Aerospace

Saudi Arabia’s Neom Investment Fund has made the single largest investment in U.S. electric seaglider developer Regent’s $60 million Series A round.

“We arrived at strategic business decisions regarding our spectrum allocation,” Michelle Parker, vice president, Boeing Space Mission Systems, wrote.

Ship remote control service Seafar is integrating neXat, a satellite communications service, into its remote ship navigation technology.

TCab's full-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator conducted the uncrewed flight at Dongyang Hengdian General Airport in Jinhua, Zhejiang province.

The original launch date for IM's Nova-C lunar lander—from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket—was planned for as soon as mid-November.

Hydrogen from sunlight; Off-road hybrid carries eVTOL; Subaru’s air mobility concept; Charging electric airport vehicles.

Reliable Robotics plans to use radar as the basis for its detect-and-avoid system for uncrewed aircraft flying in the National Airspace.

It’s been a rough month for small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital.

Boeing is preaching calm as it works toward its middecade production and financial targets, but recent missteps underscore challenges of the next two years.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

As U.S. companies rethink their presence amid heightened political tensions, some in Europe are doubling down on the market.

CFM INTERNATIONAL says LEAP engine family has reached 40m flight hours.

TT ELECTRONICS plans November 6 to open 40,000 sq ft power solutions R&D facility in Manchester, UK.

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AEROSPACE COATINGS introduced chrome-free, water-based, translucent, sol-gel metal Jet Prep Pretreatment (CM0220P01) solution that provides superior adhesion/corrosion protection over aluminum substrates.

Jerry Qiu to Senior Associate, based in New York, of Alton Aviation Consultancy.

TRIMAS AEROSPACE earned $7.1m on $67.6m sales in 3Q23 vs $4.7m on $45.4m in 3Q22.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE earned $963m on $3.5b revenues in 3Q23 vs $818m on $3b in 3Q22; aftermarket rose >20%.

SABCA, Belgium selected Razorleaf as its PLM technical-services partner to support implementation of 3DEXPERIENCE from Dassault Systèmes.

Rolls-Royce says ground testing of its air-cooled lift motor for electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is due to begin “imminently.”

South Korea is pursuing a new supersonic turbofan engine to power a fifth-generation fighter for the 2030s.

The NBAA hosted a career fair at NBAA-BACE, as the shortage of workforce professionals is projected to reach historic levels.

The service’s broader commercial space strategy remains under consideration within the Pentagon.

The ambitious mission to explore seven asteroids is targeted to launch in March 2028.

UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN and JBT AEROTECH teamed to develop hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile battery charger for existing electrified airport GSE.

KKR agreed to take minority stake in PRECIPART, NY (precision components).