Aerospace

Company debuts dedicated ride-share service, undercutting pricing again.

New spacecraft aims to cache rocks, soils that may harbor life.

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

HCL, India secured 5-Year digital workplace services agreement with Airbus.

Firefly Aerospace has won a $93.3 million NASA task order to provide 10 science and technology payloads in 2023 to help the space agency prepare for human missions to the Moon.

Israel plans to conduct simultaneous flights by multiple drones from different manufacturers in managed urban airspace under government-supported pilot programs to improve the country’s transportation options.

SpaceX on Feb. 4 launched its 18th mission to deliver Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, with another batch of 60 spacecraft poised for launch on Feb. 5.

Orbital Sidekick, a San Francisco-based startup aiming to offer satellite-based hyperspectral imaging and data analytics for the energy sector and others, has finalized operation plans for its Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) constellation that is set to launch this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

THOMAS GLOBAL SYSTEMS has CAAC STC to install TFD-7000 Series plug-and-play LCD flight displays on 737s/757s/767s.

A European Union-funded project is researching the use of urban air mobility for emergency medical services, with test flights in Finland, Germany and Norway planned for 2023.

Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $261m net income on $5.3b sales in 2020 vs $470m on $7.1b in 2019; 4Q20 sales fell 29%.

CPaT GLOBAL, Houston was selected by Royal Air Maroc to provide distance learning solutions for 737NG, MAX, 787, E190, 747, and 767-300 pilot training

JSFIRM.COM says it had 19% rise in job postings in 4Q20, and has record number of job postings in January, even compared to pre-pandemic numbers.

TRIUMPH GROUP had $68.1m net loss on $426m sales for third quarter ended December 31 vs $13.2m loss on $705m a year ago

PLATAINE, MA was selected by Kineco Kaman Composites, Goa, India to provide AI-based suite of manufacturing optimization software.

BOEING is conducting -5X study into all-new aircraft to compete with A321XLR, according to report by Aviation Week Network.

AIRBUS began parts production for first A321XLR across its sites; while all major sections of the aircraft contain significant design changes vs

Sat-based 5G Service Startup Omnispace Lands $60M In VC Omnispace, a Washington, D.C.-area startup aiming to provide satellite-based 5G connectivity for the Internet of Things market, announced a $60 million venture capital round and looks to enter service by the end of 2022.

Studies exploring how unmanned air systems could be used to help respond to oil spills at sea will be undertaken by a partnership of UK firms FlyLogix and Oil Spill Response Ltd.

Acubed collecting and processing millions of real-world images to train a machine-learning algorithm.

What leaders should do when we again are free to move about.

Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people ever and founder of the category-killing online business Amazon, said he will hand over the CEO title to Andy Jasse and become executive chairman of the business behemoth.

After a spat with the FAA over an incomplete safety assessment prior to a previous Starship test, SpaceX launched another Starship upper-stage prototype from Boca Chica Beach, Texas, on Feb. 2, reaching an altitude of 32,800 ft. (10 km) and demonstrating flight control during subsonic re-entry before the vehicle crashed at landing.

SUPERAERO was named by SCHROTH Safety Products as sales agent for its seatbelts and occupant restraint systems for the French aerospace market.