Aerospace

A funny thing is happening on the way to the commercial space race: many legacy government space providers are waiting it out.

Responding to Wisk Aero’s lawsuit alleging the theft of trade secrets, Archer Aviation has described the case as “entirely baseless” and accused its urban air mobility (UAM) rival of “reckless innuendo and rank speculation” in a bid to “weaponize the legal system” to harm the startup.

Barely a month after being acquired by private-aviation powerhouse Directional Aviation, helicopter operator Halo Aviation has announced a partnership with Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air-taxi operation in the UK and U.S.

Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a deal with an undisclosed Asian customer for Heron 1 unmanned aerial system “services,” worth $200 million.

International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition IADE Tunisia will take place 11-15 March, 2022, at the international airport of Djerba-Zarzis - Tunisia.

IATA and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have released a joint statement on International Cabin Crew Day marked on May 31.

Qatar Airways Cargo is giving back to the communities through its sustainability project WeQare.

ExecuJet MRO Services is celebrating as winner of the ‘International’ category won by its Dubai facility at the 10th Annual Bombardier Authorized Service Facility (ASF) Excellence Awards, making this the company’s tenth consecutive win since the awards’ inception back in 2011.

RwandAir has become the first African airline to be awarded the top Diamond status rating for COVID-19 prevention measures - the highest attainable level.

Biden’s pending jobs package must include the sector for its ability to boost future innovation.

Merlin’s autonomous King Air; EHang’s bigger eVTOL; Near Earth on VoloDrone; MagniX’s electric seaplane; OneWeb’s beam-hopper.

As non-CO2 effects become a major focus in aviation’s climate efforts, Eurocontrol tests contrail prevention in air traffic management.

An electric-powered sailplane designed to ease challenges of training glider pilots has completed its experimental test phase and is being prepared for industrialization under a European-funded project.

Swiss artificial-intelligence startup Daedalean has completed a second study with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop concepts for

The green shoots of recovery are starting to show through in Nigeria’s business aviation sector.

All across Europe components for Leonardo’s Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor are coming in readiness for year-end final assembly.

She helped to imagine, articulate and execute forward-looking government policies that helped usher in the age of “New Space.”

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.