Canadian pilot training specialist CAE expects increasing demand for its simulators for Boeing 737 MAX and continues to make so-called “white tail” systems ahead of actual orders.
FAA is advancing a construct based on third-party UAS Service Suppliers—rather than air traffic controllers—providing flight authorization, traffic deconfliction and other services.
The Boeing 737 MAX production halt is a catalyst for Triumph Group to further consolidate its interiors and Mexican operations, top executives said Feb. 6, adding more divestiture announcements should be expected this year.
Concern may be increasing over whether the Boeing 777X takes longer to become certified and operational, but at least one supplier on Feb. 6 said so far so good on expected production rates.
KBR, Inc. will train commercial astronauts selected for missions to the International Space Station (ISS) and perhaps other destinations under a nonexclusive NASA Reimbursable Space Act Agreement.
Wisk, the joint venture startup between Boeing and Kitty Hawk, is disclosing new details about its self-flying eVTOL air taxi trials planned to take place in New Zealand.
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a batch of 34 satellites for aspiring broadband operator OneWeb lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Feb. 6, setting the stage for monthly flights to build an initial constellation of 648 spacecraft.
After forming a strategic partnership in 2019, Alphabet company Loon and SoftBank subsidiary HAPSMobile have jointly developed a broadband-internet communications payload for the AeroVironment-designed Hawk30 high-altitude pseudo-satellite.
Despite economic uncertainty, trade tensions and headwinds compounded by the Coronavirus outbreak, the Asia-Pacific region—and China in particular—remains pivotal to Boeing’s fortunes and the best hope for offsetting the commercial slowdown, a company executive said.
In addition to a software problem that ultimately forced Boeing to abandon a docking of its first CST-100 Starliner at the International Space Station, the uncrewed capsule suffered a second, previously unreported software problem during its December flight test.
Airbus has been awarded additional study contracts to support the militarization of the company’s H160 twin-engine medium helicopter to meet the needs of the French military.
Boeing continues to refine its updated 737 MAX fight control computer (FCC) software and proposed simulator training, addressing new issues that have cropped up in testing and pilot evaluations and analyzing the risks of a wiring issue that may require modifications.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification leaning on lessons learned from the ongoing Boeing 737 MAX debacle.
The first modernized Tupolev Tu-160M, the latest variant of the Cold War-era Tu-160 Blackjack heavy strategic bomber, made its first flight on Feb. 2..
L3Harris has received the green light to develop an experimental spacecraft that will improve the military’s positioning, navigation and timing assets.
Russian Helicopters announced on Feb. 6 a “road map” that establishes a fixed schedule for localizing assembly tasks for the Ka-226T helicopter in India.
Impacted by trade tariffs and the dollar’s higher value, U.S. rotorcraft maker Robinson Helicopters saw deliveries drop by over a third in 2019, compared to the 316 aircraft handed over the year before.
