Aerospace

Thomas Huber will lead Mercury’s “1MPACT” strategic review announced last month during its fourth-quarter fiscal 2021 earnings release, when it acknowledged a slowdown in organic business growth.

Countries around the world are entering the military space domain triggered by the formation of the U.S. Space Force.

Vertex Aerospace, a legacy L3 Technologies unit providing logistics, MRO and supply chain management, has bought up a number of business lines from Raytheon Technologies as it moves into the latter stages of post-merger divestitures.

Active deorbiting; electric charging; accelerating SAF; and persistent platform.

Inmarsat, Boeing and Cobham trial end-to-end cockpit-to-ground internet protocol satellite communications for more efficient operation.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has identified 313 aerospace businesses to be awarded $482.3 million in funding, with Spirit Aerosystems garnering the lion’s share at more than $70 million.

GE AVIATION and FAA plan to invest $55m over five years to accelerate development of technologies for more sustainable aviation, including open fan

MAC AERO INTERIORS (Magnetic MRO) is developing touchless lavatory solutions.

Bartek Makowiecki to Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of ITT, White Plains, NY.

L3HARRIS announced Hensoldt, Germany; Jacobs, UK; General Dynamics, Canada & Italy; CAE, Canada; and Viasat, US as team members to bid on Alliance

SAFRAN was selected by Flair Airlines to supply wheels/carbon brakes (manufactured at Walton, KY) for its 737s.

UK advanced air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace is gearing up to begin assembly of its VA-X4 engineering prototype to fly in 2022.

As first electric aircraft enter service airports and operators come to grips with infrastructure for recharging batteries.

Virgin Galactic ordered additional inspections after an unidentified vendor contacted the company about a potential problem with its components.

Energy giant Chevron and renewable fuel producer Gevo have signed an LOI to build one or more facilities to process inedible corn into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Regional air mobility startup Lilium will become a publicly traded company Sept. 15, with less cash in hand than was hoped for.

D-Orbit UK is to lead development of a spacecraft “deorbit kit” for the European Space Agency.

Angola’s Turaco Aviation and the UAE’s Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) have announced a strategic partnership to provide helicopter services to Angola, offering the latest models of aircraft as well as in-country maintenance capabilities for the southern African markets.

Angola’s Turaco Aviation and the UAE’s Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) have announced a strategic partnership to provide helicopter services to Angola, offering the latest models of aircraft as well as in-country maintenance capabilities for the southern African markets.

Caverton Helicopters has chosen the Thales Reality H full-flight simulator (FFS) for AW139 pilot training at its facility in Lagos.

The tracking service will use laser ranging to monitor objects in low Earth orbit, offering satellite operators the ability to identify collision threats and maneuver accordingly.

The grant supports an A$8 million program that will run to December 2023 which involves development and optimization of a quiet, efficient and lightweight propulsion system that increases the range and reduces the noise and cost of the Vertiia.

Ground-support equipment suppliers make fast progress toward hydrogen use, but OEMs are still reviewing their options.

A company known for bombers has set its sights on future air dominance technology, displaying new UAS concepts that hint at larger goals.