Rolls-Royce says it is “actively pursuing” changes to its business to better align with medium-term market conditions as the coronavirus pandemic hits engine production and maintenance volumes.

Bombardier’s CRJ program, but not its production facilities, will become part of a marketing and support unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on June 1, eventually backing the Japanese group’s SpaceJet regional jet.

Eyeing a new era of airport security that promotes touchless screening and healthier travel, U.S. government services giant Leidos has closed its roughly $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Security Detection and Automation businesses and Leidos leaders see growth potential in a post-coronavirus world.

French authorities should create a fund to support small aerospace suppliers, in a critical effort to preserve the country’s capabilities, says Eric Trappier, chairman of French aerospace lobbying group GIFAS.

L3Harris Technologies’ turn toward simulation and training serving commercial air travel is coming back to haunt it as the company now forecasts lower organic revenue and earnings per shares (EPS) for 2020 due to a COVID-19 falloff.

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the engine overhaul segment was as strong as any vertical market in commercial aviation. 

FRANKFURT—Airbus plans to increase its research into how health-protection technology inside passenger aircraft cabins can be improved, the OEM’s executive vice president of engineering Jean-Brice Dumont told Aviation Week.

Embraer’s commercial operation has shifted focus to realign with the rest of the company and conserving cash, with new-product development—including a notional turboprop—put on hold while the business regains its footing amid the Boeing deal collapse and coronavirus crisis, Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery said.