Aerospace

The Advanced Air Mobility Institute has named Jim Ives as new executive vice president of its board of directors.

CEBU PACIFIC says a potential narrowbody airliner developed by Embraer would be attractive and beneficial to the air transport industry, which needs more aircraft availability and competition between OEMs. It has 42 A320s/26 A321s.

LILIUM, Germany filed for insolvency for a second time and says chance for restructuring is highly unlikely.

BELCAN opened an office in Toulouse to support OEMs, tier-one suppliers, and other industry partners with design, analysis and digitalization services.

LIEBHERR broke ground on 8,000 sq meter expansion to component manufacturing plant (for flight control and actuation systems, environmental control and thermal management systems, landing gear, and engines) in Guaratinguetá, Brazil.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE has ordered 30 more LEAPs (delivery dates TBD).

AIRBUS received type certification from EASA for GTF-powered A321XLR.

BOEING delivered the 100th 767-300BCF (30048; ex-Condor) to SF AIRLINES; aircraft was converted by GAMECO.

LOAR entered into a put option to acquire 100% of France's LMB FANS & MOTORS for €365m plus assumption of debt.

OEMs and suppliers in Germany should improve cooperation, as cash-strapped suppliers are having a hard time convincing banks to fund their investments.

ENEOS and Mitsubishi Corporation will jointly conduct a Front End Engineering Design to advance the study of SAF at ENEOS’ Wakayama Plant.

Flydubai has reported ‘record-breaking’ annual results for its financial year ending 31 December 2024.

Highlights from the IDEX 2025 show. View all four digital editions below.

Havelsan has been building a platform ecosystem that includes unmanned aerial, ground, and naval vehicles, since 2019.

While some radars improve detection of weather-related turbulence, clear air turbulence detection remains difficult. One company looks to negate the phenomenon.

Here are the five must-see stories from the Aviation Week Network for the week of February 17, 2025.

Turbulence canceling; deep learning controls flow; stratospheric test flight; and imaging manufacturing defects.

Alef is conducting flight testing of a lighter prototype, the Model Zero.

Lilium Aerospace filed for insolvency after its main investor failed to provide promised funding for the rebuilding of operations.

The Austrian aerospace supplier FACC does not rule out the possibility of further expanding its presence in the U.S.

Calidus now has three more B-250 prototypes being built at its Abu Dhabi facility, earmarked for development and certification of the type.

Over the last decade or so, the Bombardier Global Express – both the 6000 and more recently the 6500 series – have become the customer’s platform of choice when it comes to special mission aircraft.

EDGE has ended its participation at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) 2025, with an impressive new sales tally of US$ 2.9 Billion.

The 2025 edition of the collocated IDEX and NAVDEX event draws to a close, reporting record numbers and a tale of great success for host Abu Dhabi, with more than 150,000 visitors in attendance.

TATV speaks to Yoav Tourgeman, the CEO of Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, who discusses the Israeli firm’s work in the multi-layered air defence systems realm and how its specialised R&D process brings value to its customers.