Embraer says nailing down a possible timeline for the establishment of an overseas final assembly line is difficult, adding, “It is not a one-sided discussion.”
Airbus announced new Commercial Aircraft management team for 2024, led by Christian Scherer: Stella Belvisi (General Counsel); Maggie Bergsma (Head of Communications); Mathieu Callewaert (EVP-HR); Thomas Hundt (EVP-Finance); Sabine Klauke (EVP-Engineering); Florent Massou dit Labaquère (EVP-Operations); Philippe Mhun (EVP-Programmes and Services); Benoît de Saint-Exupéry (EVP-Sales).
NOVELIS extended contract with Airbus for supplying aluminum wingskins, plates and sheets, especially for A320 Family, out of Koblenz, Germany, and Zhenjiang, China; wingskins require pre-machining for long components and special alloys.
UNITED AIRLINES agreed with Boeing and NASA to operate 737-10 ecoDemonstrator Explorer on SAF for inflight testing; aircraft will be trailed by NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science Lab to measure contrails and non-carbon emissions.
With Ukrainian and U.S. munitions stockpiles in urgent need of replenishment, a new conflict in Israel could further stretch global supply chains for weapons.
Proteus Space, a startup satellite developer, closed a $4.2 million seed round to create an automated, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system to design ESPA-class satellites in 30 days.
A flight-test program launched by Boeing, NASA and United Airlines aims to discover whether burning SAF could reduce the formation of persistent contrails.
Airbus has made several substantial changes to its leadership team following the decision to carve out its commercial aircraft business into a separate unit.