Aerospace

THOMPSON AERO SEATING, UK was selected by SAS to supply Vantage lie-flat business class seats for its A321LRs.

LILIUM was approved to begin flight testing of its eVTOL aircraft at the ATLAS Flight Test Center in Villacarrillo, Spain.

AMERON has FAA PMA for its fire extinguisher cartridge, part number (P/N) M30903962, which is used on E170 fire extinguisher bottles.

FLIGHT DATA SYSTEMS released new Flight Data Acquisition Interface Unit (FDAIU) for upgraded legacy Flight Data Recorders (FDR) from 2Q22.

Billy Nolen to Acting Administrator of the FAA.

CMC ELECTRONICS donated a Piper Chieftain with in-flight test equipment to the Centre technologique en aérospatiale (CTA) and the École nationale d

Terran Orbital began publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, while announcing a $200 million backlog of contracted work and more than $40 million in 2021 revenue for the high-volume small-satellite manufacturer and Earth observation services provider.

Airbus has flown an A380 with one of its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), produced from used cooking oil and waste fats by France’s Total Energies.

Of the five electric air taxi developers that have been involved in going-public mergers with blank-check companies, only two are following the tried-and-tested aerospace business model of manufacturing, selling and supporting their aircraft.

Jazeera Airways’ Shareholders have approved the Board of Directors’ recommendation to distribute 32% in cash dividend.

Join PwC’s Gregg Pilotte, Mike Stetz, and Jessica Benson on The Outlook as they discuss how A&D companies are modernizing their rate development and forward pricing processes.

The new boss is relying on lean manufacturing improvements as the conglomerate faces performance and financial pressures.

Clean Aviation’s first call; Polaris spaceplane demonstrator; Bioinspired Venus flyer; and Robust hybrid-electric propulsion.

Momentus is preparing its Vigoride space tug for vibration testing in advance of its targeted June launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Investment in advanced air mobility OEMs should cross over the $6 billion mark upon completion of Eve UAM’s merger with special purpose acquisition company Zanite Acquisition.

Joby Aviation has begun building the first production prototype for certification flight testing of its S4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

QARBON AEROSPACE completed assembly of first HEXA eVTOL aircraft for LIFT.

AVIO AERO, Italy was selected by Airbus to supply Catalyst engine/propeller solution for Eurodrone UAS.

AVCORP INDUSTRIES had C$468k net loss on C$99.5m revenues in 2021 vs C$5.7m loss on C$151m in 2020.

HYDROGENONE CAPITAL GROWTH (£7m) and SAFRAN CORPORATE VENTURES (£3.5m) agreed to make common investment of £10.5m in CRANFIELD AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS

Flight testing on the 737-7 wrapped up in 2021, but Boeing has not completed its share of certification work on the aircraft, the company confirmed.

The Final Draw of the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will take place on Friday 1 April.

IATA has announced that the 78th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit will take place 19-21 June 2022 in Doha, hosted by Qatar Airways.

A nurse from the United Kingdom has won first prize in Qatar Airways’ ‘Fly and Win’ campaign; becoming a US dollar millionaire overnight.

Under renewed European pressure against fossil fuels, Clean Aviation project sets research and technology framework for coming years.