Aerospace

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

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.

Airlines are on the verge of placing hundreds of orders for widebody jets. Listen in as editors and analysts discuss what’s behind the impending order boom.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The private-equity owners of Belcan, an engineering services provider to several marquee aerospace and defense companies, have sold the company to Cognizant.

MERLIN, MA agreed to acquire EPISCI, CA to solidify its position in the autonomous aviation industry, supporting platforms that include X-62 VISTA, Cessna Caravan, F-16, L-29 Delfin, Berkut 540, C-130J and KC-135 Stratotanker.

CONSOLIDATED PRECISION PRODUCTS (CPP) and subsidiary POLY6 TECHNOLOGIES named South Dakota-based B9Creations as their global Additive Manufacturing partner for ultra-precision turbine blade production processes.

John Ofenloch to President of AE Shoals Manufacturing & Technology Center (AE Industrial Partners), AL.