Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman remain on track to debut the new Antares 330 launch vehicle in 2025.

Whisper Aero is building its aerospace business around a seemingly unlikely product—a leaf blower.

China’s EHang has filed a shelf registration to sell up to $100 million in new shares via a public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

The work will culminate with flights of a De Havilland Dash 7 regional airliner modified with a hybrid-electric propulsion system in 2026.

The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.

European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.

Elysian has expanded the advisory board providing input on the design, development and operation of its proposed 90-passenger battery-electric aircraft, the E9X.

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

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

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.

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.