Aerospace

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.

L3HARRIS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS earned $329m on $1.35b sales in 2Q24 vs $325m on $1.29b in 2Q23.

DE HAVILLAND CANADA and PAL AEROSPACE signed MOU to jointly develop new innovations for Dash 8-400, including LEO inflight connectivity and conversion to combi configuration, for PAL's fleet and third party operators.

Constantino Malatesta to interim Chief Financial Officer of CAE, Montreal; Sonya Branco is stepping down at end of August.

CASTLE PRECISION ENGINEERING has £85m Rolls-Royce contract to supply precision-machined rotating parts.

VERTICAL AEROSPACE, UK completed first tethered piloted flight of its VX4 prototype eVTOL; next phase of testing will include thrustborne flight testing whereby aircraft will takeoff/land vertically and conduct low speed flight manoeuvres.

ZEROAVIA booked order from Edinburgh-based Ecojet to supply 22 ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines, plus 40 options, for retrofit on its regional turboprop fleet (TBD). Ecojet plans to launch in late 2024 with conventionally powered aircraft.

Electric seaglider startup Regent Craft announced the opening of a new government affairs office in Washington, D.C.

Vertical Aerospace has completed initial tethered hover flights with its recently unveiled next-generation VX4 eVTOL prototype.

This follows the FAA’s decision to permit Falcon 9 launches to resume after a July 11 second-stage launch failure.

The decision follows the recovery of a piece of Dragon debris in Australia in 2022.

The imminent departure of CAE CFO Sonya Branco follows other recent sub-CEO management changes at the Montreal company, including the appointment of a new COO.

During the World Defense Show 2024 in Riyadh, Boeing’s president for Saudi Arabia, Asaad Aljomoai, announced that a formal application had been submitted to sight the company’s Middle East headquarters in the Kingdom.

The FAA on July 25 said there were no public safety issues associated with the failure of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket two weeks ago, clearing the company to resume flights.

The new advanced air mobility forecast from Aviation Week is the first major industry outlook in over a year.

Suppliers no longer trust Airbus and Boeing production forecasts and believe ramp-ups could be significantly delayed.