Aerospace

The Canadian Advanced Air Mobility consortium has been launched in Vancouver, British Columbia, with the goal of accelerating the development and commercialization of electric vertical-takeoff aircraft.

Charging infrastructure is cited as one of barriers to be overcome if electric aviation is to take off, and a Californian company is demonstrating how chargers can be provided at small airports while avoiding the challenges of permitting and construction.

An enlarged second stage would have two engines and more propellant. Much more payload space can be provided.

The mission carried nine Earth-imaging SuperDove cubesats for Planet and a tech demo for Canon Electronics.

BOEING is anticipating reducing its office footprint by about 30% as it says working virtually is working better than expected.

BOEING is assuming $9.1 in liabilities for 737 MAX program; it has to date paid out $3.1b and has another $2.6b in settlements.

ALPINE ADVANCED MATERIALS, Dallas has demonstrated, via EMI testing, that its HX5 aviation grade thermoplastic nanocomposite has exceptional

KADEX AERO SUPPLY, Canada was named by Goodyear as aviation distributor.

As it looks ahead to certifying its VoloCity electric air taxi by the end of 2022, Germany’s Volocopter is working with a Lufthansa subsidiary to build the digital backbone for its planned urban air mobility service.

Ask the Editors: Airbus’ strategy remains expanding its overseas market share, so the OEM is not likely to bring work back to Europe.

GE AVIATION earned $356m on $4.1b revenues in 3Q20 vs $1.7b on $8.8b in 3Q19; it delivered 329 commercial aviation engines (172 LEAPs) vs 714 (455

BOEING posted $466m net loss on $14.1b revenues in 3Q20 vs $1.2b profit on $20b in 3Q19 and says it anticipates a workforce of about 130,000 employees

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.