Aerospace

The Advanced Air Mobility OEM Reality Index and Infrastructure Readiness Index reflect continued progress in the industry, from first flights to demonstrations that prove out flight, operations and infrastructure.

ZEROAVIA has acquired HYPOINT, CA (fuel cell stack innovator).

ACUMEN AVIATION and GLOBAL AVX teamed to provide digital asset management to customers throughout their asset trading activities.

Ian Thompson to Head of Business Development of JMC Group, UK.

American Airlines has made a second strategic investment in hydrogen-powered aviation, backing logistics startup Universal Hydrogen.

Two new investments in Eve Holding and SkyDrive have increased the advanced air mobility industry’s total investments to $7.47 billion as of Oct. 10.

United Airlines has provided a glimpse of how it expects its sustainability plays to change the carrier’s fleet makeup by 2030, with its first electric-powered aircraft planned to be in service by then.

ICAO's ACT-SAF program is designed to encourage global cooperation to spur the widespread development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Safran thinks an electric taxiing system could save up to 4% of fuel burn on narrowbodies.

ZeroAvia’s fuel-cell bet; 5G for UAM; Swiss eVTOL partnership; DARPA’s wireless energy network; and Electra wants to demo AAM.

Long-range cargo drone startup Dronamics has selected German composites manufacturer Cotesa to produce its Black Swan uncrewed aircraft.

KEYVAN AVIATION, Turkey was selected by GE Aerospace to provide its aeronautical/navigation database for its flight management system (FMS).

ASSEMBRIX, Israel was selected by Boeing to develop secure platforms to enable management/protection of intellectual property during 3D printing.

Flying personnel or equipment around U.S. Air Force test ranges has been identified as a likely early application for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.

Ready or not, the next era of space exploration is upon us. The Moon and Mars are calling, and through advancements in key technology the means exist

Incoming MTU CEO Lars Wagner hopes to break CFM International’s Boeing 737 monopoly to power possible narrowbody successor.

Lilium’s new CEO Klaus Roewe is confident the eVTOL manufacturer can freeze the production design next year and fly the Pegasus in 2024.

TruWeather sees a need to build microweather sensor networks to support urban air mobility operations.

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

Sweden’s Heart Aerospace may have moved up to 30 seats to increase the appeal of its planned electric regional airliner, but French startup Aura Aero continues to pursue a 19-seater and has announced letters of intent for another 130 aircraft, taking the total to more than 330.

The first crewed electric vertical takeoff and landing flight in Italian airspace has been conducted from the country’s first fully functional vertiport at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport.

Hydrogen propulsion pioneer ZeroAvia has acquired HyPoint, a startup developing high power-density hydrogen fuel cells for aviation.

Tony Upton to Chief Executive Officer of Nasmyth Group, Coventry, UK.

RUSADA was selected by Ghana's PassionAir to provide ENVISION software to manage its airworthiness, maintenance and flight operations.

SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS inaugurated ExceLAB test center for hydraulic, electric and hybrid system products used for aircraft braking, landing gear