Aerospace

Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end,

Rolls-Royce has begun flight tests of a major upgrade to the Trent 1000 engine powering some Boeing 787s.

MTU Aero Engines reports that the time in shop to overhaul some PW1000G geared-turbofan engines has fallen below 100 days.

With CCA projects emerging across the world, engine manufacturers are mobilizing to secure a piece of the burgeoning market.

The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.

Boeing is anticipating certification of all three in-development aircraft by the end of 2025 and expressing confidence in near-term production-ramp estimates.

The Aerospace Corp. plans to expand its TRL Bootcamp, a technology-accelerator program initially funded by the U.S. Space Force to include NASA.

Boeing CFO Brian West indicated that the troubled airframer and large defense prime will see another year full of red ink when 2024 results are reported.

UAC, Russia had RUB14.4b net loss in 1H24 (vs RUB4.9b profit in 1H23) on 16% higher revenues; it has RUB92.8b cash.

BOEING expects to deliver first 777-9 in 2025. FAA is leading certification program.

DAE had $154.3m pretax profit on $679.2m revenues in 1H24 vs $150.4m on $670.1m in 1H23; its orderbook positions are placed until 2Q26. DAE ENGINEERING posted a 33% increase in revenues (performed 162 maintenance checks).

BOEING reactivated third 737 MAX assembly line at Renton, and is now producing about 25 aircraft per month, citing receipt of clean fuselages from SPIRIT. It still has 90 pre-built 737-8s (mostly for China/India) and 25 787s being reworkes, of which most are expected to be delivered by end 2024 in order to close its shadow factories by end of year.

TRANSDIGM completed acquisition of RAPTOR SCIENTIFIC, CA (test/measurement solutions) for $655m in cash.

Peter Koo to Chief Leadership Officer of Quest Global, Schenectady, NY.

BOEING named Kelly Ortberg, formerly CEO of Rockwell Collins, as its next President and CEO (effective August 8).

BOEING had $1.4b net loss on $16.9b revenues in 2Q24 vs $149m loss on $19.8b in 2Q23; BCA lost $715m on $6b vs $383m loss on $8.8b with planned production increases to 38 737s per month and five 787s per month by end of '24.

Boeing has named Kelly Ortberg to be its new CEO from Aug. 8, taking on the massive challenge of reviving the aerospace giant.

The advancement of business aviation in Africa is a focus at the 8th Aviation AFRICA Summit & Exhibition following the co-location of the African Business Aircraft Association’s (AfBAA) Symposium and Annual General Meeting.

Royal Jordanian’s (RJ) Board of Directors has approved the company's financial results for first half of 2024 showing the war on Gaza has impacted the airline’s operational performance.

Europe is pressing ahead with the second Ariane 6 launch, even as program officials continue to assess an upper-stage glitch during the rocket’s first flight.

Safran CEO Olivier Andries has blamed delays in CFM Leap 1A engine deliveries to Airbus on a drop in output at a high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade supplier.

Airbus says it is working through supply-chain issues with top-tier partners Honeywell, Safran and Spirit AeroSystems.

To avoid missing out in the race to deploy large LEO constellations, Russia plans to enhance its Gonets system with Fifth Generation Design Bureau.

Northrop Grumman’s Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T) spacecraft has passed the system requirements review, but the contract with SSC has ended.

Beijing is increasingly relying on companies to strengthen its presence in commercial space.