Aerospace

After a long period of tame increases, price spikes are returning as a fact of life in aerospace and defense.

Business aviation operators are eager to get their hands on advanced air mobility platforms, but infrastructure uncertainties may slow their introduction, panel discussion participants at the Air Charter Expo say.

The COMAC C919 airliner attained its airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Sept. 29, more than five years after first flight.

The German electric air-taxi startup is working to bolster its balance sheet and control costs.

Airlink is acquiring a 40 percent strategic equity holding in privately-owned Windhoek-based FlyNamibia.

Global Advanced Aero Solutions (GAAS), a subsidiary of Al Shaheen Aviation Holding, and AEROBAY, an all-in-one spare parts marketplace for rotary & fixed wings, have entered a partnership in asset co-investment.

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.