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SES was selected by Japan Airlines to supply its multi-orbit electronically steered antenna (ESA) system for 20 A350-900s (linefit by Airbus), 10 787-9s (linefit by Boeing) and 11 787-9s (retrofit); linefit deliveries are slated to begin in '28.

TESTEK SOLUTIONS, MI launched ADAS 2.0 data acquisition platform for testing hydraulic aircraft components.

ACRON TECHNOLOGIES has acquired Austin, Texas-based ALEREON (semiconductors for defense electronics market).

BOEING delivered 46 airliners (33 737 MAXs; 737NG; 767-2C; 767-300F; three 777Fs; seven 787s) in March 2026 vs 41 (33 737 MAXs; four 777Fs; four 787s) in March 2025; it delivered 143 aircraft in 1Q26 vs 130 in 1Q25. It also announced unidentified orders for 20 MAXs, five 737-800As and eight 787-9s, ending quarter with 6,726 unfilled orders.

KEPPLAIR EVOLUTION, France has LOI from Amelia to convert two ATR 72s to multi-role water bombers from 2027.

LOCKHEED MARTIN VENTURES is increasing its fund by 250% from $400m to $1b to mature critical technologies for national security. It has invested >$500m in >120 companies (60 have become suppliers) since startup in 2007.

Phil Bathurst to President of Coltala Aerospace, TX.

ALARIS AEROSPACE SYSTEMS consolidated its four US aftermarket parts warehouse locations into single 129,603 sq ft facility in Jupiter, FL.

RAVE AEROSPACE and SAFRAN teamed to develop Origin seating/IFE premium suite with Immersive Display Concept.

PANASONIC AVIONICS launched eXNeo seatback monitor retrofit solution for legacy cabins for 2027

THALES launched FlytEDGE Aura IFE system with optimized seatback architecture and 4K HDR10+ Tandem OLED displays.

COLLINS AEROSPACE was selected by Air Canada to supply Aurora business class suites and Meridian+ main cabin seats for 30 A321XLRs on order under airline's Glowing Heart cabin concept (ACUMEN is Air Canada's design partner).

RAVE AEROSPACE was selected by China's Hainan Airlines as launch customer for 4K RAVE Ultra IFE system for A321neos.

Ron Gillette to Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience-Business Aviation of StandardAero.

FL TECHNICS WHEELS & BRAKES received UK CAA Part-145 approval.

Danielle Vardaro to Vice President of Sales and Business Development-Americas, Component Repair Services, of StandardAero.

SKYTECH AERO, RI was named by Piper Aircraft as Northeast US authorized dealer for aircraft sales/service coordination.

TEXTRON AVIATION is adding suite of enhancements for its Cessna piston lineup (Skyhawk, Skylane, Turbo Skylane and Turbo Stationair HD) to include Garmin G1000 NXi System Release 7 avionics upgrade and Lycoming dual EIS.

AIRHART AERONAUTICS, CA completed first test flight of its fully integrated avionics platform on a Sling TSi.

Shaun Coleman to Vice President Development-Asia Pacific of AerFin.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 6.6m pax in March, up 6.9% vs March '25.