Aerospace

Aviation Week Staff

PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by Riyadh Air to supply Astrova IFE system for its 39 787-9s on order.

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Aviation Week Staff

ZEROAVIA and POWERCELL agreed to develop intermediate/high-temp fuel cells for large fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft.

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Aviation Week Staff

BOEING priced/upsized planned concurrent offerings to (1) 112.5m shares of common stock (par value $5 per share) at $143 each and (2) $5b depositary shares, representing 1/20th interest per share (par value $1 per share) at $50 each; it is projecting net proceeds of $20.72b before over-allotments.

Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Shenyang Aviation Industries Group has reached out to Italy's Manta Aircraft to partner on a V/STOL design that could now be developed and manufactured in China.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The transaction saw Joby issue 40 million shares at $5.05/share, raising about $200 million.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Dovetail Electric Aviation and Norwegian operator Skydive Voss will collaborate to convert several Cessna Caravans to electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
A self-described investor in distressed companies, Mudrick Capital is the largest creditor of UK-based Vertical.
Advanced Air Mobility

ABL AVIATION arranged €170m senior secured finance facility from KfW IPEX-Bank and NatWest for SWISSPORT INTERNATIONAL for electric GSE.

Aerospace

By Victoria Moores
Over 50 companies have joined forces to get electrofuel (e-SAF) production up and running during a critical time window during the next two years.
Emerging Technologies

AMTRA AERO COMPONENT SOLUTIONS acquired ex-Volaris A319-100 (3069) for part out by end November 2024.

Aerospace

THALES AVIONICS was selected by Qatar Airways to supply FlytEDGE cloud-native IFE system for its A321NXs.

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Pablo Aguirre was promoted to President of AMTRA Aero, Tulsa; David Gantner was named President of AMTRA Aero Component Solutions.

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JOBY AVIATION priced public offering of 40m shares, plus options for 6m, for $5.05 each to raise $202m.

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Jennifer Wilson Skuhrovec to Chief Financial Officer of SIFCO Industries, Cleveland.

Aerospace

GENERAL ATOMICS AEROTEC SYSTEMS (GA-ATS) certified its in-house Do228 flight simulator in Oberpfaffenhofen to FTD Level 2.

Aerospace

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES had $400m net income on $5.3b revenues in 3Q24 vs $383m on $4.9b in 3Q23.

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BOEING launched concurrent offerings of 90m shares of common stock (par value $5 per share) and $5b depositary shares (1/20th interest per share; par value $1 per share); offering includes options for 13.5m shares/$750m depositary shares, increasing total raise to $19b. Goldman Sachs, BofA, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan are lead bookrunning managers.

Aerospace

By Guy Norris
U.S. startups Natilus and JetZero sense the time is right for a chance to break into the big jet air transport business with radical blended wing body concepts.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
The A&D industry’s critical minerals supply chain is in a precarious position given its reliance on Chinese imports, panelists say at the Zero Gravity summit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Typical Level 1 applications could include flight control law optimization, sensor calibration, fuel tank quantity evaluation and icing detection.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Another BWB challenger, flying wind turbine, large uncrewed freighter, and automaker flies eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

MOODY'S says IAM rejection of Boeing contract offer has little bearing on its Baa3 rating. It believes deal will be reached, whereby company could accommodate union's objective of 40% compensation increase but not the pension demand.

Aerospace

CFM INTERNATIONAL delivered 365 LEAP engines in 3Q24 vs 389 in 3Q23, citing ongoing supply chain issues.

Aerospace

SAFRAN GROUP had €6.6b revenues in 3Q24 vs €5.8b in 3Q23; Propulsion increased 9.2% (civil aftermarket up 20.5%) and Aircraft Interiors increased 28.4%, although still 4% down from 2019. Revenue for year is up 17.4%.

Aerospace

AURA AERO was named a laureate of EASA-finance Innovation Fund program, accessing €95m grant for development.

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