Peter van der Horst has been appointed managing director of KLM UK Engineering Ltd., based in Norwich, England. The company specializes in maintenance for regional and narrowbody aircraft.
New CEOs at top Tier 1 aerospace suppliers Spirit AeroSystems and Triumph Group tackle the competing pressures of meeting high production-rate demands while reducing supply-chain costs.
GOP-controlled House passes language that could block Treasury Department from issuing license necessary to allow sale of U.S. commercial aircraft to Iran.
Market forces point to the A380's demise, sooner rather than later, although Airbus executives say they remain optimistic production will ramp up eventually.
Boeing’s KC-46A tanker has successfully refueled a Boeing C-17 after installation of hydraulic pressure-relief valves in the telescoping boom to alleviate higher-than-expected axial loads that previously prevented refueling of the heavy airlifter.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finally made its Farnborough Airshow debut this week, impressing visitors to the trade show with its hovering capabilities.
Pros, cons and misunderstanding of multilateration (MLAT) coverage; subsidy debate reemerges with advent of new single-aisle competitors; CG in Raptor aircraft; F-35 skeptics and defenders
In 1916, Bill Boeing declared “we could build a better airplane” then went on to found The Boeing Company. Marcel Bloch (later Dassault) built his first propeller, symbolizing his entry into aerospace and forming what would become a French industry giant. In the same year, the ‘grandfather’ of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine was first published. One hundred years later, all three companies are here at the Farnborough Airshow, celebrating their milestones and looking to the future.
At AirVenture 2008, electrics were all the rage. Eight years and numerous prototypes later, very few have made it to production and delivery, but at least three European manufacturers—Pipistrel, Airbus and Siemens—are working hard toward that goal.
Airbus announces winners of the cargo-drone crowdsourcing design challenge run with Local Motors, calling the quality of entries “enormous and astounding” and the cocreation process “a breath of fresh air.”
Boeing’s 737-8 MAX is making its Airshow debut at Farnborough this week. The re-engined airframe, with CFM Leap 1B engines, has undergone 800 hours in its flight-test program and Boeing expects to deliver the first airplane in the first half of 2017.
FAA and industry are searching high and low for interventions and technologies to help keep recreational pilots and their passengers flying another day.
