Aerospace

Midway through 2022, the priority for advanced air mobility companies is on certifying aircraft, but just as important is sizing the future market and where the vehicles will be located.

It was another tough week for the Advanced Air Mobility Stock Composite, with the index falling to $40 for the week ending July 1, down from $43.08 a week ago.

The partners in a project to convert the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion have formed a new company to develop and offer battery-electric and hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofits for a range of turboprop commuter aircraft.

The D328eco is delayed, slated to enter service in 2026; OEM aims for parts of small turboprop and regional jet replacement markets.

Aviation Week editors identify some of the key issues and megatrends and their likely outcomes.

UK electric propulsion startup Evolito has acquired battery developer Electroflight, expanding its business to encompass motors, controllers and energy storage systems.

CFM INTERNATIONAL was selected by Air France-KLM Group to supply 200 LEAP-1As for 100 A320neo/A321neos on order for delivery starting 2H23, plus

Another startup has emerged onto China’s increasingly crowded electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle market.

Jim Palmer to Sales and Marketing Director of RPI, UK.

RTS was selected by Saudia Cargo to provide its Foresight revenue planning, Accelerate pricing and Velocity revenue management solutions.

BAA TRAINING VIETNAM (Avia Solutions Group) was selected by Vietravel Airlines to provide A320 flight crew training and simulator leasing services.

THE GILL CORPORATION received FAA approval allowables data for its flame-resistant Gillfab 4122S sandwich panels as part of collaboration with

Norway’s Kongsberg is to purchase a majority holding in Lithuanian small satellite integrator and bus manufacturer NanoAvionics.

SpiceXpress, the logistics platform of SpiceJet, carried 100 tonnes of lychee from Darbhanga in Bihar to various parts of the country between May and June.

Airport International Group announced that Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) has become the first in the Middle East to achieve Level 4+ ‘Transition’ of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme.

Airbus is seeing early signs in the recovery of demand for long-haul aircraft and “may start the widebody [production] ramp-up earlier than we thought,” CEO Guillaume Faury tells Aviation Week.

Demand for widebody aircraft was down even before the COVID-19 pandemic, but OEMs now believe new orders may arrive sooner than they expected.

NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (Capstone) small satellite successfully separated from its orbital Photon propulsion stage early July 4, beginning a pioneering journey to near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the Moon.

More data is emerging to support the U.S. Air Force’s creation of the F-35 Adaptive Engine Replacement program.

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have received a $371,000 grant from the FAA for a study to inform the development of standards and requirements for the accuracy of detect-and-avoid systems for uncrewed aircraft systems.

Sept. 6-9—Air Mobility X, FTE Global, Las Vegas, https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/fte-global/air-mobility-x/

EMBRAER signed agreement with Toyota do Brasil to embrace Toyota Production System (TPS) principles/concepts in its industrial operations to eliminate

DAHER completed acquisition of 400,000 sq ft aerostructures facility in Stuart, FL from TRIUMPH.

AVCORP INDUSTRIES received Securityholder approval to be acquired by LATÉCOÈRE; deal is to close in 3Q22.

SAF production cost and supply availability will fail to meet aviation needs, a Bain study finds.