Aerospace

What do Frank Sinatra and Darius Adamczyk have in common? Both chairmen of the board did it their way and had few regrets.

Upon completion, the vertiport hub is intended to connect RAK to Dubai via a dedicated AAM corridor.

Former top Boeing lobbyist Tim Keating has been named head of a new Sierra Space business unit.

The contract is focused on metal tooling for fast-cure, out-of-autoclave composites processing.

Deliveries were paused for more than a month as Boeing was forced to rework airworthiness limitations math.

The company conducted a charge-discharge cycle test of the battery pack in the stratosphere Jan. 30-Feb. 2 with subsidiary HAPSMobile.

Airbus is in the process of creating a dedicated, decoupled structural assembly line for the more complex A321XLR production process.

The U.S. Commerce Dept. has finished a pilot program to demonstrate the ability of the U.S. to track objects in GEO using commercial data and analytic services.

OneWeb intends to look beyond OneWeb Satellites, which it jointly owns with Airbus, for a manufacturing partner for its next-generation constellation.

Fleet management and air transport startup EVFLY has signed an accord with AutoFlight to buy 205 Prosperity I and Prosperity Cargo eVTOL aircraft.

Troubled space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily suspended operations and furloughed almost all its staff as it continues efforts to seek new funding.

The U.S. Space Force plans to set up an organized reserve of commercial space capabilities to augment military satellites when needed.

Offshore helicopter industry faces supply chain challenges, strong competition and squeezed pricing from energy companies.

The projects led by southern Ontario companies have been selected by the Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research (DAIR) Green Fund.

Rotorcraft are ripe for disruption, but eVTOL makers were largely absent at the signature Heli-Expo show.

Industry is on the cusp of the Great Ramp-Up, a super-cycle stretching across aerospace and defense. How can suppliers boost throughput and profits?

BOEING delivered 28 aircraft (737NG; 24 737 MAXs.

VIAVI SOLUTIONS, AZ received approval for its AVX-10K flight line test set for all Boeing commercial aircraft.

UNITED is investing $5m into VIRIDOS, CA for converting microalgae into SAF, its first investment by UAV Sustainable Flight Fund since launch.

INFORMA acquired TARSUS (B2B events), which owns the Dubai Airshow.

John Kelly to President-Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META) of Rolls-Royce.

TRANSDIGM agreed to acquire CALSPAN, Buffalo, NY (engineered testing/technology development; $200m revenues).

Albany International, the provider of 3D-woven composite fan blades to Safran for LEAP aircraft engines, announced March 13 that it is searching for a new CEO.

Impulse Space is moving into a larger 60,000 ft.2 facility in Redondo Beach, California.

The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to launch its first batch of satellites, Tranche 0, before the end of March.