Aerospace

Urban air mobility is a case study in the benefits of digital design.

Embraer spins off an independent company to accelerate its entry into urban air transportation.

Lilium picks Orlando; UK’s future of flight; multiaircraft autonomy; GoFly adapts to COVID; VerdeGo tests hybrid; Sony plans drones.

This paper explores the many challenges aerospace OEMs and suppliers face today and how the model-based enterprise (MBE) lowers system program risk and delivers new avenues of innovation in electrical and electronic content platforms.

As the industry moves toward emission-free aviation, MTU Aero Engines welcomes the ZEROe concepts from Airbus. Hydrogen is a highly attractive future option for engine producers as well.

NASA and SpaceX are delaying the launch of the resident crew ferry flight to the International Space Station by one day due to expected high winds at the launch site and poor weather for booster recovery at sea.

Ask the Editors: Widebody fleets are under pressure and smaller single-aisles are expected to remain popular.

SpaceX Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer Elon Musk has received two positive and two negative test results for COVID-19, he said on Twitter Nov. 13.

HONEYWELL was selected by Total to provide its UOP Ecofining process to produce renewable fuels at its Grandpuits platform at Seine-et-Marne, France.

HÉROUX-DEVTEK earned C$3.8m on C$137.1m sales for second quarter ended Sept 30 vs C$6.3m on C$145.5m a year ago.

Potential Aircraft Sale for UAE; Boeing to train Qatari F-15QA pilots; Nigeria’s latest Chinese UAS order; and ESS contract for Lockheed.

NASA and the FAA are cooperating to understand performance characteristics and operating requirements for urban air taxis.

Washington could take a tougher line on NATO members seen as undermining the alliance’s cohesion, including Turkey and Poland.

BOEING forecasts China will need to acquire 8,600 new aircraft (380 regional jets/6,450 narrowbodies/1,590 widebodies/180 freighters) worth $1.4t over

Katy Zhao to Director of Business Development China-Engine Strategy Group of GA Telesis.

FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL launched HondaJet Elite training at Farnborough with new full flight simulator.

TRANSDIGM had $699m net income on $5.1b sales in year ended September 30 vs $890m on $5.2b a year ago.

Aireon on Nov. 12 announced an agreement with the FAA allowing the agency access to its satellite-routed aircraft surveillance data to evaluate different air traffic control applications.

Qatar Airways has received the 2021 Airline Passenger Experience Association’s (APEX) Five Star Global Official Airline Rating.

Germany is the first Eurofighter partner nation to top up its orders; Spain will follow in 2021.

OEM production rate guidance ain’t what it used to be; how the supply chain has to read between the lines.

IRELAND DOT agreed to revised €80m funding package that provides extra €48m funding for Irish aviation for 2021.

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE earned C$11m on C$163m revenues in 3Q20 vs $15.8m on $236m in 3Q19. It has C$91.2m cash.

STRATVIEW RESEARCH projects ceramic matrix composites (CMC) market for aircraft engine applications to grow 27.4% per year to $414.2m in 2025

AEROCOR acquired BlueMAX wireless data transfer unit from Australia-based Control-J.