Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

UNIVERSAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (UAM) developed/manufactured over wing emergency exit trainer and main entry-door trainer from A320 now undergoing
Aerospace

STERLING ENGINEERING (Air Industries Group), NY secured Life of the Program Extension to long-term agreement with Pratt & Whitney to supply turbine
Aerospace

STANDARDAERO agreed to purchase PTS AVIATION, FL (engines, engine components and engine USM inventory).
Aerospace

VELO3D qualified nickel-based superalloy powder Amperprint 0233 Haynes 282 for use in its Sapphire family of printers; powder was produced by Höganäs
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Share prices of publicly traded A&D companies in 2021 were up from catastrophic 2020, but still down from pre-pandemic heights.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Roei Ganzarski, one of advanced air mobility’s resounding voices and leaders, announced Jan. 6 that he is leaving MagniX and Eviation Aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has formally added a second preproduction prototype to the test program for its S4 tiltprop electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Eaton, a mid-tier aerospace and defense supplier, has acquired Royal Power Solutions, a U.S.-based manufacturer of high-precision electrical connectivity components used in electric vehicle, energy management, industrial and mobility markets.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Scaled Composites has unveiled a concept for an optionally piloted, high-altitude aircraft capable of carrying modular payloads up to 10,000 lb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The lobbying association for the French aerospace industry, GIFAS, says its members may need to hire up to 15,000 after a period of job cuts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Qatar Airways Cargo has been accredited CEIV Live Animals certification by IATA.
Aerospace

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force’s highest-end fighter faces early retirement; leaders say replacement needed to counter China
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Virgin Orbit’s disappointing stock debut marks the end of the beginning of the special purpose acquisition company phenomenon.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Don’t confuse public handwringing about hiring struggles in A&D with actual lost business. Robots will protect the bottom line.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Michigan and Ontario officials have unveiled a cross-border research study of commercial drones to explore whether small unmanned aircraft can be flown beyond line of sight and used for just-in-time delivery, medical transport or other small-scale deployments.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
The U.S. aviation and telecommunications industries have deescalated—at least temporarily—their clash over an issue that threatens to further disrupt airline operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential of new 5G wireless networks interfering with aircraft electronics.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

AVCON INDUSTRIES (Butler National) has FAA STC to install fuselage sensor ports for Cessna 208/208B Caravan.
Aerospace

Jim Kelly was promoted to President of Dayton T. Brown, Bohemia, NY.
Aerospace

CAELI NOVA raised CHF 8m (primarily from Ornament Health and Latécoère) to further develop its Cordillera onboard emergency oxygen system for 2022.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The aircraft, which is designed to evaluate the public acceptability of low-boom supersonic flight over land, completed assembly last year in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and was shipped to Texas for structural tests in late December.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
After playing out through most of 2020 and 2021 for the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry, the process of assembling memorandums of understanding, letters of intent and other expressions of interest to bolster fundraising drives is underway in other parts of the evolving advanced air mobility market.
Advanced Air Mobility

EHang has established an air mobility experience center in Guangzhou, China, which includes a rooftop vertiport and hangar.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
AST SpaceMobile, a newly public company aiming to establish a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones, has offered a peak inside its 85,000-ft.2 manufacturing headquarters in Midland, Texas.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates SkyCargo said it successfully navigated the complex landscape of the global logistics and supply chain industry in 2021 by focusing on its signature strengths.
Aerospace