Aerospace

ARLINGTON CAPITAL PARTNERS agreed to acquire EXOSTAR, VA (business collaborator) from Thoma Bravo.

SURF AIR MOBILITY confirmed order for first 20 Cessna Grand Caravan EXs (as part of plan for up to 15) for delivery starting 1H24 to support development with TEXTRON AVIATION of an electric propulsion system for the aircraft.

Christian Scherer was nominated as Chief Executive Officer-Commercial Aircraft of Airbus, reporting to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury.

AIRBUS completed 10-day, 100-hour international route-proving flight test campaign of A321XLR (SPNWS; Sept 15).

ENGINESTANDS24 (ES24) is opening engine stands hub in Singapore.

SALIENT, London was selected by Copa Airlines to provide Evidence-based Training (EBT) solution for improving safety and pilot competencies.

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AEROSPACE COATINGS, KS introduced two-component Fill Bond Flex Aerospace Filler (FBF100) kit for filling seams, rivets and small spot repair areas on composite exterior aircraft surfaces in preparation for painting.

AERFI was selected by Transavia to provide solution (for trial on 737s at Rotterdam) to enable pax to access/buy IFE content and order food/drinks.

LATECOERE opened €5m, 700 sq meter Composites Development Center at Toulouse with layup robot, 1,000-tonne heat press and SAT oven to manufacture structural parts up to 3 x 2.5 meters via thermoset or thermoplastic processes.

JOBY AVIATION delivered its first eVTOL to Edwards AFB under $131m contract with USAF; aircraft will be used to demonstrate a range of logistics missions, including cargo/pax transportation, under operation by both Joby and USAF.

ROLLS-ROYCE developed new fuel spray nozzle for Pearl 700 to control combustion process to run on 100% hydrogen; new nozzles are able to control flame position to progressively mix air with the hydrogen to manage fuel’s reactivity.

Abdel Dominguez to General Manager of Associated Aircraft Manufacturing & Sales (AAMSI), FL; Dennis Zalupski is retiring.

The FAA has announced almost $300 million in funding for projects to develop SAF supply chains and technologies to reduce aviation emissions.

The vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS is designed to provide the Singapore Armed Forces command post last-mile intelligence of areas of interest.

BRITTEN-NORMAN restarted Islander production in UK (Isle of Wight); first aircraft is due for completion in May 2024.

GET SAT, Israel was selected by Safran Passenger Innovations to supply an innovative Ku-band terminal.

GKN AEROSPACE was selected by Pratt & Whitney to develop the Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) for the RTX hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.

AAR was selected by Pall Corporation as exclusive foreign military distributor (sans Japan/South Korea) for its filtration products and solutions.

SUPERNAL opened 72,000 sq ft AAM R&D facility in Fremont, CA to address opportunities within battery technology for electric air travel applications.

A Japanese partnership of MUFG Bank, Kanematsu and Tokio Marine & Nichido led the Sierra Space funding round, which will fund space station development.

Airbus is carving out its commercial aircraft business as a separate entity and has named sales chief Christian Scherer as the new unit’s CEO.

Lt. Gen. John Shaw, senior U.S. Space Force officer at Space Command, says challenges will grow as vehicles become more complex and operate further from Earth.

Progress has been slow on Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch system under Bob Smith’s watch, with an expected 2024 debut coming four years behind schedule.

VoltAero's Cassio 330 features a 330 kW electric-parallel hybrid propulsion system built around a Kawasaki piston engine, with an electric motor from Safran.

The Pentagon develops a concept to flood the Taiwan Strait with a horde of drones to confuse Chinese countermeasures.