Aerospace

Royal Jordanian (RJ held) its ordinary Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 29, 2024, with the board discussing the business plan for 2024.

The 10th edition of Global Airport Leaders’ Forum (GALF) will take place for three days from May 14 in Dubai.

TAV Airports has announced the financial and operational results of the group pertaining to the first quarter of 2024.

Boeing never built the 7J7, but its legacy continues to be felt to this day. Listen in to hear how technology once studied for that program could re-emerge on the company’s next new airplane almost 40 years later.

Lockheed’s road map to victory provides clues for the sixth-generation combat aircraft program.

Despite a comfortable backlog, the country’s industry continues to grapple with financial woes and recovering know-how.

Eviation has redesigned its Alice all-electric nine-seater aircraft again, pivoting to a more conventional fuselage shape.

SpaceX took on the mission of delivering two new members of Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system into orbit on April 28.

IBC ADVANCED ALLOYS announced it will focus on copper alloy production in Franklin, IN, and close its Massachusetts-based beryllium-aluminum alloy plant in mid-2024 due to insufficient demand for cast beryllium-aluminum alloy products.

EMBRAER plans to invest US$390m in 2024 in eVTOL research/development, expansion of aeronautical services, including freighter conversions, defense and security, efficiency improvement, and the expansion of industrial activities.

HONEYWELL was selected by Lilium to supply propulsion unit position sensors (resolvers) for the Lilium Jet.

ARTEMIS AEROSPACE added new component solutions facility in Singapore.

The specially configured X-59 has been designed to collect community response data on the public acceptability of reduced sonic booms.

Joby Aviation has rolled the second production prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi off its pilot line in Marina, California.

The AAM Stock Composite rose 4.3% during the week ending April 26, compared to a 2.7% rise in the S&P 500.

Another Chinese startup has emerged to fly a full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Finnair has halted flights to an Estonian airport due to Russian satellite navigation jamming interfering with the airport’s landing approach.

Hanwha Systems has broken ground on its new Jeju Hanwha Space Center, a purpose-built South Korea facility for the manufacturing and testing of satellites.

TAV Airports and its subsidiary TAV Technologies operating have won “Best Employer” award by Great Place To Work.

Embraer plans to invest approximately USD$390 million and hire 900 additional employees in the current year.

The company is making aircraft improvements and looking to collaboration and technology transfer to facilitate US-2 seaplane exports.

End-to-end urban air mobility demo; integrating airborne collision avoidance system into autonomy; ZeroAvia eyes wider electric market; electrifying the Beaver

Qatar Airways will participate in the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Dubai, offering visitors the chance to meet with its AI-powered digital human cabin crew, Sama 2.0.

IndiGo commemorated World Pilot’s Day last week by conducting a free health checkup and voluntary blood donation camp across 50 cities in India.

French startup VoltAero has begun bench testing of the integrated parallel hybrid-electric powertrain for its five-seat Cassio 330.