Aerospace

AIA and PWC report aerospace industry directly/indirectly contributed $545.2b, including $306.9b of aerospace products, to US economy in 2023, supporting 1.6m jobs (545,400 direct) and $157.2b in labor income ($79.5b direct).

VOLTAERO, France launched HPU 210 hybrid-electric powertrain for home-built/kit-built/very light aircraft.

Tim Kuehn to Vice President and General Manager of Willis Aeronautical Services.

Creating an infrastructure to support global aviation development of hydrogen programs and ongoing wide-scale adoption remains a significant challenge.

French startup VoltAero has launched its hybrid-electric powertrain into the experimental aircraft market.

Turkish Cargo has been honoured with the “Cargo Airline of the Year – Global” award at the 2025 World Air Cargo Awards.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has reaffirmed Airbus’ commitment to launching a new narrowbody around the turn of the decade in an interview with Aviation Week.

VOLARIS and AIRBUS teamed to study possible SAF production in Mexico as part of ICAO's ACT-SAF Program.

SAFRAN BLADES inaugurated €108m, 10,000 sq meter digitized compressor blade manufacturing facility in Liège, Belgium, which is designed to produce 700,000 titanium blades per year (mostly for LEAP and GEnx engines) by 2026.

STANDARDAERO was selected by Green Taxi Solutions as partner to lead certification of its Zero Engine Taxi electric aircraft taxiing solution that uses power from APU vs main engines to reduce fuel burn/emissions/brake wear.

VORTEX CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, Seattle was selected by SunExpress to supply VCT Finlets (mounted on aft fuselage) for its remaining fleet of 737-800s, following phase one for five, to reduce total fuel consumption/carbon emissions.

TAT TECHNOLOGIES closed public offering of 1.6b shares and a secondary offering (by FIMI Opportunity V and FIMI Israel Opportunity Five) of 2.5b shares, plus options, totaling $124m. Proceeds are to be used for general corporate purposes.

AERFIN sold a serviceable CFM56-7B to an undisclosed customer after completing a general visual inspection in accordance with SP110, a thrust rating change via ID plug modification, and replacement of key LRUs.

Despite concerns over the supply SAF, this year's IATA AGM did not discuss delaying the organization's net zero target date, Director General Willie Walsh said

Companies specializing in electric wiring and interconnection systems have been busy keeping up with demand from airframers wanting to ramp up production.

Emirates SkyCargo plans to formalize and develop its existing engine transportation business, as it moves powerplants between airlines and MRO houses.

Despite deep concerns about the availability, cost and lack of government support for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), IATA and its member airlines have not used the association’s 81st Annual General Meeting in Delhi to discuss delaying the 2050 target date to achieve net zero carbon emissions, the association’s Director General Willie Walsh told media at the closing press conference.

Volz will supply actuators for the Adaptive Digital Automated Pilotage Technology (Adapt) program.

The aerospace supply chain has begun to show signs of improvement, but tariffs and restructuring are adding new risk.

Facing China’s escalating export controls, the U.S. is accelerating supply chain diversification.

Ineratec has formally inaugurated Europe’s largest power-to-liquid fuels plant so far, with the capacity to produce 2,500 metric tons of e-fuels per year.

With final prices in check but input costs rising, tariffs could sap profitability out of commercial aerospace in a slow but steady manner.

The first passenger-carrying, all-electric aircraft demonstration flight has landed at a major U.S. airport.

EDAG Group is supplying aluminum airframe structures to Israel’s AIR for a production version of the AIR One personal eVTOL and uncrewed cargo aircraft.

Future Energy Global is looking to apply aircraft leasing principles to tackle the sustainable aviation fuels financing barrier.