Aerospace

VEELO TECHNOLOGIES, OH received its AS9100D certification for quality.

CRANE AEROSPACE & ELECTRONICS earned $25m on $157m sales in 3Q20 vs $47m on $197m in 3Q19; it has $498m backlog.

In an effort to facilitate the integration of unmanned aviation into everyday life, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved an initial batch of test sites in 13 cities across the country.

Pyka has FAA approval to begin trial operations at farms in California and Nevada.

ENTROL has Cannes Aviation Academy order for A32 FNPT II MCC simulator.

SATAIR supplied an airline customer with A320ceo wingtip fences (four parts) manufactured via 3D printing, which it believes is first certified metal

KANFIT3D, Israel installed SLM 280 system to begin 3D printing of medium-to-high-volume aluminum parts and prototypes using selective laser melting.

Michael J. Warren to a Partner of Liberty Hall Capital Partners, Charleston, SC.

As Virgin Galactic enters final preparations for the first rocket-powered flight of SpaceShipTwo from its Spaceport America operational facility in New Mexico, the company has added two additional pilots to its ranks.

COLLINS AEROSPACE earned $526m on $4.3b sales in 3Q20 vs $1.3b on $6.5b in 3Q19; commercial aftermarket fell 52%.

PRATT & WHITNEY posted $615m loss on $3.5b sales in 3Q20 vs $520m profit on $5.3b in 3Q19; commercial aftermarket sales fell 51%, but military sales

ONTIC has acquired manufacturing rights from Pratt & Whitney Canada for additional JT15D parts (fourth phase of a process that started back in 2015)

Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) software for Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic flying testbed has passed a preliminary design review and is being readied by developer Draper for loading next year into the vehicle’s flight control computers.

The CEO of IATA Alexander de Juniac said in a media briefing today that for airlines to survive, they will need to bring costs in line with revenues.

AIRCRAFT TOWING SYSTEMS WORLD WIDE, OK has developed an automated aircraft towing system prototype that uses electric-powered pull car/tow dolly and

A 15th batch of Starlink satellites reached orbit on Oct. 24, SpaceX’s second launch within a week to build up an initial 1,450-member broadband communications network.

The U.S. Space Force has not closed the door on helping industry fund a “manufacturing on orbit” concept, meaning building parts for satellites while in space, according to the service’s acquisition executive.

If the current fragile jetliner market worsens, the U.S. and other governments might feel pressure to reconsider their nonintervention.

AIRBUS is considering an increase of A320 Family production in 2H21 from 40 to 47 per month, and has asked supply chain to prepare; it stresses no

BARNES AEROSPACE earned $6.8m on $72.1m sales in 3Q20 vs $32.7m on $140.9m in 3Q19; OEM backlog stands at $534m, down 4% from June 2020

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS reduced purchase price from $500m to $275m to acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures activities and aftermarket services operations in

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Lockheed Martin has shifted its small satellite launch plans from mainland Northern Scotland to a site in the Shetland Islands.

Listen in as CEO Francisco Gomes Neto gives his side of Embraer’s breakup with Boeing, what he thinks of finding new partners, and how he plans to steer the Brazilian aircraft company through the COVID-19 storm.

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