Aerospace

SpaceX says it has completed 57 corrective actions required by the FAA prior to a second flight test of the Starship Super Heavy launch system.

Joshua Florio to General Manager-Creedmoor, NC site of Ontic.

SIMAERO, France signed MOU with MBI Selangor to develop an aviation training center at Malaysia's Selangor Aero Park; deal is valued at US$75m.

AERFI, Netherlands was selected by Vietnam Airlines to supply its wireless IFE system (for streaming to PEDs) for 37 A321s.

MTU AERO ENGINES, which has 18% share in GTF program, says it must assume €1b hit in revenues/EBIT for current fiscal year, plus liquidity hit in 2024-2026, in association with Pratt & Whitney assessment on GTF shop visits.

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AEROSPACE COATINGS introduced new aerospace conductive coating to its line of undercoats to impart conductivity onto aluminum and composite substrates to dissipate static charges from antennas and radomes.

HONEYWELL was selected by Heart Aerospace to supply fly-by-wire system for 30-seat ES-30 regional electric aircraft.

PRATT & WHITNEY says 600-700 PW1100 GTF engines will be removed for shop visits in 2023-2026 (majority in 2023-2024) due to previously disclosed powder metal manufacturing issue, impacting RTX's pre-tax operating profit by $3b-$3.5b over several years, inclusive of an approximately $3b pre-tax charge in 3Q23, after partners' share of charges.

Azorra believes that the engine problems besetting the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 are easing

Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft is the first Part 25 transport-category application for Honeywell’s paperback-sized flight control computer.

Startup Electra.aero says aluminum is easier to certify with the FAA, as well as more straightforward to manufacture and repair.

U.S. Energy Department’s advanced project agency launches aircraft contrail avoidance and high-energy battery projects.

EASA’s final rules for eVTOL operations differ in significant areas from the FAA proposals.

Bruce Ross to Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Engine Lease Finance Corporation (elfc), Dublin (effective Jan 1).

Darren Wormald to Chief Operating Officer of Engine Lease Finance Corporation (elfc), Dublin (effective Jan 1).

Ryan DeBrusk to Vice President-Sales and Marketing of De Havilland Canada, Calgary.

Richard Hough to President and CEO of Engine Lease Finance Corporation (elfc), Dublin (effective Jan 1); Tom Barrett is retiring.

CARLISLE COMPANIES initiated process to see CARLISLE INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, FL (wire and cable).

When Daniel Schubeler began working on electric ducted fans in 1997, the technology was in a nascent stage.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.

U.S. startup Jump Aero has unveiled the aircraft concept and initial business model for its JA1 Pulse first-response aircraft.

SpaceX has been ordered to implement 63 corrective actions to resume flight testing of its Starship Super Heavy launch system following a debut liftoff mishap.

Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but did not livestream or release the passengers' names before takeoff.

Planned to begin production in late 2026, the plant will have the capacity to produce 245,000 metric tons of SAF per year.

Editors discuss NASA’s recent contract awards to study tech for high-speed airliners—and the one supersonic project that is still pushing forward, Boom.