Aerospace

China’s CATL says its power-dense condensed battery technology has flown in an aircraft with a takeoff weight of 4 metric tons.

There is an expectation that the in-development AAM/eVTOL sector will find its earliest adopters among business aviation’s customer base.

Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.

WISK AERO (Boeing) acquired VEROCEL, MA (verification/validation software) to support certification of its Generation 6 eVTOL air taxi.

Jim Sokol to President-Flight Solutions Group of GA Telesis, FL.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE agreed to purchase 15 PW1100G-JMs from Pratt & Whitney in 2024 for leaseback in deal valued at $364m. It completed a purchase and leaseback transaction of 25 GTF engines with Pratt & Whitney in 1H21.

SAFRAN is exclusively negotiating to acquire PRELIGENS, France (AI).

SIEMENS DIGITAL INDUSTRIES SOFTWARE was selected by Dovetail Electric Aviation to provide Xcelerator software to design zero emission, battery and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft.

Malissa Nesmith to Group Vice President-Sales and Business Development of TIGHITCO, CT.

WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES (WFS) expanded its cargo handling deal with Singapore Airlines to handle new A350 flights at London Gatwick.

SENER, Spain was selected to supply servo-actuators (16 units per shipset) for the Lilium Jet. It has already delivered the first units for testing and plans to deliver a total of 104 in 2024 for ground testing and certification flight phases.

The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.

The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.

The Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary’s first full-scale demonstrator is currently being assembled at its facility in Irvine, California.

Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero has acquired software certification specialist Verocel to support development of its Generation 6 autonomous electric air taxi.

Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.

The UK petroleum giant is scaling back plans to develop new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production projects in Europe and the U.S.

Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.

The airframer projects it will reach historic E-Jet peak production in a few years, while studies for a larger narrowbody include wing and fuselage concepts.

Next-Generation Air Dominance is in question as top service officials say the 2026 budget will include hard decisions.

Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has introduced its certification readiness level concept.

The line is focused on maximizing energy density and cycle life with the safety required for certification.

Joby Aviation may fly passengers on air tours and market survey flights before starting commercial air taxi operations, the company says.

Archer Aviation is hoping to begin for-credit testing of its Midnight eVTOL aircraft before year’s end, the firm’s chief commercial officer says.