Aerospace

That Lilium chose to invest some of its limited financial resources in its battery cell supplier Ionbox has raised a few eyebrows.

Ferrying VMS Eve to Spaceport America clears the way for initial glide and powered tests of the refurbished SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity over the coming months.

This cover, from Nov. 13, 1972, shows the largest self-propelled aircraft maintenance access stand in place around the empennage of the Lockheed C-5A at Travis Air Force Base in California.

Eviation is using masses of data from the first flight of its all-electric Alice commuter aircraft last year to inform the design of the production version.

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New engine reliability issues are helping drive the need for work on older engines, forcing MRO providers to adapt.

Astroscale has raised a $76 million Series G round of capital and plans to jointly develop satellite buses with Mitsubishi Electric.

Archer Aviation says it will enter another round of mediation with rival Wisk Aero at the end of March.

An oversupply of helicopters and what Safan Helicopter Engines chief Franck Saudo calls a “capacity overhang” has been largely eliminated, he says.

Chinese startup Vertaxi has raised $21.6 million to support development of its Matrix 1 eVTOL air taxi.

SpaceX scrubbed launch of the NASA-backed Crew-6 mission with 2 min. 14 sec. left on the clock.

The largest aerospace worker union in North America said Feb. 25 it reached a tentative agreement with Lockheed Martin covering some 4,000 staff.

Predicting contrails, fuel from manure, solid-state batteries, and racing eVTOL.

KAMAN had $46.2m net loss on $688m sales in 2022 vs $43.7m profit on $709m in 2021; Structures sales fell 6.9%.

SAFRAN SEATS was selected by Qantas to supply first/business class suites for its 12 A350-100s (SPNWS; Feb 24).

BOEING temporarily halted deliveries of 787s as conducts additional analysis on fuselage's forward pressure bulkhead.

ACRO AIRCRAFT SEATING was selected by Jet2.com to supply Series 9 fixed back seats for 35 A320neos/63 A321neos.

Smartphone manufacturer Samsung is joining the race to provide cellular services from space.

More analysis of a Blue Origin BE-4 qualification engine for ULA’s Vulcan rocket program is pushing the booster’s debut flight to no earlier than May 4.

SMG Consulting and Saudi Excellence Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote and explore potential use cases for AAM in Saudi Arabia.

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Momentus on Feb. 23 announced a preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the turbulent space tug startup.

Bell is claiming to be the first OEM to fly a single-engine rotorcraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The latest 787 delivery pause came after Boeing discovered a latent error in old certification data.

A new level of scrutiny and investment is coming to high- and near-space altitudes following a bizarre series of ballooning incidents in February.