Aerospace

Ohio’s AAM center of gravity is the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, home to the new National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence and the Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center.

Beta sees its plans for a Tesla Supercharger-style network of chargers as a key differentiator that sets it apart from other developers of eVTOL vehicles.

Gulf Air’s chairman of the board of directors, Zayed R. Alzayani met with the director general of IATA, Willie Walsh at the Association’s headquarters in Geneva today.

The test center at Pontoise-Cormeilles will be used for real-world trials of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the supporting ecosystem.

Startup Heart Aerospace has selected the Spanish aerostructures company to build the fuselage, empennage and wing for its all-electric regional airliner the ES-19.

“This latest round of funding will dramatically accelerate our ability to make on-orbit servicing routine by 2030,” Astroscale founder and CEO Nobu Okada said.

Airbus has dismissed UAS startup Kelley Aerospace’s claims of illegal activity by the OEM’s personnel as “baseless and defamatory.”

Turkish Airlines celebrates 88 years in service, 70 years in the Middle East and 40 years in the UAE.

AFM.aero together with Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA), hosted over 50 leaders of the pilot training industry at the Dubai Airshow.

ADNEC is taking the next step in its business diversification strategy with the strategic assets transfer of tourism business unit from Etihad Airways to ADNEC Group.

Russian Helicopters will present a wide range of military and civil helicopters at the international defence exhibition EDEX-2021.

UK Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace MP and the Qatari Minister of State for Defence, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have unveiled a new Joint Hawk Training Squadron.

This week’s TATV news from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Turkey looks at a major breakthrough in the development of an eVTOL cargo carrier.

Timm discusses Collins' strategic investments and its role as a middleman between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley.

In the wake of the COP26 Climate conference Aviation Week editors talk to leaders of FlyZero, a UK government-backed Aerospace Technology Institute project targeting zero-carbon emission commercial aviation by 2030.

Japan’s SoftBank is to issue its first sustainability bond to raise funds for its high-altitude platform system business, which plans to operate solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft as airborne base stations for internet connectivity.

The U.S. aerospace and defense industry has been on a decades-long march of moving its work away from the two coasts and out of the northern part of the country toward the southern half.

Stefan Paul to Chief Executive Officer of Kuehne + Nagel International, Switzerland (effective August 2022).

PANASONIC was selected by Singapore Airlines to supply eX1 IFE and global inflight connectivity services for 37 737-8s.

Jorge Ortega to Chief Executive Officer of Safran Cabin.

The regional airliner concept uses distributed hybrid-electric propulsion to reduce energy consumption.

Joramco, the Amman-based maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) successfully participated in the Dubai Airshow 2021.

Organisers of the Dubai Airshow, said the 2021 event was officially the biggest edition since it first began in 1989, with USD 78 billion worth of deals announced during the week.

The agreement is also with Emirates Leisure Retail and SEGAP, a joint venture between airport infrastructure and operations specialists Egis, and private equity fund manager AIIM.

Vertical says it remains on track to start flight tests in early 2022 as it targets certification for the VA-X4 in 2024 and entry-into-service in 2025.