Aerospace

JOBY AVIATION has MOU from Mukamalah (Saudi Aramco) to introduce undisclosed number of eVTOLs in Saudi Arabia.

Jamie G. Pierson to interim Chief Financial Officer of Forward Air, Greeneville, TN.

AIRBUS and ZEROAVIA signed MOUs with Montréal Trudeau, Vancouver Intl., and Toronto Pearson to study feasibility of hydrogen infrastructures.

H55, Switzerland secured equity investment commitment from Investissement Québec to bring its electric aircraft technologies to North America. H55 Canada plans to start battery pack production at Longueuil in late 2024.

AIRBUS UPNEXT began testing new technologies to support automatic aircraft taxiing and enhance pilot assistance using an innovative electric truck under 3-year 'Optimate' research project; it will then test technologies on an A350.

BOEING announced plan (as ITB commitment for Canada's selection of P-8A) to invest $240m into Quebec's new aerospace innovation zone to fund a new aerospace development center and strategically invest into Héroux-Devtek and Wisk.

LCI and SMFL ordered 14 H145, H160 and H175 helicopters from Airbus, and optioned seven, for delivery through '28.

AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES (Boeing) completed conceptual design review for vertical lift X-plane to be developed under DARPA's SPRINT program; concept is low-drag, fan-in-wing demonstrator that integrates a blended wing body platform.

NEXT LEVEL AVIATION, FL has USM consignment agreement with Aeras Aviation for CFM56-5B/-7B accessories.

Boeing’s investment in Quebec will fund an aerospace innovation zone, the development of an autonomous eVTOL air taxi and support advanced landing gear research.

It marks the latest effort by Joby to expand into the Middle East, having previously announced plans to operate its S4 air taxis in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Airbus has signed an MOU with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Airbus' three-year technology research program Optimate is targeted at enabling more automation during aircraft taxiing at airports.

An ocean world some 450 million mi. from Earth is a tantalizing candidate for life.

Initial flights suggest the rotorcraft will easily surpass fuel consumption and performance targets.

EHang continued to grow its orders and sales numbers in the first quarter.

The AAM Stock Composite rose 4.3% last week, boosted by a better than 10% increase in EHang.

Textron eAviation has acquired the assets of Germany’s Amazilia Aerospace.

The top-rated company in the AAM Infrastructure Reality Index is London-headquartered Skyports.

Venture capital firm Seraphim Space has announced its latest accelerator cohort of nine startups.