Aerospace

World Defense Show 2024 wrapped up yesterday, achieving significant milestones including 61 orders.

Boeing’s leadership team must continue to ask the hard questions and look further to honestly assess company culture that could contribute to future problems.

Uber Elevate co-founder says some companies are better positioned for success than others.

Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

New, more hands-on production surveillance is likely to emerge from Boeing’s supply chain and quality missteps.

DYNAMATIC TECHNOLOGIES, India has contracts from Airbus to supply main pax doors, service doors, cargo doors and over-wing emergency exit doors for the A220 and from Dassault to supply flight-critical aerostructures for Falcon 6X.

HEROPS (Hydrogen-Electric Zero Emission Propulsion System) was launched by Collins Aerospace, Eaton, Lufthansa Technik, MT Aerospace, MTU Aero Engines, NLR and Technical University Vienna to develop technologies for a hydrogen-powered electric powertrain, based on MTU’s Flying Fuel Cell, for regional aircraft for operation starting in 2035.

S&P GLOBAL RATINGS raised Embraer's credit rating from “BB+” to “BBB-” and maintained a stable outlook.

INDRA was selected by NAV CANADA to deploy flight data processing and an air traffic flow management systems for Trajectory-Based Operations.

TRANSDIGM GROUP had $382m net income on $1.8b sales for first quarter ended Dec 31 vs $229m on $1.4b a year ago.

Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has settled its dispute with the “Concerned Investor Group” that included several prominent former employees.

Mark Moore has long experience in and outspoken views on the industry he helped create.

The partnership will see LuftCar manufacture the air module and hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for its flying cars in the Philippines.

Major aerostructures supplier Daher is prioritizing Airbus A320 component deliveries to help mitigate supply chain issues that have caused production delays.

In recent years, the world has witnessed an unparalleled rapid expansion of the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) combat air element.

The air display at WDS 2024 is the highlight of the show as the region’s leading manufacturers show off their best moves.

Aselsan’s Bombardier Global 6000 Hava SOJ airborne stand-off jammer programme is progressing well, a company spokesperson said at WDS

Before year-end, AutoFlight’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will undertake a demonstration flight programme in Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain’s ruler, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, this week inaugurated the newly introduced Bell AH1-Z Cobra attack helicopters into the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) as part of the Bahrain Shield project.

Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior VP for global supply chain and fabrication, told a key supplier conference that suppliers and the OEM owe each other transparency.

The GoAero organization has launched a competition to develop and test a vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in simulated emergency response missions.

Investigators are still working to piece together what happened to the Boeing 737-9 in the weeks leading up to its delivery to Alaska.

As debate over design and cost continues, a group of military and industry experts eschewed most advanced Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

Aviation Week projects that regional defense investment will to climb to $270 billion by 2032 from $197 billion in 2023.