Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
German general aviation manufacturer Flight Design displayed a mockup of a version of its F2 light sport aircraft with zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion at the Aero Freidrichshafen 2022 show on April 27-30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
By 2035, Rio de Janiero could see a fleet of 245 urban air taxis flying 4.5 million passengers a year on more than 100 routes linking 37 vertiports, Eve UAM forecasts in the first concept of operations for urban air mobility (UAM) to be developed in Brazil.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-propulsion startup Hydroplane has received a second U.S. Air Force small business contract to demonstrate a fuel cell-based powerplant.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Satellite-based remote sensing startup Satellogic expects to grow its low Earth orbit constellation to as many as 34 Earth observation satellites by the fourth quarter, executives say.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Astroscale has completed rendezvous operations with its ELSA-d orbital debris removal demonstration despite losing half the servicing spacecraft’s maneuvering thrusters.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to test its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing platform with a series of research projects centered around the German city of Ingolstadt.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Two years after forming from its predecessor companies, Super Tier 1 aerospace supplier and large defense prime Raytheon Technologies has opened a corporate ventures office to make small venture-capital-style investments.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
With the first signs of certification dates being pushed back, does an advanced air mobility industry that attracted billions of dollars in investment over recent months have enough money in hand to meet its aggressive targets?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Start-up launch vehicle and satellite developer Phantom Space has emerged from stealth mode with a purchase agreement for more than 200 rocket engines from Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major.
Commercial Space

AviAssist, which supports aviation safety and promotion in African, has revealed a new seven-part series of its Focus Sessions.
Maintenance & Training

By Garrett Reim
MDA has made the first commercial sale of its Canadarm3 robotic arm technology to Axiom Space.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Aviation Week flies aboard Northrop Grumman’s reengined L-1011 TriStar carrier aircraft for a simulated rocket launch.
Defense

By Garrett Reim
Airlines see regulatory writing on the wall and start making SAF commitments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Boeing promotes optimistic outlook for financing air transport deliveries based on the 2021 results.
Aerospace

FLYHT, Canada and MBS ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, Germany teamed to develop secure wireless avionics software/onboard data loading solution.
Aerospace

WENCOR was selected by Fatigue Technology as preferred channel partner for its Cold Working tooling “CB” product line for commercial MRO market.
Aerospace

Todd Powers to Head of Sales of GPMS International, Cornwall, VT.
Aerospace

ATR

ATR began converting first ATR 42-600 (811) to STOL configuration for first flight in May 2022; mods include reinforced rear fuselage and new auto
Aerospace

MAGNIX, WA has teamed with AeroTEC and Air Tindi for its NASA project to demonstrate electric propulsion technology using a Dash 7 (first flight in
Aerospace

EATON AEROSPACE earned $159m on $718m sales in 1Q22 vs $96m on $519m in 1Q21; y-o-y backlog rose 14%.
Aerospace

THALES secured €1b aerospace sales in 1Q22 vs €971m in 1Q21; it booked €1.2b in new orders vs €998m.
Aerospace

CPaT GLOBAL, TX launched CRJ700/900 aircraft systems course.
Aerospace

Brian Roos to Regional Director-Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, of SATCOM Direct; Kaviraj (Kavi) Nadarajah to Regional Sales Manager.
Aerospace

AERNNOVA completed acquisition of Évora, Portugal-based EMBRAER METEÁLICAS and EMBRAER COMPÓSITOS from Embraer for US$174m as part of strategic
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group is to purchase British International Helicopters (BIH) in its first major acquisition since restructuring and merging with Era Group in 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion