Aerospace

MTU AERO ENGINES had €92m net income on €1.3b revenues in 3Q22 vs €87m on €1b in 3Q21; commercial engine OEM revenues rose 39% and commercial

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE earned $818m on $3b sales in 3Q22 vs $740m on $2.7b in 3Q21.

Anti-satellite threats force military satellites to use more fuel.

FAA is planning to mandate electronic engine (GTF) control software upgrades to A220s to prevent risk of an automatic dual-engines shutdown when

COMAC reportedly made first flight of the 80-seat MA700 turboprop.

SAUDI ARABIA signed investment agreements with BOEING and TASNEE (advanced metals manufacture) to advance the Kingdom's value chain.SAUDI ARABIA

MONTE, UK ordered 25 Eco Caravans from Ampaire, and optioned 25, as part of preferred partnership whereby MONTE will become Ampaire’s preferred

BOEING posted $3.3b net loss on $16b revenues in 3Q22 vs $132m loss on $15.3b in 3Q21 and ended quarter with total backlog of $381b ($307b commercial/

South Korea’s SK Telecom has signed an agreement with Daegu Metropolitan City to integrate urban air taxis into the future mobility ecosystem of the country’s fourth largest city and its planned new airport.

With its first two satellites set for launch in early 2023, Amazon on Oct. 27 unveiled plans for an additional, 172,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant in the Seattle area that will be dedicated to production of Kuiper satellites for an Amazon-owned high-speed broadband network.

Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under development in China, with Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology conducting the first flight of its Twin-Tailed Scorpion D on Oct. 25.

What does the talent pipeline look like and is training evolving to better train for competency? Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President Barry Butler talks with Aviation Week.

China flies new UAS; Aero Vodochody’s L-159 upgrade; MDA receives NGI software build; and Lockheed to make PRSM missiles in 2023.

Despite differences between nations, space exploration should remain a place for civil collaboration.

FRONTIER AIRLINES had $41m net income on $906m revenues in 3Q22 vs $87m on $669m in pre-pandemic 3Q19. It has 115 A320 Family aircraft on leases that

SPIRIT AIRLINES posted $36.4m net loss on $1.3b revenues in 3Q22 vs $83.5m net income on $992m in pre-pandemic 3Q19; it ended quarter with $1.3b in

Embraer has joined Bombardier in providing its vision of a business jet of the future, with sustainability as a central tenet of their designs.

South Korean advanced air mobility startup MintAir plans to purchase up to 10 zero-emission aircraft from Australia’s Dovetail Electric Aircraft for proposed regional cargo services.

Startup Quantum Space is targeting October 2024 for the launch of the first in a series of spacecraft to provide space situational awareness, host customer payloads and other services in cislunar space.

When Boeing released its third-quarter 2022 financial results Oct. 26 before regular trading began on the U.S. stock markets, financial analysts did not know how investors would take the news.

Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lilium for the proposed development and operation of an electric vertical takeoff and landing network.

Woodward is likely far from the last large aerospace and defense company to announce a post-pandemic business restructuring.

The service’s experiment has become the Pentagon’s lead JADC2 proving ground, but more work is needed to connect sensors and shooters.

In the range of solutions to drive aviation to a greener future, none alone will come close to being a silver bullet by 2050.

HEXCEL reports y-o-y growth of 25% in Commercial Aerospace sales to $209.1m in 3Q22, led by its Airbus programs.