Aerospace

It is an inconvenient truth that China means a lot to Boeing—and to U.S. foreign trade, manufacturing and employment.

Gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics has teamed with two South Korean startups in a bid to tap into the country’s ambitious plans to commercialize urban air mobility.

SpaceX has delayed its Transporter-2 mission to allow for more prelaunch checkouts, the company announced on Twitter.

The U.S. Air Force and its Agility Prime team have signed a contract with Electra to further advance the company’s development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for electric ultrashort takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft.

Are the aerospace and automotive industries approaching a parting of the ways on battery technology?

Former Airbus CEO joins Lilium; Archer hires former Aerion engineers

Dufour Aerospace has signed on with AirMobility Inc. to enter the Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market in time for the 2025 Osaka Expo.

In an exclusive interview with Aviation Week, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun commented on a variety of strategic initiatives, including advanced air mobility. “Wisk is probably the highest on our list as a program I want to do and double down on,” Calhoun says. “It’s electric. It displaces an incredibly inefficient market on urban mobility. Its real big win is noise—this virtually takes noise out of the equation.

UP.Partners is an early-stage venture capital company focused on funding startups developing enabling technologies for advanced mobility. UP was established in January 2020 by Ben Marcus and Cyrus Sigari, co-founders of private jet dealer jetAVIVA and drone airspace services provider AirMap.

Miguel Murciano to Vice President-Flight Training & Standards of Pan Am Flight Academy, FL.

Damon Cram to Vice President-Sales & Marketing of Pan Am Flight Academy, FL.

VIRGIN GALACTIC received FAA approval to carry passengers into space.

The dispute between eVTOL-developers Wisk and Archer Aviation over intellectual property escalated on June 23 as Archer filed a counterclaim.

Why the WTO pact is essential to blunting the China challenge.

SDA to loft spacecraft; Indonesia receives ScanEagle delivery; Will LRASM survive in Japan?; and Qatar’s Hawk trainers take flight.

A new delay and a design problem raise questions about Boeing’s digital approach to T-7A design.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION Boeing conducted the long-delayed first flight of the 737-10, the fourth and largest version of the MAX series, with a 2-hr. 30

GE/Safran demonstrator aims to make open rotor a reality for new single aisles after 40 years of research, tests and abandoned attempts.

As Airbus evaluates liquid hydrogen as a possible route to zero-emission commercial aviation by the mid-2030s, it has begun a research program to explore the potential of cryogenically cooled electric propulsion for large civil aircraft.

BOLLORÉ LOGISTICS CHILE inaugurated new 8,000 sq meter logistics distribution center near Arturo Merino Benítez Intl. Airport in Santiago.

NAVEO reports that aircraft utilization in 2020 and for first five months of 2021 remains >50% down vs 2019 levels; data reinforces how domestic

SPIRIT AERONAUTICS, OH was named by L3Harris Technologies as authorized distributor for its flight data analysis and verification services.

BOEING says its 737 production rate is currently at about 16 per month; it is expected to gradually increase to 31 in early 2022.

FLYDOCS was selected by easyJet to provide end of lease services to include digital migration, build, audit and records management to facilitate on