Aerospace

GKN Aerospace has tested an advanced turbine rear structure (TRS) design which demonstrated a potential weight reduction of up to 14% compared to current commercial engine configurations.

Airbus Ventures, L3Harris Technologies and Heico have joined a group of venture capitalists to invest $60 million in CesiumAstro, a four-year-old active-phased-array startup, the companies announced March 2.

South Korean startup Plana has unveiled plans to develop a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi with the range to enable intercity flights and service entry planned for 2028.

Beyond removing passenger and routine air cargo links between Russia and the U.S., the ban will have aerospace supply-chain implications.

Australia’s Swoop Aero has delivered Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines by drone in Malawi for the first time.

The Workhorse Group may have sold off its SureFly electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi program to Moog, but the U.S. electric delivery truck maker is continuing to develop its Horsefly unmanned aircraft.

Electrifying short-range aviation in the Netherlands will be feasible by 2026, concludes a report by airport consultants NACO and national aerospace research agency Royal NLR.

Europe’s AiRMOUR research project to produce a tool kit for the introduction of urban air mobility has developed a geographical tool to help city planners “to think in three dimensions.”

Use of Russia’s largest commercial space contract may be halted, with Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos requesting legally binding guarantees from the OneWeb satellite operator and the French Arianespace launch provider that the constellation, deployed by Russian Soyuz 2 rockets, will not be used for military purposes.

BOEING and AIRBUS say they are standing firm on planned airliner production rate increases despite Ukraine's invasion.

Frank Vieira Hugger to Director of Business Development of CAaT Global, Houston.

SATAIR (Airbus Services) launched semi-finished floor panel (ASFP) solution, in collaboration with Airbus and Schütz GmbH & Co., for pax/aisle/galley

GKN AEROSPACE successfully tested new lightweight demonstrator of a Turbine Rear Structure (TRS) as part of Clean Sky-2 Engines research program; TRS

NEXT LEVEL AVIATION-IRELAND, Dublin was established to provide USM support for Next Level Aviation's EMEA customers, particularly for AOGs.

TCI (Turkish Airlines/Turkish Technic) was selected by Canada's Lynx Air to supply galleys/monuments for 40 737-8s.

BELCAN was selected by Airbus as an engineering, manufacturing engineering and services strategic supplier (EMES3).

BOEING announced that it suspended major operations in Moscow, temporarily closed its office in Kyiv, and, in line with sanctions imposed on Russia

Honeywell UOP is working with China’s Oriental Energy to build a large sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Maoming, Guangdong province.

Turkey’s TAV Airports served 52 million passengers in 2021, with an increase of 92% compared to the previous year.

A member of staff, students and alumni from Bournemouth University have been awarded the Public Award for ‘Best Documentary' for their feature documentary Indian Space Dreams.

Etihad Cargo has achieved record revenue growth of 49 per cent in 2021.

Former SriLankan Airways CEO Vipula Gunatilleka has been named as chief financial officer (CFO) of Jet Airways 2.0.

Qatar Airways said it has welcomed the decision of the High Court on Friday 18 February 2022 which issued an injunction against Airbus.

Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine adding to a panoply of issues facing the aerospace industry, executives from Boeing and Airbus told the Aviation Week Raw Materials and Manufacturers Supply Chain Conference that the OEMs were standing firm on planned airliner production rate ramps.

WORLDWIDE AIRCRAFT SERVICES, MO has FAA certification for main door folding stair for ERJ 135/145; stair and track system stows aft of the door.