Aerospace

Testing contrail avoidance; Spectrum for UAS control; Electrifying the King Air; Longer-lived batteries.

Boeing and the machinists union have reached a tentative, four-year agreement that would keep new commercial airplane production in the Pacific Northwest, provide significant pay and benefits boosts, and address gaps on other key issues that have plagued the company.

AIRBUS delivered 47 aircraft (five A220s; 36 A320 Family; A330neo; five A350s) in August vs 52 (seven A220s; 42 A320s; A330neo; two A350s) in Aug 2023; it has delivered 447 aircraft in Jan-Aug vs 433 in Jan-Aug 2023/500 in Jan-Aug 2019.

3DEO, Los Angeles secured $3.5m investment from Japan's MIZUHO BANK to support development in metal additive manufacturing.

Swiss startup Jekta has announced an order from South Korean lessor Solyu for 30 of its PHA-ZE 100 hydrogen-electric seaplanes.

Aircraft serial number 0001 is being assembled at Bye’s facilities at Centennial Airport in Denver.

The testbed aircraft made its first flight in June from the company’s test facility at California’s Mojave Air & Space Port.

2024 was supposed to be the year that eVTOL air taxis launched services, but by mid-year it was apparent that goal was no longer obtainable.

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SHOW BUSINESS journalists and photographers had an insightful time at the Egypt International Airshow 2024. Read each day's news.

Airbus must deliver just over 320 aircraft in the last three months of the year in order to reach its target of handing over around 770 aircraft to customers in 2024.

Listen in as Aviation Week’s propulsion editor updates our chief Boom skeptic on the company’s latest test flight.

The flagship UK helicopter modernization program has suffered delays and shrunk in size before a contract has even been signed.

The helicopter company is partnering with United Therapeutics to bring hydrogen-electric propulsion to the R44 and R66.

Space-to-space and space-to-air tests are planned to prove optical communications capability.

Although there is no imminent threat, pilot groups are stepping up their campaign against reduced-crew and single-pilot concepts.

EASA plans to release an emergency AD requiring A350 operators to perform 1-time inspections of their aircraft in response to problematic Trent XWB fuel lines found by CATHAY PACIFIC on 15 aircraft.

Mike Stepniak to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell (corporate), Charlotte.

BYE AEROSPACE, CO began building the first all-electric eFlyer 2 trainer.

THALES is leading group of 10 companies/organizations in DECOR project to demonstrate digital solutions to facilitate ground/air collaboration to reduce environmental impact of flight operations without compromising safety.

JETZERO, CA secured easyJet as partner (and member of its Airline Working Group) to share its knowledge of hydrogen propulsion systems in development of a low-emission blended-wing body (BWB) aircraft for 2030.

ONTIC secured equity injection from CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS and new investors to fund enhanced customer support teams, dedicated repair capabilities, supply chain/sustainment engineering resources, and data analytics for growth.

MERLIN, MA began flight testing certification-ready Cessna Caravan with the Merlin Pilot automatic flight control system, comprising glass cockpit with advanced avionics, new sensors, autopilot, and automated communication system.

JAIVEL AEROSPACE, UK was selected to update/develop design and manufacturing standards for the 40-seat D328eco.

AERODYNAMIC ADVISORY is suggesting that Boeing phase-out BOEING GLOBAL SERVICES to help satisfy need to exit noncore businesses, improve its deteriorating balance sheet and increase its responsiveness and accountability.