Aerospace

Perseverance to cache samples and demo for tech for future missions.

Single-aisle production is planned to rise by the end of the year as Airbus awaits the inflection point toward market recovery.

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

TPC WIRE & CABLE acquired INTEGRATED CABLE SYSTEMS, CO (cables/harnesses/electro-mechanical assemblies/panels).

Rod Williams to Chief Commercial Officer of Universal Hydrogen; Dr. Tom Enders and John Leahy joined the Strategic Advisory Board.

UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN, CA secured investment from Trucks Venture Capital for developing green hydrogen distribution and logistics solution for the

STAR AIR, India acquired its fifth ERJ 145 (1024; ex-Tianjin Airlines) since startup in 2019; it now serves 13 cities.

Surf Air Mobility to deploy hybrid-electric upgrades across its fleets and market to other operators and manufacturers.

STRATASYS, Israel acquired UK-based RP SUPPORT (3D printers/solutions).

MTU AERO ENGINES had €147m net income on €4b revenues in 2020 vs €488m on €4.6b in 2019; commercial OEM revenues fell 32% and commercial maintenance

EMBRAER welcomed Brazil’s decisions to withdraw ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute with Canada regarding aeronautical subsidies and to

PROPONENT expanded its partnership with Donaldson Filtration Solutions to serve the commercial fixed wing aerospace markets of North/South America in

AIRBUS had €1.1b net loss on €49.9b revenues in 2020 (vs €1.4b loss on €70.5b in 2019); commercial aircraft segment lost €1.3b on €34.3b revenues vs

DE HAVILLAND CANADA plans to pause Dash 8 production after building last aircraft on backlog (expected in 1H21) and will close/leave production site

BlackSky, a startup with a burgeoning constellation of imaging satellites and its own data analytics service, will become a publicly traded company.

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Soyuz rockets may again begin launching civilians to the ISS.

UAE’s Hope and China’s Tianwen-1 open new chapters in Mars exploration.

SOCOM plans Armed Overwatch buy; GBSD moves past initial review; GE engine to power Italian helo and Denmark bolsters Arctic defenses.

Launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. has purchased NewSpace India Ltd.’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to launch Spaceflight’s largest spacecraft to date at the end of February from Sriharikota, India.

RECARO, Germany extended contract with Airbus to supply SWIFT economy class seats (as SFE) for A320 Family aircraft.

ESSEX INDUSTRIES acquired STEVENS MANUFACTURING, CT (precision machined OEM parts; primarily for rotorcraft).

Iceland’s air navigation service provider Isavia ANS announced Feb. 17 that it has implemented satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its airspace.

Renewable fuel producer Fulcrum BioEnergy has partnered with refinery operator Essar Oil (UK) to build a facility in northwest England to convert municipal solid waste into sustainable aviation fuel.

Finland has launched a research project to reduce the cost of producing synthetic fuels, or e-fuels, using renewable electricity and sequestered carbon dioxide.