Aerospace

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Chen Chuanren, Christine Boynton, Joe Anselmo
Comac presented the C919 at an international air show for the first time. It is likely the first step in a long journey to commercial success abroad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Flight directors at Intuitive Machines’ mission control center were working to refine the signal from its Nova-C lander, which touched down on the Moon Feb. 22.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
After reentering the atmosphere and deploying its parachute, Varda Space Industries’ space capsule touched down at the Utah Test and Training Range on Feb. 21.
Commercial Space

THYSSENKRUPP AEROSPACE has MOU from France's Mecachrome Group to extend its material management solutions program, including the supply of cut-to-size aluminum plates to France and North Africa, for another five years.

Aerospace

UNITED opened new 150,000 sq ft building at its flight training center in Denver with 12 simulator bays (six filled to date); facility now has 46 FFSs.

Aerospace

Drew McEwen to Chief Commercial Officer, based in Florida, of AURA AERO.

Aerospace

GAL AVIATION received repayable contribution of C$1m from Govt of Canada for equipment acquisition/intl. marketing.

Aerospace

ROLLS-ROYCE reports its Civil Aerospace business earned £850m on £7.4b revenues in 2023 vs £143m on £5.7b in 2022. It delivered 458 (262 large) engines vs 355 (190 large) and handled 1,227 LTSA shop visits vs 1,044 in 2022.

Aerospace

COLLINS AEROSPACE has added Flight Profile Optimization (FPO) solution to its FlightHub offering for data analysis for more efficient route planning.

Aerospace

FACC earned €17.5m in 2023 (in line with guidance) on 22.8% higher y-o-y revenues; it projects 10-15% growth in 2024.

Aerospace

COLLINS AEROSPACE was selected by Air India to supply advanced avionics hardware for 140 737 MAXs.

Aerospace

Elizabeth Lund to Senior Vice President of Quality of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle.

Aerospace

Mike Fleming to Senior Vice President and General Manager-Aircraft Programs of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle.

Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
The aviation industry is different for hybrid propulsion, advocates say.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has announced completion of the third stage of the FAA’s five-step aircraft type certification process.
Advanced Air Mobility

The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will put India under the spotlight as the country’s outbound market forecast is set to be worth $143.5 billion by the end of this decade.
Aerospace

Flydubai has released its annual results for the financial year ending 31 December 2023, marking the carrier’s strongest-ever performance.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Despite losing the energy market, Airbus has sold about 100 H225s in five years and aims to repeat that before the turn of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Mike Hirschberg
Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
China’s Comac has provided more details of the stretched and shortened variants of its C919 single-aisle family at Singapore Airshow.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Taking technologies from demonstrator programs like UltraFan, Rolls-Royce aims to significantly improve the durability of its latest Trent widebody engines.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
JetZero says it is poised to begin flight tests of a subscale version of its full-scale blended wing body multirole demonstrator in the next few weeks.
Singapore Airshow

DOVETAIL ELECTRIC AVIATION began testing integrated hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant for flight testing on a King Air.

Aerospace

Katie Ringgold to Vice President/General Manager-737 MAX Program of Boeing Commerial Airplanes, Seattle. Ed Clark is leaving company.

Aerospace

NOVARIA GROUP acquired ANILLO INDUSTRIES, CA (washers, shims, spacers, plain bearings and stampings).

Aerospace