Aerospace

KAMAN agreed to acquire Parker-Hannifin's aircraft wheel & brake division for $440m. PARKER is divesting unit in order to secure approval from

BAE Systems has taken delivery of and is preparing flight tests for a Pipistrel Electro Velis electric-powered light aircraft as part of an arrangement with the Slovenian manufacturer. The UK defense company announced in March that it was working with Pipistrel to examine military training applications for electric aircraft. The work is continuing after Textron’s acquisition of the light aircraft manufacturer.

FAA forecasts US airline enplanements will grow 5% per year over next 20 years to 1.43 trillion in 2041 vs 511b in 2020, and projects US mainline

AERNNOVA was selected by Lilium to supply Lilium Jet's propulsion mounting system.

TRANSDIGM completed acquisition of Montreal-based DART AEROSPACE (helicopter mission equipment) for $360m.

Axiom Space and Italy’s minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance existing collaboration, the Houston-based firm announced May 25.

Volocopter has signed a memorandum of understanding with fixed-based operator Jetex to deploy and operate vertiport infrastructure and services for urban air mobility.

A look at how the commercial aftermarket of Eastern Europe is faring so far this year.

Qatar Executive is exhibiting its ultra-modern Gulfstream G650ER aircraft.

Positive signs of collaboration and cooperation in the aerospace and defence industry have been apparent at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi. The event concludes tomorrow (Thursday).

French uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) manufacturer, Delair, has become a household name in Africa following a string of successful sales in the past decade.

With hot-fire tests of Talon-A’s Hadley rocket engine due in June, scene is set for vehicle’s powered hypersonic flight debut this year.

NHIndustries partners are taking steps to boost in-service rates, but it may be too little too late for some operators.

Another lunar buggy contender is emerging, this time with an autonomous explorer angle: Lunar Outpost on May 24 unveiled a $12 million seed round, promising a new class of autonomous Moon rovers.

NAVBLUE (Airbus) was selected by MNG Airlines to implement N-Flight Planning (N-FP) solution on its all-Airbus fleet of nine aircraft.

Keith DeBerry to Chief Operating Officer of NATA, Washington, DC.

HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT earned $66m on $306m sales for three months ended April 30 vs $35m on $230m a year ago.

VOLTAERO plans in June to start sustainable aviation demo flights of Cassio electric-hybrid regional aircraft at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands.

TORAY teamed with Bell Textron to support new National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP) design allowable dataset for Toray's 3960

COTESA, Germany selected Airborne to supply a robotic production system to automate its edge sealing operation for complex, 3D composite parts.

As Lilium wraps up the preliminary design review for its Lilium Jet, the Germany startup has released a new concept image showing the latest configuration of its electric vertical takeoff and landing regional air taxi.

Ground infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate eVTOLs.

Mubadala’s MRO subsidiary Sanad, signed an MoU with USA’s Triumph Group, at the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi today, with an agreement to collaborate on the provision of next-generation engine MRO capabilities in the UAE.

Qatar Airways corporate aviation division, Qatar Executive showed it is on-message for the sector’s sustainability push when it flew in its flagship jet London Luton Airport to Geneva for the EBACE show.

As it took over FlightAware, Collins stood up its Connected Aviation Solutions division.