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The future of global aviation took center stage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a high-level US trade delegation successfully completed a groundbreaking advanced air mobility (AAM) mission, opening doors to a potential $38B industry.
In the midst of China’s reforms to promote low-altitude economic development and accelerate technological progress, tiltrotor technology has remained a relatively minor element of the local civilian aerospace sector, primarily focused on uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, including those using tiltpropeller propulsion.
Following the results of the 2024 US elections, the Republican Party will have small majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives after being sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025.
In October, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published RIN 2120-AL72, “Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations; Miscellaneous Amendments Related to Rotorcraft and Airplanes,” which included the Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) for powered-lift aircraft, applicable to both tiltrotors and winged electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
2024 is proving to be a watershed year for China as it advances its low-altitude economy in preparation for the integration of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations.
This summer, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Certification Service’s Policy and Standards Division (AIR-600) released two documents for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Because the FAA changed course in May 2022 — turning away from its anticipated plan to certificate winged eVTOL aircraft as Part 23 airplanes with special conditions for vertical flight (see “FAA Changes Course on eVTOL Certification,” Vertiflite, July/Aug 2022) — the agency is working on creating the necessary regulations to certificate both winged and wingless eVTOL aircraft.
On June 10, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) both announced progress in their efforts to streamline and standardize the certification of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and other new designs.
On May 16, US President Joe Biden signed legislation to provide the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with its latest five-year mandate and to fund the agency for fiscal years 2024–2028, with more than $105B for the FAA and $738M for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) during those years.
On March 8, US President Joe Biden signed legislation that temporarily extended the operating authority for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until May 10. The bill, HR.7454, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, is the third time Congress extended the FAA’s authority since September, the end of fiscal year 2023 (FY23), when the FAA’s operating authority expired.
