Aerospace

ENGINESTANDS24 launched a virtual aircraft engines stands lease platform.

LEONARDO reports some 787 titanium parts, including floor beam-to-frame fittings, spaces, brackets, and clips, produced by subcontractor MPS, Italy do

AJW GROUP was named by Honeywell as sole distributor of 29 standard-fit products, ranging from IRUs to flight control modules and global navigation

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCE AND LEASING (SMFL) acquired 10% share of SMBC AERO ENGINE LEASE (SAEL) from MTU Aero Engines to become sole shareholder in

SAL Saudi Logistics Services (SAL) – Saudi Arabia’s leading ground handling and logistics company – has signed an agreement with Classic Automotive Relocation Services (CARS) to provide comprehensive logistics support for all its car shipments passing through the Kingdom’s main airports, land ports & seaports, including Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Medina.

The programme leads this week with the news on Air India finally being privatised and returning to the hands of the Tata group in a move that appears popular with the people and competitors.

A decade-long investment by Nammo in solid-fuel ramjets has proven the feasibility of the technology for artillery applications.

Universal Hydrogen has raised an additional $62 million in funding to take the startup through initial flight testing of its hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion conversion for regional turboprops.

The British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA) says business aviation demand has already surpassed prepandemic levels in parts of the UK, but challenges remain, ranging from lingering Brexit-related issues to tackling sustainability.

ASTRONICS consolidated its DME lighting and safety operations in its East Aurora, NY operations and sold its facility in Fort Lauderdale for $9.1m.

EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES acquired UK-based H4A (engineering design).

John C. Plant to sole Chief Executive Officer of Howmet Aerospace, Pittsburgh, PA

Axiom Space, which is working with NASA to develop a commercial successor to the International Space Station, announced this week the completion of three joint design reviews for the project.

The partnership enables the two entities to partner on research and development opportunities, promoting U.S. space industry growth.

The venture capital and private equity firehose fueling space startups continues unabated.

For more than a year, investors and observers of the leading A&D company have been perplexed.

As calls grow for more affordable hypersonic systems, Dynetics remains focused on delivering the baseline weapon on time.

AIRBUS was selected by Frontier Airlines to provide Skywise Health Monitoring as fleet performance tool for 111 A320s.

Startup Space Perspective announced a $40 million venture capital fund raising on Oct. 14, claiming the largest round yet for a space tourism balloon company and coming months after a successful demonstration.

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has rebuilt its State of Design capabilities after delegating the task to EASA almost two decades ago.

Germany’s Volocopter has partnered with Austrian commercial vehicle manufacturer Schwarzmuller to develop a mobile takeoff and landing platform for the VoloDrone electric unmanned cargo aircraft.

Enabled by cash from parent defense prime General Dynamics, the market leader is poised to maintain its dominance for many years to come.

Satellite broadband provider OneWeb has successfully placed more than half of its constellation into low Earth orbit following the 11th launch of its campaign from Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East at 5:40 a.m. EDT Oct. 14.

Reliable Robotics has raised an additional $100 million in funding to continue development of its remotely operated aircraft system for cargo and passenger aircraft.

Universal Hydrogen (UH2) has raised an additional $62 million in funding to take the startup through initial flight testing of its hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion conversion for regional turboprops.