Aerospace

A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. military wants terminals to connect with multiple satellite constellations.

Dr. Gert Pfeifer to General Manager Europe of Jettainer, Raunheim, Germany.

AIRBUS rolled first A350-900 (684) out of the FAL in Toulouse for EMIRATES, which has ordered 65 for delivery by 1H28.

LOAR GROUP, NY filed registration statement for proposed IPO on NYSE.

Kristina Snow to Strategic Inventory Sales Manager, focusing on consignment deal with AVIAN, of C&L Aerospace, Bangor, ME.

AAR secured exclusive, multi-year distribution agreement with TRIUMPH's Actuation Products & Services unit for >100 top-level assemblies and subcomponents for Airbus/Boeing aircraft; deal commences in Jan 2026.

Metal components supplier Mecachrome may have an edge in manufacturing processes, but sometimes being ahead of one’s time is a challenging position.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the "Big 4" U.S. operators—feeder network is not included in this analysis—with the MRO Americas event fast approaching.

Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.

The company is confident a spate of hardware issues and oversights are behind it.

The commission and major sustainable aviation fuel producer send reassurance on mandate volumes.

Sweden is beginning to ponder what follows the Gripen as it looks to preserve its national combat aircraft development capability.

TIDE ROCK acquired CABLENET AEROSPACE, which specializes in turnkey applications for GSE out of 20,000 sq ft facility in Denver.

PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by Croatia Airlines to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for 15 A220s on order.

AUTOFLIGHT, China delivered first 5-seat Prosperity all-electric eVTOL aircraft to undisclosed Japanese customer in preparation for demonstration eVTOL flights at the 2025 Osaka World Expo, as well as a wider AAM rollout in Japan.

Nicolas Behr to Vice President for Contracts of Safran Cabin.

PROPONENT acquired Southern California-based stocking distributor HC PACIFIC, which its says brings an additional 56,000 products to its portfolio and important strategic relationships with key suppliers in military marketplace.

PROPONENT, CA was selected by New Hampshire Ball Bearings as distribution partner for its bearing products for aerospace aftermarket.

Dr. Yuta Yamanoi to Managing Director of Instrument Systems, Munich.

The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies

AST SpaceMobile’s first batch of direct-to-cellular satellites will not be launched in the second quarter of this year as planned,

The project involves Thales, TXT and the Universite Laval.

Russia has restored its capability for high-resolution Earth mapping with the recent launch of the new Resurs-P observation satellite.