Aerospace

Etihad Airways, in collaboration with Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, has launched the Etihad Mangrove Forest.

With live shows dominating the activities in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region this week, our weekly TATV newsround focuses on the unmanned shows in Abu Dhabi and the MRO and Aircraft Interiors event in Dubai.

Embraer has to weigh multiple considerations in deciding the future of E175-E2 and new-generation turboprop programs.

Airbus and CFM will use A380 testbed to answer crucial questions about hydrogen propulsion.

AE Industrial Partners, a U.S. private equity firm active in aerospace and defense, said Feb. 24 that it had struck deal to buy a “significant” stake in embattled rocket startup Firefly Aerospace from investment group Noosphere Venture Partners.

ROLLS-ROYCE reports its Civil Aerospace business lost £172m on £4.5b revenues in 2021 vs £2.5b loss on £5.1b in 2020, it delivered 309 (195 large)

Claudio Camelier to Head of Marketing of Heart Aerospace, Gothenburg, Sweden.

UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN leased ex-Piedmont Dash 8-300 (274) from Elix Aviation for use as test aircraft for its hydrogen fuel cell powertrain; ELIX also

Devan Haub to Chief Financial Officer of InTech Aerospace, Houston.

Bruce Gowling to Director of Digital Transformation & Data Solutions of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, Calgary.

SAFRAN had €784m net income on €15.3b revenue in 2021 vs €879 on €16.5b in 2020; Aerospace Propulsion (-1.1%), Equipment and Defense (-6.3%) and

CFM INTERNATIONAL delivered 952 engines (845 LEAP) in 2021 vs 972 (815) in 2020; it has >9,700 LEAPs on backlog.

HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT earned $52m on $273m sales for quarter ended January 31 vs $26m on $199m a year ago.

Rocket Lab will provide 17 spacecraft buses for a new low Earth orbit satellite constellation owned and operated by Globalstar.

A fierce battle has erupted around the flight test center for Antonov aircraft company near Kyiv, with a Russian air assault fighting a brigade of Ukrainian national guard troops for control of the airport, Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior says.

Safran's CEO says the supply chain has been “extremely fragilized” and the situation in the U.S. is “extremely acute.”

A400 launches drone; Northrop wins deep-space radar contract; Australia to upgrade BAE trainers; Emiratis create swarming drone system.

Take a look at some of the data around the Boeing 777X.

Rocket Lab plans to begin operations from a second launchpad in New Zealand as early Feb. 28, the company said Feb. 23.

Airworthiness regulations with which EHang must comply to type certify its EH216 autonomous air taxi have been published by the Civil Aviation Authority of China, taking the startup a step closer to launching urban air mobility services with its self-flying vehicle.

Singapore-based private aviation charter company Yugo has signed a letter of intent with Ascendance Flight Technologies for 18 of the French startup’s planned Atea five-seat, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.