Aerospace

Comac’s C919 and ARJ21 landed in Singapore on a gloomy Thursday afternoon for the 2024 edition of Singapore Airshow.

“We are not considering further increases seriously at this point,” Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says.

In what is becoming a year of going back to basics, aerospace manufacturing workers have the microphone.

CAE Inc. recorded a 30% annual decrease in profit in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 due to a lackluster performance by its defense business.

CAE had C$56.5m net income on C$1.1b revenues for third quarter ended Dec 31 vs C$78.1m on C$1b a year ago. Civil Aviation earned C$101m vs C$117.2m on 20% higher sales (it delivered 13 FFSs vs nine); it has C$6.1b backlog.

SIRIUS AVIATION, Switzerland secured order commitment from India's MEHAIR for 50 Sirius Jet hydrogen-powered VTOLs, and 50 options, in deal valued at $400m. As part of deal, MEHAIR will oversee final assembly of aircraft in India.

ATR delivered 36 aircraft in 2023 (vs 25 in 2022) and sold 40; 160 new routes were opened by ATR aircraft vs 150 in '22.

PPG added two new aerospace adhesives: PR-2940 epoxy syntactic paste adhesive for bonding internal structures; and PR-2936 that uses properties of a shim and sealant for attaching outer skins to internal structures.

IFPL GROUP was selected by Bulgaria's Electra Airways to supply Cobalt Spectrum LED drop-in mood lighting for A321s.

AAR announced proposed offering of $500m in senior notes due 2029 to partially fund its pending $725m acquisition of Triumph Group's Product Support business. It is also increasing its existing revolving credit facility from $620m to $795m.

BOEING delivered 27 aircraft (25 737 MAXs; 767-2C; 787) in January vs 38 (35 737 MAXs; three 787s) in Jan 2023.It also announced order from an unidentified customer for three 737 MAXs and ended month with 6,189 MAXs on backlog.

U.S. offshore operator PHi Group soon will begin long-delayed route-proving trials with the Airbus H160 medium-twin helicopter in the Gulf of Mexico.

Airbus is working to quadruple the production rate of the H175 to reflect the growing market need for the super-medium helicopter.

Two-thirds of Europe’s Clean Aviation research projects are focused on more sustainable advanced propulsion technologies for service entry in the mid-2030s.

The AFWerx innovation unit is focused on cargo applications for advanced air mobility aircraft.

Amid discouraging outlook for turboprops, ATR is back in the black and working on new versions.

Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million to further develop and grow its satellite-to-device network.

PRATT & WHITNEY is establishing new India Digital Capability Center (IDCC) in Bengaluru to drive its digital and business transformation and accelerate innovation; facility will be co-located with its engineering and supply chain centers.

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $765m net income on 6.6b sales in 2023 vs $469m on $5.7b in 2022; commercial aerospace sales rose 24%. It expects $7.1b sales in 2024 based on production of 34 737 MAXs and 56 A320 Family per month.

The aircraft has been delivered to New Braunfels National Airport, Texas.

Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.

While acknowledging they have to improve competitiveness, Daher’s officials insist OEMs must accept price increases.

The Boeing-owned company sees a path to pilotless flight without regulatory changes.

The DARPA competition seeks an aircraft that can take off and land vertically and cruise faster than today’s helicopters and tiltrotors.

Montreal-based Jaunt Air Mobility is finalizing the G-1 certification basis for Part 29 approval of its Journey eVTOL vehicle with Transport Canada.