Aerospace

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.

Amazon plans to sell its Project Kuiper satellite internet service in seven South American countries via a distribution agreement.

The moves by the airframer and the engine manufacturer illustrate their all-out effort to make their supply chain more resilient and reliable.

Electric aircraft startups are among 12 projects that will share A$13.5 million ($8.9 million) in Australian federal funds.

Thales and Spire Global are pursuing a satellite constellation aimed at delivering air traffic management services and technology to make them more resilient.

After two difficult years of fundraising for commercial satellite startups, the financial environment may be improving, according to bankers in the sector.

LeoLabs has won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWerx innovation unit to develop an S-band 2D direct radiating array ground-based radar.

Unified Aviation will provide Skyports with its Modular Environmentally Sustainable Helipads, a pre-fabricated, quick-to-assemble landing platform solution.

Singapore-based LCC Scoot—which inducted the Embraer E190-E2 into commercial service in May— is set to benefit from ANAC-CAAS agreement.

With funding from an NTT Docomo-led consortium, Aalto is moving more quickly into production of the solar-powered stratospheric aircraft.