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Aviation Week & Space Technology, November 25, 2024

VOL. 186 NO. 46 November 25, 2024
Cover of Nov. 25, 2024, Digital Edition of AW&ST

Activist investor Elliott asserts that separating Honeywell International into two companies, Honeywell Aerospace and Honeywell Automation, would lead to simplified strategies, focused management, better operational performance and a 51-75% increase in share price over two years.

Credit: Background Image: Natallia Dzenisenka/Getty Images

BUSINESS

Honeywell company sign
article

Activist Investor Elliott Aims To Break Up Honeywell International

Nov 19, 2024
Elliott says “the time has come to embrace simplification.”

FIRST TAKE

AVIC SS-UAV
article

First Take, Nov. 25, 2024

Nov 22, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

SUPPLY CHAIN

Leonardo factory floor
article

Aerostructures Business Carve-Ups And Carve-Outs Loom

Nov 20, 2024
Airframers drove a race to the bottom for their aerostructures suppliers, sending them to seek an exit.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Spirit Airlines aircraft taking off, viewed from rear
article

Spirit Airlines Aims To Exit Chapter 11 Early Next Year

Nov 22, 2024
After nearly a dozen loss-making quarters, Spirit filed for Chapter 11 and adopted “Project Bravo,” designed to overhaul a decades-old business model.
ATR in flight
article

ATR Ends Short-Takeoff-and-Landing Effort In Cost-Cutting Focus

Nov 18, 2024
To reignite airline demand and prepare for a new wave of orders, ATR is rejiggering its turboprop development plan.
Electra EL9
article

Electra.Aero Details EL9 Nine-Seat eSTOL Aircraft

Nov 20, 2024
The company touts its two-seat demonstrator’s work to validate concepts that are key to planned larger variant.

SPACE

NASA orbiter concept over Mars
article

NASA Assessing Options For Faster, Cheaper Mars Sample Return

Nov 18, 2024
Samples aboard the Perseverance rover may hold evidence of past life on Mars.

FAST FIVE

Firefly CEO Jason Kim
article

Fast Five With Firefly Aerospace CEO Jason Kim

Nov 19, 2024
Kim speaks with Aviation Week as Firefly prepares to enter the lunar and in-space services markets and expand its family of launch vehicles.

DEFENSE

Northrop Grumman B-21
article

Momentum Grows For Expanded U.S. Nuclear Weapons Arsenal

Nov 22, 2024
The outgoing Biden administration is laying the groundwork for the larger U.S. strategic force championed during the first Trump administration.
MQ-20 Avengers in flight
article

Pentagon And Industry Revive Red Air Role For CCA

Nov 19, 2024
A four-year-old concept to adapt uncrewed aircraft to role-play as adversaries during training missions is back in development after a two-year hiatus.
Brazilian Air Force F-39E gripen
article

Latin American Fighter Demand Rises With Modernization Needs

Nov 22, 2024
Brazil’s use of the Gripen at Cruzex was closely observed by neighbors who are planning to update their fighter fleets.

ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Joby Aviation aircraft on vertiport
article

A Who’s Who Of Advanced Air Mobility In The Middle East

Nov 22, 2024
Multiple private and public entities across the region have aligned behind the drive to be a leader in advanced air mobility.
Vertical full-scale VX4 demonstrator
article

Vertical Aerospace Faces Investor Showdown Amid Cash Shortfall

Nov 18, 2024
The air taxi startup has unveiled an aggressive plan for 2030, but whether it can raise enough cash to survive that long is an open question.

SUSTAINABILITY

Electra concept
article

NASA Looks Beyond X-66 Toward Future Generation Of Net-Zero Airliners

Nov 21, 2024
The agency has awarded study contracts to restart the journey toward sustainable aviation.

BUSINESS AVIATION

Bombardier Global Express aircraft
article

Is Middle East Business Aviation Slowing At All?

Nov 22, 2024
The region’s business aviation market is growing in fleet, infrastructure, technology and flight hours.

TECHNOLOGY

flap design
article

The Week In Technology, Nov. 18-22, 2024

Nov 18, 2024
Bird-inspired anti-stall flaps; green flightpaths; deflected-thrust eVTOL; and hydrogen refueling guidelines.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

Cloud Shadow CS-5000T
article

Commentary: Zhuhai Reveals Evolution Of Chinese Military Aircraft

Nov 21, 2024
Mockups and displays show the steady development of Chinese Air Force technology ambitions.
Anduril Fury concept
article

Opinion: New Aerospace And Defense Entrants Spark Change

Nov 20, 2024
The rise of new companies that are more digitally intensive, agile and cost-efficient presents the industry with both threats and opportunities.

DEPARTMENTS

Regent seaplane
article

Letters From Our Readers, Nov. 25, 2024

Nov 22, 2024
Readers write about seaplanes and the International Space Station. Plus: Behind the Scenes with Lydia Janow, senior vice president of Aviation Week Network Events.
article

Aviation Week Events, Nov. 25, 2024

Nov 22, 2024
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.
article

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections, Nov. 25, 2024

Nov 22, 2024
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.