Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has been forced by its workers to walk away from an earlier plan to sell its plant in Varel, Germany, to Mubea, an automotive supplier aiming at expanding into aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Anthony Waas
The curriculum for engineering must expand to include flexible interdisciplinary coursework and hands-on laboratory experience.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Ahead of its centennial, legendary rotorcraft company Sikorsky Aircraft is seeing several opportunities for growth, the company CEO says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
When Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report began following the composite performance of AAM’s publicly traded stocks, it was a given that the composite would show the typical results of a startup company–in this case a group of companies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
In a bid to promote the commercialization of drone-based products and services, a plan to build a 165-mi. network of drone “superhighways” linking cities across the UK has been submitted by a consortium led by unified traffic management provider Altitude Angel.
Advanced Air Mobility

BURLOAK TECHNOLOGIES, Canada received Nadcap accreditation for its in-house heat treatment facility.
Aerospace

Oscar Torres to President and Chief Executive Officer of Kellstrom Aerospace Group, Davie, FL; Jeff Lund retired.
Aerospace

WENCOR, GA has multi-year distribution agreement with Fatigue Technology (PCC), WA for commercial aftermarket, OEM, and defense markets.
Aerospace

AMAG COMPONENTS, Germany has multi-year RUAG Aerostructures contract to supply A320 parts and components.
Aerospace

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES is expanding its manufacturing plant in Nagasaki from 5,400 sq meters to 11,000 sq meters to accommodate
Aerospace

LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE was added to the Boeing Premier Bidder Program that provides opportunity to increase business with Boeing, including visibility of
Aerospace

AMPAIRE began ground testing propulsion system on its first hybrid-electric Cessna Grand Caravan flight test aircraft, branded as Eco Caravan, which
Aerospace

SKY MART, FL was selected by Colombia's Nediar as distributor of A320 specialty tooling. It also recently launched a new online portal for customer
Aerospace

FACC, Austria has selected Leki Aviation, Copenhagen as a global parts distribution and services partner.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
A prolonged, privately financed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) ended on April 25 with the return of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Once again an independent company, Ampaire has begun ground-testing a Cessna Grand Caravan modified to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese startup TCab Tech has conducted transition flight tests with a 50%-scale demonstrator of its planned E20 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
So far, Beta Technologies and Volocopter are showing it is possible to build a billion-dollar business in advanced air mobility without the distraction of going public.
Advanced Air Mobility

Jazeera Airways today announced a net profit of KD3.8 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to a net loss of KD5.2 million in the first quarter of 2021.
Aerospace

Bahrain is gearing itself up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) taking place 9-11 November 2022.
Aerospace

The Kenya government is bailing out Kenya Airways for a second time as the airline struggles to keep afloat.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
The space sector has unique propellants when it comes to M&A, which is likely to create a “melt-up.”
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Airbus advances X-plane; BAE joins GE on hybrid; Seaglider takes to water; Cross-country on hydrogen; and manufacturing LH2 tanks.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
Ferrovial Airports has appointed Bob Montgomery as head of vertiports business development and Brad Miller as vertiports managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden
April 25-28—AUVSI Xponential 2022, AUVSI, Orlando, Florida. www.xponential.org/xponential2022
Advanced Air Mobility