EMBRAER had $61m net income on $1.3b revenues in 3Q23 vs $30.2m loss on $929m revenues in 3Q22; it ended quarter with $17.8b backlog. Commercial Aviation revenues rose 68% vs 3Q22 and are up 52% in Jan-Sept vs a year ago.
GKN AEROSPACE signed agreement with GE Aerospace to develop new technologies to reduce carbon emissions and costs, supply GEnx, CF6, GE90 and GE9X fan cases, and join GEnx engine repair network to support >2,000 engines.
China’s iSpace has completed the country’s first test of a reusable rocket, performing a 50-sec. "hop" with the first stage of its Hyperbola-2 launch vehicle.
The threat of intense air attacks from UAVs, missiles and rockets are increasing and many defence contractors will be at next week’s Dubai International Air Show ready to counter these threats.
Days after a ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyber breach, Boeing confirmed a cyberattack was affecting online Global Services operations.
Volocopter has conducted crewed flight tests of its 2X electric- vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype at Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Florida.