Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
Water-based thruster specialist Pale Blue plans to demonstrate an ion thruster in early 2025.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider, has raised $56.7 million in a Series B funding round.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Household has placed an order for two new helicopters from Italy’s Leonardo to replace the pair of Sikorsky S-76C++ it has in service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Pilling
Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, the new CEO of Qatar Airways, is speedily stamping his own management philosophy and personal values on the airline.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
China’s battery giant CATL has agreed to invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” in AutoFlight, the Shanghai-based eVTOL aircraft developer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lift Aircraft has introduced the Hexa 2, the first major upgrade of its Hexa personal eVTOL since production of the single-person multicopter began in 2021.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
The engine-maker’s plan for managing unscheduled geared turbofan inspections is going as expected, but disruptions continue to dog affected operators.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

ROLLS-ROYCE began flight testing upgraded Trent 1000 with enhanced HPT to address lingering durability problems.

Aerospace

Jake Legere to Associate Vice President of Sales & Marketing of NATA, Washington, DC.

Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently cut the ribbon on its new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Kelly Ortberg has a stellar track record as an aerospace CEO, but he faces momentous challenges in Seattle.
Check 6

By Ben Goldstein, Tony Osborne, Jens Flottau
Two startups join short list of companies that have unveiled full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Compound, conventional rotorcraft and tiltrotors are among the technologies being proposed by industry for NATO’s future rotorcraft needs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Leadership sets the tone, and incoming Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has results and relations.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Mike Rezman to Vice President-MRO of VSE Aviation, FL.

Aerospace

John Jamieson to Senior Vice President-Project Management of Park Aerospace, Melville, NY.

Aerospace

SAFRAN had €1.5b net income on €13b revenues in 1H2423 vs €1.1b on €10.9b in 1H23. Aerospace Propulsion earned €1.3b on 14% higher revenues rose 14% and and Aircraft Interiors earned €10m on 26.6% higher revenues.

Aerospace

EATON AEROSPACE earned $206m on $955m sales in 2Q24 vs $191m on $848m in 2Q23; book-to-ball ratio was 1.1.

Aerospace

MTU AERO ENGINES had €162m net income on €1.7b revenues (€25.2b backlog) in 2Q24 vs €122m on €1.5b in 2Q23.

Aerospace

VSE AVIATION earned $46.8m on $355m revenues in 1H24 vs $31.4m on $238m in 1H23; 2Q24 revenues rose 55%.

Aerospace

DÜRR GROUP, Germany was selected by Premium AEROTEC to provide energy-efficient surface coating 13,000 liter-A321XLR rear center tank.

Aerospace

ROLLS-ROYCE CIVIL AEROSPACE earned £740 in 1H24 (vs £405m in 1H23) on 26% higher revenues; it delivered 236 engines (120 large) in 1H24 vs 188 in 1H23 and completed 624 LTSA shop visits (394 major) vs 591 (331) a year ago.

Aerospace

THALES was selected by Lilium as sole supplier of navigation and communication antennas for the Lilium Jet.

Aerospace

By Guy Norris
“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
MD Helicopters (MDH) has made new appointments at the top of its management chain following the promotion of Ryan Weeks to president.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain