Aerospace

Bauer Aviation Advisory (BAA), the award-winning aviation and strategy consulting firm, has become a Gold Sponsor of the 8th edition of the Arab Aviation Summit, taking place in Ras Al Khaimah from 21-23 March 2021.
Aerospace

Ethiopian Airlines transported the first COVID-19 vaccine shipment from Beijing to N'Djamena via Addis Ababa on 6th February 2021.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
GKN’s electric Skybus; Europe looks to medical UAM; NASA’s water rocket; German e-fuels; and Slovenian unmanned team.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
OHB System has filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the European Union against the European Commission’s decision to exclude the company from a program creating the second generation of Galileo navigation satellites.
Space

By Graham Warwick
NASA has struck agreements with General Electric and Honeywell to develop technologies for small-core turbine engines that burn less fuel and produce more power than current turbofans powering commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
UltraFan engine demo remains key to Rolls-Royce’s post-pandemic response strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Company debuts dedicated ride-share service, undercutting pricing again.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
New spacecraft aims to cache rocks, soils that may harbor life.
Space

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

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
737 MAX’s return does not mean work on the cornerstone narrowbody program is done, either.
Aircraft & Propulsion

HCL

By Jen DiMascio
Firefly Aerospace has won a $93.3 million NASA task order to provide 10 science and technology payloads in 2023 to help the space agency prepare for human missions to the Moon.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Israel plans to conduct simultaneous flights by multiple drones from different manufacturers in managed urban airspace under government-supported pilot programs to improve the country’s transportation options.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX on Feb. 4 launched its 18th mission to deliver Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, with another batch of 60 spacecraft poised for launch on Feb. 5.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Orbital Sidekick, a San Francisco-based startup aiming to offer satellite-based hyperspectral imaging and data analytics for the energy sector and others, has finalized operation plans for its Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) constellation that is set to launch this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
Commercial Space

THOMAS GLOBAL SYSTEMS has CAAC STC to install TFD-7000 Series plug-and-play LCD flight displays on 737s/757s/767s.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
A European Union-funded project is researching the use of urban air mobility for emergency medical services, with test flights in Finland, Germany and Norway planned for 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility

Abu Dhabi Ports has become the first-ever company from the Middle East to win a prestigious international CSR award from the UK-based CSR Accreditation (CSRA).
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $261m net income on $5.3b sales in 2020 vs $470m on $7.1b in 2019; 4Q20 sales fell 29%.
Aerospace

CPaT GLOBAL, Houston was selected by Royal Air Maroc to provide distance learning solutions for 737NG, MAX, 787, E190, 747, and 767-300 pilot training
Aerospace

JSFIRM.COM says it had 19% rise in job postings in 4Q20, and has record number of job postings in January, even compared to pre-pandemic numbers.
Aerospace

TRIUMPH GROUP had $68.1m net loss on $426m sales for third quarter ended December 31 vs $13.2m loss on $705m a year ago
Aerospace