Despite challenges from LCC expansion at its home base, Brussels Airlines seems poised to achieve profitability after investments and management improvements coordinated by its largest shareholder, the Lufthansa Group.
Greg Morris recognized early in the game just how important additive manufacturing would become. His vision and drive helped spur GE Aviation on a mission that culminated in 3-D printing in its latest engines.
Seeing a potentially major new market, rocket and spacecraft builders are positioning themselves to appeal to designers of small satellite constellations.
South Korea’s LCH-LAH is supposed to become the leading 5-ton helicopter. But the base type chosen by Korean Aerospace Industries, the Airbus H155, has not been a strong seller. And there is not a lot of time to make big improvements before the targeted 2020 entry into service.
Dassault Aviation, long noted for both its civil and military aircraft offerings, may eventually have to opt for a purely civil product line due to diverse market and political influences.
Lawmaker considers tweaking last year’s congressional restrictions on RD-180 engine purchases; NASA reschedules big-ticket design reviews after inspector general report; and the FAA is in for a change.
Reader disagrees with earlier reader’s assessment of the space shuttle’s worth; U.S. aerospace coalition takes issue with recent editorial on airline subsidies; pilot shortage solutions cited; another pilot shortage suggestion offered; a call for A-10 replacement and mission reassignment
Junta Fukunaga has been appointed general manager of the Corporate Administration Div. of the Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. He was vice president of the General Affairs Department. Other recent job transfers at Mitsubishi are: Toshihiro Kawachi to deputy head from vice president of sales and marketing; Yugo Fukuhara to vice president-sales and marketing from group sales director; Kazuhide Shinoda to deputy head of the Engineering Div.
Budget realities and better software may be thawing the U.S. government’s resistance to “non-traditional” space sensors to augment the high-priced systems it has developed and fielded over the years.
With more than 6,200 receivers in place around the populated portions of the world, Flightradar24 will now turn to the oceans to give the nascent surveillance provider more visibility of long-haul routes.
JAXA tries again with quiet-supersonic D-Send; Lockheed adds UAS information to FAA flight services; U.K. extends X-ray inspection to large composites; Russia’s air-cushion UAS; Kickstarter crowdfunding bid for collision-avoidance system.
