Aerospace

Etihad Airways will host the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) 55th Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held in Abu Dhabi from 24 to 26 October.

The first tethered hover of the VTOL comes more than two years after the initial prototype was rolled out.

The news comes days after SkyDrive unveiled renderings of its two-seater SD-05 eVTOL aircraft.

Eviation Alice’s first flight denotes a milestone for a new generation of purpose-designed electric aircraft.

Analysis is needed determine whether slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid belongs in the Earth’s future planetary defense arsenal.

The National Reconnaissance Office on Sept. 28 increased its work with commercial space companies, awarding six study contracts for commercial radio frequency remote sensing.

Over the past two weeks, SpaceX has started selling two “high performance” user terminals.

ENTROL has order from Germany's HS Aviation for an en-1000x FNPT II.

ONTIC acquired override jettison fuel control (OJ) from Turbo Power Systems; it will take over the manufacture and repair for part (for 787 fuel

ADVANCED INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY was selected by Boom Supersonic to supply tooling/automation, including transportation and positioning tools for

JETTAINER is establishing ULD management stations in Singapore and Hong Kong in '23; it says it could double its market share to 200,000 ULDs.

Tom Crawford to Chief People Officer (CPO) of AerFin, UK.

MUSSEL POLYMERS introduced Poly(catechol-styrene) (PCS) carbon and aramid fiber coating to produce lighter/stronger fiber reinforced composites.

CEBU PACIFIC operated its first SAF-powered flight (Singapore-Manila) with an A321neo, using 35% blended SAF produced by Neste and supplied by Shell

Dr. Silke Maurer to Chief Operating Officer of MTU Aero Engines, Germany.

HANSAIR was appointed by Teledyne Controls as sales rep in Mexico, Central/South America, and Caribbean for its avionics systems for data acquisition

EVIATION AIRCRAFT, WA completed first flight of its Alice all-electric aircraft at Moses Lake; it flew for eight minutes and reached altitude of 3,500

DHL Express has announced price adjustments that will take effect on January 1, 2023. The average increase in UAE will be 6.5 %, compared to 2022.

The DP World Tour and Emirates have signed an extension to their partnership agreement that will see the international airline remain an Official Partner of golf’s DP World Tour until the end of the 2024 season.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is taking a leading role at the International Civil Aviation Organisation 41st Assembly in Montreal from 27 September – 7 October.

JetBlue has invested in New York-based Air Company, which promises to produce a carbon-negative fuel made from captured CO2.

Electra.aero conducted the first flight of its Dawn One solar-battery hybrid-electric research aircraft at its new development facility at Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia on Sept. 9.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a far-reaching piece of U.S. legislation highly relevant to companies doing business with foreign governments and foreign state-owned entities, and of particular interest to the aviation sector. Having an effective compliance program and effective internal controls are critical safeguards against running afoul of the FCPA.

Augustine’s “Law XVI” noted that every generation of aircraft is more expensive than the last, and for decades this “law” seemed to be true. Now the spiral of rising aircraft development costs has finally been conquered, thanks to new digital capabilities to handle the complexity that drives it.

BOEING delivered the 100th 737-800BCF (34279) to Aercap for lease to GOLLOG. BOEING SHANGHAI modified aircraft.