Aerospace

Boeing may still be at least two years away from launching its next all-new commercial airliner, but the manufacturer is on the hunt for thousands of new engineers and machinists.

The flight marks the first time NASA has launched from a commercial spaceport outside of the United States.

JET PARTS ENGINEERING has FAA approval for 12 new PMAs; parts include E-Jet escape slide fittings, PW4000 thrust reverser blocker door seals, E170

Dr. Philip Hix-Coquet to Vice President-Legal Affairs of BeauTech Power Systems, Dallas.

They may not be able to get ahead of macroeconomic challenges, but larger suppliers are handling them relatively well.

Advancing hydrogen for aviation; Alliance for zero emissions; Stratospheric microballoons; Kaman backs autonomy; H55 electric propulsion.

Virgin Orbit looks set to be the pathfinder for the UK’s satellite launch ambitions when it lifts off from Cornwall this summer.

Industry is welcoming creation of a bipartisan Congressional Advanced Air Mobility Caucus. National Business Aviation Association President and CEO Ed

The challenges of a complex discrete manufacturing operation like Virgin Orbit's are significant. Learn how the team deployed iBASEt's Process Planning, Shop Floor Execution, and Shop Floor Quality system in four months.

Urban Sky has started selling imagery captured from cameras hoisted into the stratosphere by its “Microballoons.”

The OEM produced the T-7A in only three years, but challenges remain before the process can green-light its next all-new airliner.

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

Engines and cabin interiors top the list of missing components, while airlines and airports struggle to keep up normal operations.

With private space stations on the horizon, NASA may soon have options for astronaut services.

A secret contract award to Israel Aerospace industries on June 13 starts a three-year program to field “Standoff In” capabilities.

Redwire has sold what it says is the “first” space-manufactured optical crystal, to researchers at Ohio State University.

MTU Aero Engines says it has identified a Flying Fuel Cell (FFC) and Water Enhanced Turbofan (WET) as “favored” concepts for revolutionary reductions in emissions from aircraft propulsion systems.

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS has Korean Air order to provide NetLine/Plan network planning and NetLine/Sched schedule management solutions.

Ian Malin to Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer of Unical Aviation, Los Angeles.

ROLLS-ROYCE is developing turbogenerator technology, including small engine for hybrid-electric applications, for AAM.

AIRBUS and LINDE signed MOU to work on the development of hydrogen infrastructure at airports; deal includes analysis of Power-to-Liquid fuels.

AIREON was selected by Boeing to deliver space-based ADS-B flight data.

Using virtual reality to fly a helicopter has money-saving potential.

The companies are working together to develop the Kaman K-Max Titan heavy-lift and Kargo medium-lift autonomous logistics aircraft.

Rolls-Royce has revealed it is developing an all-new turbogenerator for use in advanced-air-mobility applications including primary propulsion for electric short-takeoff-and landing aircraft and extending the range of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.