Aerospace

Henkel's global head of strategy, Ruairi O'Kane, talks to Aviation Week about the technical and financial challenges facing the nascent urban air

Multidisciplinary design optimization lets engineers spend less time on detailed design and more time considering system requirements.

Why the world’s largest passenger airplane never gained market lift — and what it means for the widebody segment.

Roscosmos’ commercial arm, Glavkosmos, has made its first direct sales for tourist flights on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

HERITAGE GLOBAL PARTNERS and CLOUD INVESTMENT PARTNERS teamed to auction off inventory of 737/757/767/MD-80 rotable, repairable and expendable parts

ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES (ATI) reports commercial aerospace sales were flat in 3Q21 vs 2Q21, with higher forgings sales offsetting lower specialty

HEXCEL had $9m net income on $333.8m sales in 3Q21 vs $9.7m on $286.9m in 3Q20; civil aerospace sales increased 30%.

FACC delivered its 1,000th translating sleeve shipset for A350 to Collins.

FLYHT, Canada has COMAC contract to supply AFIRS 228 for the C919.

CAE has agreed to acquire Sabre's AirCentre airline operations portfolio in deal valued at $392.5m to significantly expand its position in flight and

AIRBUS had €404m net income on €10.5b revenues in 3Q21 vs €767m loss on €11.2b in 3Q20; Commercial aircraft earned €502m (vs €591m loss a year ago) on

A Northrop Grumman census is now tracking 164 small-satellite launch programs, although 46 of the projects are effectively defunct and the status of nine others is unknown.

Lilium has added Stuttgart Airport to its planned network of regional air mobility hubs in southern Germany.

Swiss luxury watch brand Breitling is named as the official timing sponsor of the Dubai Airshow 2021.

With target dates for the launch of electric air taxi services drawing closer, more manufacturers are striking deals aimed at ensuring infrastructure will be in place when their aircraft are ready.

Universities, in partnership with industry and government, must ensure a highly trained commercial space workforce is ready for blastoff.

BOEING continues to target first delivery of 777X in late 2023; it has 320 on backlog. It is also evaluating the timing of a freighter version of the

GE AVIATION has multiple cost-share contracts (under HyTEC program) worth $20m by NASA test/mature compact jet engine core designs, including

Automated flight control system startup Skyryse has raised $200 million in funding and signed partnerships with five fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft manufacturers, including Robinson Helicopter.

Avantus Aerospace has sold off its remaining composite business lines to other private equity investors and to Latécoère so it can focus on fasteners and C-class parts for the metal-friendly narrowbody production ramp-up.

BOEING had $132m net loss on $15.3b revenues in 3Q21 vs $466m loss on $14.1b in 3Q20; it believes it has sufficient liquidity and will be cash flow

Hydrogen-propulsion startup ZeroAvia has partnered with the Royal Schiphol Group to launch zero-emission commercial passenger flights between Rotterdam The Hague Airport and London with a 19-seat aircraft in 2024.

ZEROAVIA, UK teamed with Royal Schiphol Group and Rotterdam The Hague Innovation Airport Foundation to test and demonstrate supply chain refuelling