Aerospace

Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.

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

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

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.

Sat-based 5G Service Startup Omnispace Lands $60M In VC Omnispace, a Washington, D.C.-area startup aiming to provide satellite-based 5G connectivity for the Internet of Things market, announced a $60 million venture capital round and looks to enter service by the end of 2022.

Studies exploring how unmanned air systems could be used to help respond to oil spills at sea will be undertaken by a partnership of UK firms FlyLogix and Oil Spill Response Ltd.

Acubed collecting and processing millions of real-world images to train a machine-learning algorithm.

Qatar Airways has been acknowledged for its performance during the global pandemic as the best airline in the world by eDreams, one of Europe’s largest online travel agents.

The Emirates Group and Roads and Transport Authority have signed a MoU to collaborate and share best practices that enhance and create greater efficiencies across all asset management related activities for both organisations.

What leaders should do when we again are free to move about.

Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people ever and founder of the category-killing online business Amazon, said he will hand over the CEO title to Andy Jasse and become executive chairman of the business behemoth.

After a spat with the FAA over an incomplete safety assessment prior to a previous Starship test, SpaceX launched another Starship upper-stage prototype from Boca Chica Beach, Texas, on Feb. 2, reaching an altitude of 32,800 ft. (10 km) and demonstrating flight control during subsonic re-entry before the vehicle crashed at landing.

THALES was selected by Qatar Airways to supply AVANT IFE system for retrofit on its 30 787-8s.

ARGON & CO and R&G GLOBAL CONSULTANTS joined forces to expand and strenthen their operations consultancies for manufacturing and supply chain.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE, CA has acquired 25 PW1100G-JM and PW1500G GTF engines from Pratt & Whitney for its lease pool (under its ConstantAccess programs

GKN Aerospace is to lead the study of a “park-and-ride” concept for urban air transport under the UK’s Future Flight Challenge to develop a next-generation integrated aviation system.