Aerospace

Condensed-matter battery; DLR’s sustainable designs; Bivalent hydrogen engine; and Subscale cargo UAV flies.

Three companies sign MOU to jointly research, develop and construct a carbon-free hydrogen micro-production hub.

Northrop Grumman has partnered with JetZero in its bid to develop a full-scale blended-wing-body demonstrator as a tanker-transport for the U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Air Force future tanker interest and commercial midmarket demand combine to provide a long-awaited potential launch window for a blended wing body concept.

When Safran became a minority shareholder in Ineratec, the intent was to understand the technology from the inside.

Parts supplied by Spirit AeroSystems must be inspected and repaired on many 737 MAXs.

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

HawkEye recently launched its seventh cluster of three satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Astroport Space Technologies, a startup developing a system of baking Moon dust into lunar roads and rocket pads, has partnered with Interflight Global Europe.

Bilateral business groups from the United Arab Emirates and India, Israel and the U.S. have joined forces to support a new economic partnership.

Advanced air mobility stakeholders are grappling with how best to train the thousands of new pilots that will be needed to turn the vision into reality.

With five Super Heavy boosters and eight Starships in production, SpaceX ramps up flight test program.

BAE Systems is advancing development of a collective training system that could allow the numerous educational devices used by militaries to be fused.

Innovations from the aerospace industry are helping to monitor, manage and mitigate climate change.

Relativity Space is focusing on a rapid test series for its liquid oxygen/methane (LOx/CH4) Aeon R rocket engine.

EMBRAER named GARMIN as Supplier of the Year for 2022.

AIRBUS is reportedly advising customers to expect delivery delays in 2024 (beyond delays expected in 2023) of A320neo Family aircraft by up to three months.

GA TELESIS extended its global parts distribution agreement with Honeywell for CFM56-5B Variable Bleed Valve ("VBV") Stop Mechanism.

AIRFI, The Netherlands has added Fiji Airways, SmartLynx and Surinam Airlines as new customers for its IFE solution.

German aerospace center DLR has showcased its research into sustainable aircraft with the unveiling of several concepts at Aero Friedrichshafen.

Space Forge of the UK, a startup developing a spacecraft for manufacturing goods in space and delivering them to Earth, plans to launch U.S. manufacturing.

The Pentagon is beginning an effort to link commercial space innovations with U.S. military needs, to speed their entry into government use.

China’s CATL has launched a high energy-density “condensed battery” technology and is targeting the electric passenger aircraft market.

The leader of bankrupt space company Virgin Orbit says it is seeing active interest from a “diverse group” of potential buyers.

The burgeoning regional air mobility (RAM) movement could revitalize point-to-point travel to underused airports.