Aerospace

ACC Aviation, backed by YFM Equity Partners, is expanding the expertise it offers to airlines, lenders and lessors with the addition of an in-house aviation finance specialist.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is shifting some Charleston, South Carolina factory employees from 787 production to inspection and rework to resolve production-quality issues that are holding up deliveries.
MRO

By P. Barry Butler
Advancing sustainability in aviation education will open new doors for graduates and accelerate innovation across the industry.
Sustainability

By Thierry Dubois
While Airbus is refining hydrogen technology maturation, the endeavor spreads to airport ecosystem and certification authorities.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
NASA has added aircraft autonomy developer Reliable Robotics and 13 other entities to the list of partners that will participate in the agency’s first Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
French hybrid-electric aircraft startup VoltAero has selected Rochefort Charente-Maritime Airport in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France for its final-assembly plant.
Emerging Technologies

Bell Textron has delivered a Bell 505 helicopter to W.A. Oil Factory and Distribution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, its first corporate customer in the country. With this latest acquisition, there are almost 30 Bell 505s in operation across six countries in Africa and the Middle East.
Aerospace

Optimism underpins the planning for the co-located Aircraft Interiors and MRO Middle East exhibitions, with quality, not quantity, the order of the day.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Superconducting electric propulsion; hydrogen ground handling; fuel-cell regional; hydrogen infrastructure; controlling complex aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1957, Aviation Week editors have announced their selection of the 2021 Laureate Award winners.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
The FAA issued a second emergency airworthiness directive this week that requires operators of additional models of Bell helicopters to inspect their main-rotor hubs for potentially faulty hub strap pins.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

AIRBUS began structural assembly and system equipment of the nose and front fuselages of first A321XLR at Saint-Nazaire.
Aerospace

LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE has added new high capacity five-axis machining center with rotary pallet loading system at its production site in Campsas
Aerospace

SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS was selected by Singapore Airlines to provide wheels/carbon brakes for 31 777-9s on order in deal that includes tailored brake
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
As the idea of hydrogen-powered commercial air travel has gained traction in Europe, EASA believes it may have to look at certification beyond the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Heaviside becomes the fourth electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (evTOL) aircraft to receive military flight release from the U.S. Air Force under its Agility Prime program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Angeles Equity Partners is adding its own director to Primus' board as part of the deal as the Tier 2 supplier looks to scale up.
Supply Chain

Kenya Airways has launched the Fahari Innovation Hub, a centre for innovation that acts as a springboard for new ideas and data-driven innovations to accelerate impact-driven solutions that address some of the societal and business challenges.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Their Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines could challenge Boeing’s new narrowbody aircraft plans.
Program Management

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy plans to modernize the most critical standoff jamming system in the military’s inventory for the first time since 1971.
Program Management

By Irene Klotz
With the successful deployment of seven small satellites into low Earth orbit, Virgin Orbit has begun commercial launch service operations as
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
Company is partnering to supply internet-via-satellite services to customers.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace