Aerospace

GE Aerospace expects to ship the first production standard GE9X to Boeing for installation on a customer-bound Boeing 777-9 later this month.

Skepticism is growing about the near-term commercial prospects of eVTOLs.

Geespace, the satellite technology arm of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, says it has deployed its Future Mobility Constellation in the Middle East.

SkyDrive has applied to the FAA for a type certificate for its SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

TEXAS AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES has AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certs for quality as distributor, PMA manufacturer and engineering firm.

FLIGHTPATH3D was selected by Cathay Pacific to provide seatback flight tracking system for use with existing IFE.

BOEING is facing additional whistleblower claims that it has installed bad parts on 737 MAXs; it is reviewing situation.

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.