Aerospace

Skyborg is the tip of the iceberg in a multiservice push to bring autonomous control systems from laboratories to the battlefield.

China has been a major driver of growth for Boeing and Airbus in the 2020s, but sees no urgency to buy more aircraft.

Washington State University is helping startup Zeva Aero with development of a single-person electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle under a grant from the state’s Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation.

VIETJET and SAFRAN established long-term partnership covering CFM56 engine/engine services, aircraft seats and interiors supply, plus management

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $27m net income on $1.3b sales in 3Q21 vs $74m on $1.2b in 3Q20; it has $726m in cash.

TRIMECH acquired ADAPTIVE CORP and FORWARD VISION to expand its Dassault Systèmes portfolio offering with CATIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA and ENOVIA.

Another Chinese startup has launched into the already crowded electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi market.

Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has partnered with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop certification requirements for hydrogen fuel cells in aircraft.

This is an abbreviated version of the article “ Airbus And Boeing Expect Slow Widebody Demand Recovery ” by Jens Flottau and Guy Norris from Aviation

Talon 1 Acquisition Corp., headed by serial U.S. airline entrepreneur Ed Wegel of Eastern Airlines and Global Crossing Airlines, is eyeing a merger with an aerospace, aviation or related services company.

Three-year-old New York startup Innovative Rocket Technologies on Nov. 4 said it has signed an agreement with two-year-old Turion Space of Irvine, California, to launch 20 of the latter’s proposed Droid orbital-debris-removing satellites to low Earth orbit via iRocket’s planned Shockwave launcher.

Boeing will showcase its market-leading portfolio of commercial, defence and services products at the 2021 Dubai Airshow this month.

IATA has released September 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continues to be well above pre-crisis levels.

The rotor system will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting late in 2022 or early in 2023.

Space Force seeks commercial services; piecing together a wrecked A-10; Area-I’s new UAS approach; and India tests anti-airfield weapon.

Post-Brexit French/UK political relations may be at a low, but cross-Channel missile technology research is continuing apace.

As commercial aviation comes out of the pandemic, recovery of demand for widebody aircraft is likely to be slow.

SAFRAN CABIN was selected by Qatar Airways Cargo to provide its new fire resistant containers as replacement for its entire fleet of >10,000 ULDs.

UK startup Isotropic Systems has demonstrated the first simultaneous connections with communications satellites in different orbits, its solid-state terminal linking to SES spacecraft in both geostationary and medium Earth orbits at the same time.

Terrell Siegfried, of the NORDAM Group, was elected President of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA).

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP, NY earned $2m on $14.4m sales in 3Q21 vs $1.7m on $13.7m in 3Q20; it has $6.4m backlog.

KAMAN CORPORATION had $14.7m net income on $179.8m sales in 3Q21 vs $38.5m net loss on $214m in 3Q20. It also announced new orders for two K-MAX

NAVBLUE and France's ENAC signed new partnership agreement to develop new flight ops/ATM solutions for improving safety for next-generation aircraft.

LEONARDO and ELETTRONICA signed partnership agreement to support growth of sovereign technologies for developing integrated solutions around their

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS had $114m net loss on $980m revenues in 3Q21 vs $156m loss on $806m in 3Q20 and ended quarter with $1.4b in cash and approximately