Chinese startup Autoflight’s eVTOL cargo drone, the V2000CG CarryAll, has received airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
BOEING forecasts need for 660,000 pilots/710,000 maintenance technicians/1m cabin crew members over next 20 years (vs 674,000/716,000/980,000 a year ago) to support global commercial fleet to surpass 49,600 aircraft by 2044.
COLLINS AEROSPACE earned $1.17b on $7.6b sales in 2Q25 vs $1.12b on $7b in 2Q24; increase in sales was driven by a 13% increase in commercial aftermarket, a 1% increase in commercial OE, and an 11% increase in defense.
PRATT & WHITNEY earned $492m on $7.6b sales in 2Q25 vs $542m on $6.8b in 2Q24. It delivered 788 engines (227 large commercial; 40 military; and 521 PW&C) vs 747 (236 large commercial; 37 military; and 474 PW&C) a year ago.
LOCKHEED MARTIN had $342m net income on $18.2b sales in 2Q25 vs $1.64b on $18.1b in 2Q24; Aeronautics lost $98m on $7.4b sales vs $751m profit on $7.3b. It delivered 50 F-35s, three F-16s and a C-130J vs four F-16s and five C-130Js.
EMBRAER reports 40% y-o-y increase in total backlog to $29.7b at end 2Q25, which includes record 8-year commercial aviation backlog of $13.1b (437 aircraft), up 16% vs 2Q24, and executive aviation backlog of $7.4b, up 62% vs 2Q24.
Volar Air Mobility Holding Company and Falcon Aviation Services have signed an MoU to launch a new era of sustainable aviation in the UAE through the certification, deployment, and commercialisation of the RX-series Electric Aircraft.
