Aerospace

BURRANA has approval from Airbus for line-fitting of its RISE in-seat power solution on A320 Family aircraft from 2Q23.

KLK MOTORSPORT and MODELL- UND FORMENBAU BLASIUS GERG were selected by Airbus as partner to design, develop and manufacture the ultra-lightweight

DEUTSCHE AIRCRAFT and SASOL, South Africa signed MOU to certify hydrogen-based PtL-SAF for aviation via D328eco.

VELO3D opened 1,200 sq ft European Technology Center for metal additive manufacturing in Augsburg, Germany; lab is equipped with Sapphire printer.

The advanced-air-mobility supply base is widening, with Airbus selecting automotive industry players KLK Motorsport and M&F Gerg to design and produce the rear fuselage of the CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Two initiatives have been unveiled in Europe and the UK to help advance the use of hydrogen to decarbonize aviation.

A Netherlands’ aerospace cluster plans to develop a hydrogen-electric propulsion system for retrofit to 40-80-seat regional turboprops as a path to securing a position on future Airbus and Embraer sustainable aircraft programs.

A German startup plans to demonstrate the weight-saving structural integration of a battery system into a wing as the first step toward developing a nine-passenger all-electric regional airliner with 500 km (270 nm) range.

Airbus is struggling with implementing big production increases, as is Boeing, which also faces uncertainty over 737 certifications.

Using the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), manufacturers can connect the physical world with the digital and take complete control over systems as never before.

Dave Gitlin, the former head of erstwhile UTC Aerospace Systems and now chairman and CEO of air-conditioning giant Carrier, is joining the Boeing board of directors.

Thomas J. Hook to President and Chief Executive Officer of Barnes Group, Bristol, CT (effective July 14).

ANCRA INTERNATIONAL, CA was selected by Airbus to supply cargo loading system for A350F.

Regional carrier Mokulele Airlines has been named the launch partner in Hawaii for Regent’s 12-passenger Viceroy seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect transport for dock-to-dock overwater routes.

The inferiority of batteries as energy sources compared with aviation fuel is widely accepted. Yet electric aviation startups continue to push the envelope of what battery-powered aircraft can achieve.

With commencement of flight tests, Airbus is moving closer to new territory: true long-haul narrowbody services.

Astronomers hope to find the universe’s first lights.

The Federal Reserve’s 0.75% interest rate increase hit stock prices hard last week, but the Aviation Week AAM Stock Composite notched a 15.48% rise.

JETTAINER has 5-year Etihad Cargo contract for ULD management.

AVIATAR (Lufthansa Technik) is opening office in Valencia, Spain on July 1.

MONOCOQUE DIVSERSIFIED INVESTMENTS and AQUILA AIR CAPITAL formed partnership to acquire portfolio of 30 PW2000s for sale or lease.

AÉRO MONTRÉAL launched four new initiatives to revitalize the aerospace cluster with goal of building the carbon-neutral supply chain of the future.

BOEING last week unveiled its 2022 ecoDemonstator, a Boeing-owned 777-200ER, to test about 30 new technologies over next six months for improving

FACC inaugurated its €12.5m manufacturing facility at Jakovlje, Croatia for lightweight cabin components.

PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA was selected by Deutsche Aircraft to supply the PW127XT-S engine for new D328eco.