Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Tecnam’s electric; China unmanned test sites; Canadian AAM; Volocopter’s UAM backbone; Beam solar charger; Loon stratospheric record
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests for the first time synchronously measured noise on the ground and on the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Ask the Editors: Traditional OEMs are likely to maintain a large role in the future of space.
Space

LeMiracle Hendking to Director of Sales of Freeflight Systems, Irving, TX.
Aerospace

COLLINEAR GROUP, WA was selected by Stottler Henke as sales partner for its Aurora planning and scheduling software solution that uses AI technology.
Aerospace

SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY purchased 32 Piper trainers, including the 5,000th Piper Archer.
Aerospace

L3HARRIS had $430m net income on $4.5b revenues in 3Q20 vs $435m on $4.4b in 3Q19 and increased its 2020 guidance.
Aerospace

HONEYWELL earned $617m on $2.7b sales in 3Q20 vs $908m on $3.5b in 3Q19; drop is sales was driven by lower commercial aftermarket demand due to
Aerospace

SAFRAN had €3.4b revenues in 3Q20 vs €6.1b in 3Q19; Aerospace Propulsion fell 48% (civil aftermarket -56.2%); it delivered 211 narrowbody engines (172
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau
Francisco Gomes Neto talks with Aviation Week in his first interview for the aerospace trade press.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
M&A activity among major A&D players is picking up again, but this time they are shedding assets or tacking on specialties.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Bell is looking to technology from its Model 360 Invictus as a potential template for a medium-size single-engine utility platform.
Air Dominance

By Joe Anselmo
Why Honeywell Aerospace’s chief sees a bright future for the industry despite today’s COVID-19 woes.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm with an aerospace and defense focus, is growing its military space business with a new acquisition that serves the Pentagon’s desire to tap into small-form, new-space developments.
Commercial Space

TRIMAS AEROSPACE had $3.7m adjusted operating profit on $39m sales in 3Q20 vs $7.8m on $50.6m in 3Q19; aerospace was 24% of TriMas total sales.
Aerospace

NASMYTH BULWELL has 7-year contract from Incora (formerly Wesco Aircraft and Pattonair) to manufacture precision engineered engine components.
Aerospace

AIRBUS has placed its second BelugaXL (1930; modified A330-200) into service; it is building six BelugaXLs total.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
North Dakota officials have announced the establishment of a statewide network for flying unmanned aircraft systems beyond visual line of sight of an operator, supported by a ground-based surveillance and communications infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Tournament Lab, working with social media crowdsourcing platform HeroX, is reaching out for proposals to offload a range of payload types at the Moon in support of the bold vision of developing a sustained human lunar presence this decade.
Space

VSE CORPORATION, VA has 5-year, $100m exclusive distribution agreement with unidentified hydraulic landing gear component manufacturer for >150 LRUs
Aerospace

BOEING confirmed plans to drop monthly production rates of 787 (from 10 to six) and 777/777X (from five to two) in 2021; it plans gradual increase of
Aerospace

Gerry Power to Head of Commercial Origination-Aviation Services of Seraph Aviation Group, Dublin.
Aerospace

MTU AERO ENGINES had €16m net income on €908m revenues in 3Q20 vs €125.5m on €1.2b in 3Q19. It has €18.8b backlog.
Aerospace

STRATASYS was qualified by Boeing to use its PEKK-based Antero 800NA thermoplastic material for 3D-printed flight parts.
Aerospace

AIRBUS had €767m net loss on €11.2b revenues in 3Q20 vs €989m profit on €15.3b in 3Q19. Commercial Aircraft unit lost €591m on €7.7b vs €1.2b profit
Aerospace