Technologies on hybrid-electric propulsion theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

GE Aerospace partners with Beta Technologies on hybrid-electric propulsion

The engine maker will also invest $300 million in the eVTOL developer as part of the companies' strategic partnership.

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Sep 4

Alaska confirms 787-10s incoming for international expansion theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Alaska confirms 787-10s incoming for international expansion

The airline’s international strategy has sparked the next chapter in the fierce fight with Delta Air Lines for control of the Pacific Northwest hub.

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Sep 4

Seeking scale, SMBC to acquire Air Lease Corporation theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Seeking scale, SMBC to acquire Air Lease Corporation

A commoditizing leasing sector bulks up to seek a lower cost of capital

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 28

Jaiwon Shin removed as CEO of struggling eVTOL developer Supernal theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @elanhead.com and @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Jaiwon Shin removed as CEO of struggling eVTOL developer Supernal

Senior director of business development David Rottblatt will step in to lead Supernal as interim chief operating officer.

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 25

Trump’s executive order on drones will shape U.S. eVTOL roll-out theaircurrent.com/aviation-pol... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

Trump's executive order on drones will shape U.S. eVTOL roll-out

FAA’s Beyond program for small UAS will provide established structure and waiver authority for eVTOL integration effort.

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 22

The ‘brand new’ ATC system might not be as new as you think theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent

The ‘brand new’ ATC system might not be as new as you think

FAA Administrator anticipates final solicitation for an ATC modernization integrator will go live at the end of August

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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · Aug 22

NEWS: FAA anticipates that the final solicitation for the ATC modernization "integrator" will go live by the end of August, weeks later than planned.

All that and way more about the "brand new" ATC system in my latest for @theaircurrent.com: theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-...

The ‘brand new’ ATC system might not be as new as you think

FAA Administrator anticipates final solicitation for an ATC modernization integrator will go live at the end of August

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 19

SCOOP: New FAA administrator plans agency leadership restructuring theaircurrent.com/regulation/f... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent

New FAA administrator plans agency leadership restructuring

Bryan Bedford discusses first step of his broader plan for FAA cultural reform

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 13

FAA to clarify its automation approach in forthcoming framework document theaircurrent.com/aviation-pol... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

FAA to clarify its automation approach in forthcoming framework document

With its Automation Framework, the agency doesn't assume full autonomy is inevitable or that automation is always safer.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · Aug 13

The latest from @theaircurrent.com upcoming TAC/Intel feed as part of our new iOS app is the emergence of photos of the first wings for the C919-600, the shortened version of the Comac single aisle.

Signs of Comac’s development progress on the second member of the C919 single-aisle family have surfaced on Chinese social media. A photo of a set of wings for the C919-600, the shortened variant of the flagship single-aisle, was posted on Weibo by a prolific Chinese aerospace watcher and said to be the first major structural components for the new aircraft to have completed airworthiness inspection.

The post dated Aug. 11 said the wings were shipped from AVIC Xifei Aircraft Co. at Xi’an’s secretive Yanliang Air Base to the CAAC’s Shanghai Certification Center. The -600’s outer wingboxes were identified as serial number 32, consistent with the production sequence of the C919 family to date. The shortened 160-seat C919 variant is being developed for high-altitude domestic operations in China to reach the country’s western airports on the Tibetan Plateau. First flight is expected in 2027 with entry into service the following year.

The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 7

From flame-out to fade-out: Defining emergency landings for eVTOLs theaircurrent.com/regulation/f... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent

From flame-out to fade-out: Defining emergency landings for eVTOLs

FAA documents discuss what an "equivalent means" to a glide or autorotation might be for a battery-electric aircraft

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The Air Current @theaircurrent.com · Aug 1

Flyadeal CEO: Airbus needs to ‘reset’ its industrial operation theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent

Flyadeal CEO: Airbus needs to ‘reset’ its industrial operation

“I expect this to continue for the next three to five years, at the very least."

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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · Aug 1

Collision avoidance tech, safety culture in focus on final day of NTSB hearing (via @theaircurrent.com)

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Collision avoidance tech, safety culture in focus on final day of NTSB hearing

Live updates continue from the hearing room

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