Aerospace

Penny Burtt to President of Boeing Southeast Asia, Singapore.

Recent revisions of the certification requirements for EVTOL aircraft that narrowed the gap between European and U.S. regulators come as welcome news to Lilium.

Emirates Airlines has been fined $1.8 million for allegedly flying into airspace prohibited by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) while carrying the code of US airline JetBlue Airways.

Oman Air has been awarded the title of Best Seat Comfort in the Middle East at the 2024 Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Awards.

Rocket Lab will provide 10 Electron launches to deploy an Earth observation network for Japan’s Synspective, which is building an SAR constellation.

The service is exploring the future of narrowband satellite communications as its legacy Mobile User Objective System approaches the end of its life span.

In 2021, Iberia became the first operator in Europe to use evidence-based training, followed by Air France in the same year.

The AAM Stock Composite again hit a new record low for the year.

AEROEDGE, Japan opened new LEAP blade production facility at Ashikaga City.

WISK AERO has MOU with Houston Airports to identify/assess potential locations for developing vertiport infrastructure at IAH, Hobby and Ellington.

SKYDRIVE, Japan submitted type certificate application to FAA for of its three-seat eVTOL through JCAB; it expects to certify aircraft as early as 2026.

ENTROL sold an en-1000x Sn125 simulator to Ravenair Group, UK.

BOOM SUPERSONIC completed 400,000 sq ft Overture Superfactory manufacturing facility at Piedmont Triad Intl. Airport in Greensboro, NC; initial assembly line can produce 33 aircraft per year (second to be added to double capacity).

Latvian airline airBaltic’s training arm has signed a letter of intent with Diamond Aircraft to purchase three eDA40 electric training aircraft.

Archer Aviation has announced a partnership with Signature Aviation, giving it access to the latter’s network of more than 200 FBOs.

DARPA has awarded Redwire a contract, as part of the agency’s Otter program, to be the prime mission integrator for a very low-Earth orbit spacecraft.

Located at Piedmont Triad International Airport, the facility is sized for an initial rate of 33 aircraft per year.

As Airbus has increasingly globalized the production of its A320-family narrowbodies, the matter of which FAL builds what variant has come into focus.

Energy-storing structure; load-optimized cabin walls; Europe’s flying ship project; and solar fuels take a step forward.

French AAM startup Ascendance Flight Technologies says development work on its first full-scale Atea prototype is progressing toward a first flight in 2025.

The next step is to distinguish between GPS jamming and spoofing, which is less common but more challenging to detect.

A flex shaft for the A350’s high lift system has become the most complex 3D-printed metal part to be approved for series production by Airbus and EASA.

A successful demonstration of the first unmanned air taxi trial in Mecca is said to pave the way for future implementation of smart mobility solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

It will take some luck for Boeing to be ready to fly its first ISS crew rotation mission as early as February.

The FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency have updated their eVTOL certification guidance to narrow the gap between their approaches.