Embraer pushes back turboprop launch decision, citing supplier readiness

https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/embraer-pushes-back-turboprop-launch-decision-citing-supplier-readiness/151305.article 

Embraer has delayed a decision about whether to develop a turboprop airliner after determining that suppliers are presently unable to meet its goals for the aircraft.

Russia Is Using Old Ukrainian Missiles Against Ukraine, General Says - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/world/europe/russia-ukraine-missiles.html 


The missiles, returned to Russia in the 1990s under an agreement aimed at assuring Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, have shown up in rubble.

Remote Carrier demonstrator released and operated from flying A400M for the first time

https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-12-remote-carrier-demonstrator-released-and-operated-from-flying-a400m?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss 

Germany's Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts have jointly carried out the world's first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier flight test demonstrator from a flying A400M. Multiplying the force and extending the range of unmanned systems will be one of the future roles of Airbus' military transport aircraft in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).

Mystery surrounds firm that hired Canadian plane found with cocaine

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/mystery-firm-canadian-plane-dominican-republic-cocaine 

Mysteries remain about the attempt to smuggle 210 kg of cocaine — worth $25 million — on a flight from the Dominican Republic to Toronto 

Eve Announces Agreement with Volatus Infrastructure to Support Vertiport Automation

Eve Air Mobility ("Eve") (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Volatus Infrastructure, LLC, to supply a vertiport automation solution that will support traffic management of future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Eve's Urban Air Traffic Management ("UATM") software solution will be used to improve the capacity and efficiency of Volatus' vertiports.

"Eve's new vertiport software solution will enable Volatus to ensure safe, reliable and efficient eVTOL flight operations," said Grant Fisk, Volatus Infrastructure Co-Founder. "It's vitally important to get these systems up and running so that when the FAA approves the first eVTOL vehicle, we are ready to serve them. Together, we are laying a rock-solid foundation that the UAM industry will be building upon for decades."

Eve and FlyBIS Announce Letter of Intent to Develop eVTOL Operations in Brazil and Latin America


Eve Air Mobility ("Eve") (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with FlyBIS Aviation Limited ("FlyBIS"), an advanced air mobility start-up based in Caxias do Sul, in the south of Brazil, to collaborate on the development of eVTOL operations in Brazil and South America. Based on the agreement, FlyBIS will also purchase up to 40 of Eve's eVTOL vehicles.