Aerospace

Ship remote control service Seafar is integrating neXat, a satellite communications service, into its remote ship navigation technology.

TCab's full-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator conducted the uncrewed flight at Dongyang Hengdian General Airport in Jinhua, Zhejiang province.

The original launch date for IM's Nova-C lunar lander—from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket—was planned for as soon as mid-November.

56th Annual General Meeting of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) will be held between 30 October and 01 November 2023 in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia is often an enigma. From the outside it can seem secretive and ultra-conservative – but once inside there is an incredible open and passionate belief that the kingdom has what it takes to be a beacon for the future in the Middle East. At the heart of a remarkable change is Vision 2030.

Hydrogen from sunlight; Off-road hybrid carries eVTOL; Subaru’s air mobility concept; Charging electric airport vehicles.

Reliable Robotics plans to use radar as the basis for its detect-and-avoid system for uncrewed aircraft flying in the National Airspace.

It’s been a rough month for small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital.

Boeing is preaching calm as it works toward its middecade production and financial targets, but recent missteps underscore challenges of the next two years.

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

As U.S. companies rethink their presence amid heightened political tensions, some in Europe are doubling down on the market.

CFM INTERNATIONAL says LEAP engine family has reached 40m flight hours.

TT ELECTRONICS plans November 6 to open 40,000 sq ft power solutions R&D facility in Manchester, UK.

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AEROSPACE COATINGS introduced chrome-free, water-based, translucent, sol-gel metal Jet Prep Pretreatment (CM0220P01) solution that provides superior adhesion/corrosion protection over aluminum substrates.

Jerry Qiu to Senior Associate, based in New York, of Alton Aviation Consultancy.

TRIMAS AEROSPACE earned $7.1m on $67.6m sales in 3Q23 vs $4.7m on $45.4m in 3Q22.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE earned $963m on $3.5b revenues in 3Q23 vs $818m on $3b in 3Q22; aftermarket rose >20%.

SABCA, Belgium selected Razorleaf as its PLM technical-services partner to support implementation of 3DEXPERIENCE from Dassault Systèmes.

Rolls-Royce says ground testing of its air-cooled lift motor for electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is due to begin “imminently.”

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has won the “Best Cargo Airline-Africa” award at the Arabian Cargo Awards.

South Korea is pursuing a new supersonic turbofan engine to power a fifth-generation fighter for the 2030s.

The NBAA hosted a career fair at NBAA-BACE, as the shortage of workforce professionals is projected to reach historic levels.

The ambitious mission to explore seven asteroids is targeted to launch in March 2028.

The service’s broader commercial space strategy remains under consideration within the Pentagon.

AIRBUS plans from 2026 to renew its fleet of chartered vessels that transport aircraft subassemblies between production facilities in Europe and US with three low-emission roll-on/roll-off vessels, supported by wind-assisted propulsion.