Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
New satellite technologies are expected to enable more accurate forecasting of severe weather phenomena.
Space

WENCOR was named by AMETEK Sensors and Fluid Management Systems as exclusive distributor of its sensors for global military/govt aftermarket.
Aerospace

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Eve Holding helped push the AAM Stock Composite up by 2% for the five market trading days ending Sept. 12 when compared to the previous five-day period.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
De Havilland Canada is providing engineering support to modify a Dash 8-100, replacing one of its two P&WC PW120-class turboprops with a 2-megawatt parallel hybrid-electric powertrain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
VEHICLE Montreal-based Limosa is preparing to fly a 10% scale model of its LimoConnect, a seven-seat electric vertical-takoff-and-landing aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Finland has opened the LIFT Future Aerospace Center, which aims to strengthen aviation research, development and innovation in the country through public and private cooperation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Air Force innovation arm AFWerx is planning an Autonomy Prime program and proposing an Autonomy Proving Ground to test the technologies.
Emerging Technologies

The challenges involved in electrifying aviation powertrains remain considerable, but an important developmental corner may have been turned, according to Rolls-Royce.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bill Carey
Sensor manufacturer Teledyne FLIR has unveiled a commercial drone targeted for the infrastructure-inspection and other markets.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Electra.aero has passed a key milestone toward development of its electric short-takeoff-and-landing regional aircraft, completing a fully integrated ground test of its hybrid-electric propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Against a backdrop of tough geopolitical and economic issues, Director General Josef Aschbacher has to convince the agency’s 22 member states that those difficulties are precisely why they need to invest more into space.
Space

Airbus is joining experts and key decision makers in the aviation industry at the Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition taking place 12th and 13 September 2022.
Aerospace

India’s Akasa Air is increasing its pilot salaries following salary cuts from the pandemic.
Air Transport

Aviation Africa 2022 was officially opened in Kigali, Rwanda, today by Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda.
Aerospace

By Chloe Greenbank
Boeing has underlined that African aviation traffic has recovered at a strong pace in 2022 with pent-up demand and economic growth driven by higher global commodity prices allowing African airlines to recover their flight operations to 80% of pre-pandemic levels.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic is reviewing initial responses to RFPs for structural and systems components for the company’s planned new Delta-class spaceplanes as it looks ahead to serial production.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing continues to evaluate and develop improvements to the aircraft’s aerodynamics and flight control system ahead of long-delayed certification tests of the 777-9.
Aircraft & Propulsion

SAFRAN entered into exclusive talks with THALES to acquire its aeronautical electrical systems activities, which would include to position itself as
Aerospace

Solenne Terral to Vice President-Quality and Compliance of Safran Landing Systems.
Aerospace

Victoria Foy to President of Safran Seats (effective January 1).
Aerospace

COLLINS AEROSPACE opened new $18m wind tunnel at Rockford, IL for its Ram Air Turbine product family to streamline testing and certification process
Aerospace

AIRBUS delivered 39 aircraft (33 A320 Family; two A330neo; four A350s) in August vs 40 (five A220s; 33 A320 Family; two A350s) in August 2021; it has
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
An investment group has acquired storied manufacturer MD Helicopters, which entered bankruptcy protection earlier this year, and installed a new leadership team.
Program Management

Akagera Aviation Flying Academy, based at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, recently took delivery of one twin-engine DA42-VI and one single-engine DA40 NG Tundra version.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace