Aerospace

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite ticked higher by 2.7% during the week ending April 28, lifted by strong gains in Joby Aviation.

Lobo Leasing has signed a letter of intent to lease a Pipistrel Nuuva V300 hybrid eVTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft to UK helicopter operator HeliOperations.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS plans in 3Q23 to take delivery of three new 787s.

Dual-use aircraft could serve as a military tanker while ushering Northrop Grumman into the airliner business.

The first visit in four years by U.S. defense contractors to the island democracy will focus on joint production of drones and ammunition.

Scramjet testing has scored several breakthroughs, but the path forward for the Pentagon’s portfolio of hypersonic glide vehicle projects is unclear.

Tools created to save ailing suppliers, such as a dedicated investment fund, are becoming permanent.

Competition from lower-tier suppliers and other countries is picking up.

Lithium-metal battery; composite LH2 tanks; agricultural eVTOL; and MTU adds electric motors.

Twenty-seven seconds into the flight an “energetic event” caused a communications breakdown with another engine, No. 19.

The 76-seat regional aircraft is to become a demonstrator for ZeroAvia’s HyperCore electric motors and high temperature proton exchange membrane system.

The effort is using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), located about 50 mi. west of Socorro, New Mexico.

ViaSat-3 Americas, the first terabit-class communications satellite, reached orbit on May 1.

The program is intended to validate design tools to support the UK’s aerospace, transport and energy industries.

Sweden’s Northvolt has joined other advanced battery developers in targeting its latest technology at aviation first.

The United Arab Emirates plans to establish a manufacturing facility for electric passenger and cargo aircraft and drones.

Brazilian helicopter operator Helisul Aviation has expanded its interest in electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Industry needs a reversal of R&D tax amortization and passage of FAA and defense authorization bills.

Top executives see midterm relief from supply chain issues by 2024 but a lot of work in the near term.

Bristow’s S-100 Camcopters are being used to monitor small boats used for migrant trafficking in the English Channel.

Who those people will be, and how they will be recruited, trained and retained were among the topics addressed during a panel discussion.

CEO says Airbus is simultaneously pursuing its hydrogen aircraft project and looking at a more conventional propulsion system for entry into service in 2035-40.

Electrification of regional and subregional aircraft offers huge potential and a faster route to both meaningful reduction in transport emissions and profits.

A holding company owned by Airbus, Safran and Tikehau Capital has finalized the acquisition of Aubert & Duval, a French critical-parts and metals supplier.

Startup fails in attempt to be the first private company to land on the Moon.