Aerospace

High-altitude unmanned aircraft and satellites are an integral part of SoftBank’s vision for future 6G mobile networks that expand beyond wireless communications to underpin the digitalization of all industries.

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has concluded its 2021 fuel programme for the period 2021-2022 under the framework of the AFRAA fuel project.

Startup Regent plans to have a piloted 12-passenger seaglider on the market by 2025 as a replacement for seaplanes and water taxis, followed by a 50-passenger vehicle that the company sees replacing not only ferries, but regional turboprops and jets.

But the outlook for next-gen airliner and engine timing—and what they will look like—is less clear now than before the COVID-19 crisis.

In-space propulsion system is “like the diesel engine on Earth.”

Superconducting flight; Sensor-infused fans; VISTA readied for Skyborg; German suborbital spaceplane; and Joby hits range goal.

VIKING AIR and PAL AEROSPACE CANADA teamed to develop aerial firefighting system for Twin Otter DHC-6-300/400 for 2022; an international customer will

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES AVIATION SYSTEMS earned $35m on $809m revenues in 2Q21 vs $31m on $800m in 2Q20.

EATON AEROSPACE earned $131m on $625m revenues in 2Q21 vs $68m on $461m in 2Q20.

The string of delays for the reflight of an uncrewed Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station continued on Aug. 3, with the next opportunity for launch available on Aug. 4.

Pete Buttigieg, the charismatic and youthful U.S. Transportation Secretary, looks at infrastructure in simple terms. “There is no such thing as a Republican bridge or a Democratic pothole.”

CENTRELINE (European consortium) completed conceptual proof for its Propulsive Fuselage Concept (PFC) that features, in addition to gas turbine

Matt Brown to Vice President of Growth of FLYR Labs, San Francisco.

EHang has completed a high-rise fire rescue drill in China involving its unmanned firefighting EH216F and passenger-carry EH216 air vehicles as well as its Falcon B drone.

Few ideas in aerospace have been tried and have failed as often as high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing but, undeterred by the scores of past dead ends, the U.S. military is trying again.

Global logistics operator DHL Express has launched a cargo variant of Eviation’s Alice electric regional aircraft as part of pioneering plans to establish a sustainable electric express freight network from 2024 onwards.

Under development for four years, Advanced Aircraft Company's multi-rotor HAMR can fly for up to 3.5 hr. or carry a maximum sensor payload of 6 lb. in its dual cargo bay.

Airbus has been largely absent from the new-built freighter market, leaving Boeing with a virtual monopoly for the 767F, 777F and 747-8F.

The Army’s No. 1 aviation modernization priority is getting a reality check.

A technology being developed to rapidly join thermoplastic and thermoset composites to create optimized lightweight structures for cars and motorcycles is being adapted to aerospace with an eye to enabling high-rate, high-quality production of urban air mobility vehicles.

With electric aircraft developers continuously seeking better batteries, the assets of a UK developer of high energy-density lithium-sulfur cells have been acquired by Johnson Matthey, a British multinational focused on sustainable technologies.