Aerospace

Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has shifted priorities in its rotary-wing programs and will focus its attention on developing a 10-metric-ton utility helicopter.

Thales and Garuda Aerospace have signed an MoU to promote the development of the drone ecosystem in India.

Lufthansa Systems has said Ethiopian Airlines ‘relies’ on its finance solution SIRAX/Revenue Accounting.

Al Yah Satellite Communications reported a drop in revenue for the first half of the year, driven by a payload anomaly on its Thuraya 3 geostationary satcom.

Metafuels and the Paul Scherrer Institute have been awarded $5 million by the Swiss government to demonstrate the production of e-fuel for aviation.

Bombardier’s CEO says it would be open to buying back the plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it sold to Spirit AeroSystems in 2020.

Woodward cited strong commercial demand in the June quarter as its sales rose 6% year-on-year, with its aftermarket business doing particularly well.

Retaining Moya's same tiltbody electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) airframe, the hybrid version increases range capability to 185 mi. while maintaining the 440-lb. payload capability.

Le Bourget organizers explain how environmental pressures are already influencing plans for 2025.

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT, PA entered into exclusive license agreement (including acquiring key assets) with Honeywell for intellectual property rights to manufacture/upgrade/repair additional communication/navigation products.

BARNES AEROSPACE earned $29.3m on $218m sales in 2Q24 vs $16.6m on $122m in 2Q23, citing dramatic increase in sales as result of acquisition of MB AEROSPACE; aerospace OEM backlog is $1.5b, up 3% from end of March 2024.

Gavin Gallogly to Vice President of Sales-Americas for Flight Solutions Group of GA Telesis, FL.

GKN AEROSPACE has committed to Airbus’ 2-year Sustainable Wing Solutions (SusWingS) R&T program focusing on high-performance wing technologies and environmentally conscious manufacturing processes; it is investing £4m.

Peter Evans to Group Director of Sales and Business Development of First Aviation Services, Westport, CT.

As Universal Hydrogen’s branch in Toulouse is being liquidated, former employees may launch a new project, making the most of their work over the past 2-3 years

Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) spinoff Aalto has won design organization approvals (DOA) from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.

Turkish Airlines has added a new currency to its financing portfolio in line with its natural currency hedging policy.

Collins Aerospace's Singaporean subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Pacific Aerospace is being relocated to a new $250 million site at Seletar Aerospace Park.

CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.

VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.

McKinsey partnered with Aviation Week to survey 175 leaders across more than 80 firms. Read more.

SpaceX ended a two-week grounding of the world’s busiest rocket fleet with a trio of Falcon 9 launches over the weekend, dispatching Starlink satellites into orbit.

Cryogenic hydrogen propulsion; airborne 5G connectivity; Airbus UK wing research; and fuel cell for propulsion.

Australian-Spanish startup Dovetail is to provide prototype modules for initial functional and integration testing.