Aerospace

While the Collaborative Combat Aircraft effort prioritizes quick fielding, Project VENOM plans to evaluate future improved capabilities—including AI.

Aviation Week's Jeremy Kariuki, Graham Warwick and Ben Goldstein discuss the potential effects advanced air mobility may have on the business aviation industry.

Pratt already has a sizeable footprint in Poland, where it placed F100 engine work when the country acquired Lockheed Martin F-16s more than two decades ago.

“It’s a tough day for many in our company,” ABL founder and CEO Harry O’Hanley wrote on LinkedIn on Aug. 29.

ARCHER completed its 402nd eVTOL test flight this year, surpassing 2024 goal of 400, four months ahead of schedule.

Clay Mowry to Chief Executive Officer of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Reston, VA.

C&L AEROSPACE was retained by Ernst & Young to market/sell Rex-owned 737NG spares inventory (5,000 line items).

Scott Dennis to Chief Executive Officer of 3DEO, Los Angeles.

ATI has Board approval for multi-year, $700m share repurchase program.

AEROSPACE COMPOSITES MALAYSIA was relaunched as BOEING COMPOSITES MALAYSIA following acquisition from joint venture partner Hexcel in 4Q23; facility provides composite products/subassemblies for all Boeing aircraft.

Charles Drummond to Chief Executive Officer of AviusULD, Thailand.

SAFRAN acquired Paris-based PRELIGENS (AI analytics solutions) for €220m; company will be renamed SAFRAN.AI.

TAT TECHNOLOGIES proposed private placement of 673,340 shares to Israeli Institutional/accredited investors at $15.03 ea for 6.2% of company.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK was selected by All Nippon Airways to supply AeroSHARK drag-reducing riblet film, developed in partnership with BASF, for its 777s (cargo and pax); first 777F entered service with pax aircraft starting in 2025.

Gianmarco Steinhauer to Business Development Manager-Germany of DoKaSch Temperature Solutions, Frankfurt.

Among air taxi OEMs, Eve Air Mobility was the only gainer, rising around 5% to $2.81.

CEO Dirk Hoke will leave Volocopter in February 2025 and Dieter Zetsche, former CEO of Daimler-Benz, has been named Chairman of the AAM startup's Advisory Board

PAL-V has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with airport owner Forum Group to establish an assembly and delivery center for the Liberty fly-drive vehicle.

Brisbane's transport plan foresees UAM offering faster travel options to regional spots such as Gold Coast and direct access to the city center from major hubs.

Feedstocks grown in Southeast Asia can potentially fulfill around 12% of global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2050, according to a new study.

China’s AeroHT, a subsidiary of electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, has publicly debuted its Land Aircraft Carrier, but slipped first deliveries of the combination ground-air vehicle into 2026.

The inaugural Egypt International Air Show opens today at El Alamein International Airport in El Dabaa, Matrouh. SHOW BUSINESS is there for all three days of the show.

President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, watched with pride as his country’s flying display team, The Silver Stars, performed an amazing aerial demonstration.

The war in Ukraine has seen an increase in interest in Thales’ air defence systems, the company said at the show.

Aero Vodochody Aerospace recently handed over the first six L-39NG jets to its first customer, the Vietnamese Air Force.