Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is providing embedded computing and networking systems for an unnamed urban air taxi developer, the company announced Sept. 3.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Avinor Air Navigation Services is testing a drone traffic management system at the first two of 18 planned airport towers across Norway.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
From SpaceX’s recent successes to Palantir’s coming public stock offering, newcomers are making noise in A&D, but looks can be deceiving.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Piotr Butowski
The UAV concept Grom joins a growing number of Russian UAVs now in production or in development.
Air Dominance

EMBRAER is cutting its global workforce by 4.5% (900 employees), mainly from Commercial Aviation, as result of termination of Boeing deal, drop in
Aerospace

FASTEMS released Gantry Tool Storage (GTS) system and Manufacturing Management Software (MMS) that it says increases manufacturing efficiency (machine
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The Electron rocket’s kick stage that dispatched a small satellite into orbit for on Aug. 31 has become a free-flying demonstration of Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite platform, the company disclosed Sept. 3.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
The launch was shared among 21 customers. Applications for the spacecraft range from Earth observation to telecommunications to science, technology and education.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX sent a batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on Sept. 3 as the company looks toward public beta rollout of high-speed internet service this year.
Commercial Space

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno
Aviation Week editors discuss why Airbus and Boeing will need to further trim output to ride out the COVID-19 crisis. Don't miss a single episode
Aerospace

JET PARTS ENGINEERING has FAA approval for 13 new PMA parts, including seals for landing gear wheels, light lenses, flight control actuator bushings
Aerospace

Alex Krutz
Many companies miss the chance to reinvent for the future and leapfrog the status quo.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
NASA X-59 project inspires attempt to capitalize on possible entry of low-boom supersonic jets within the next decade.
Emerging Technologies

KINAXIS, Canada was selected by L3Harris Technologies to provide its RapidResponse to support strategic decision-making across supply chains.
Aerospace

BOEING says eight 787s (some operated by United, Singapore and Air Canada) were grounded last week for inspection/repair after two issues in the
Aerospace

AVSIGHT, NC unveiled aviation-specific Sequoia 5 ERP platform that includes parts history, price quoting and teardown manifest tracking capabilities.
Aerospace

SHELL AVIATION developed Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP)-free refuelling system in conjunction with FAUDI AVIATION to protect aircraft and engines from
Aerospace

NEXTANT AEROSPACE and VERACITY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS formed partnership to expand their NDT capabilities beyond the aviation industry.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Honeywell Aerospace has established an avionics integration lab for urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles at its Deer Valley facility in Phoenix.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The first of two aircraft fitted with a modular hybrid-electric propulsion system developed under a European research program is expected to fly in September.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Hill Helicopters wants to help relaunch the British rotorcraft industry with a fresh design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
After moves toward recovery during the European summer season, airlines are facing up to a much tougher winter.
Airlines & Lessors

DE HAVILLAND CANADA says its Dash 8-400 was recertified to ICAO Chapter 14 noise emission standards, which are equal to FAA Stage 5 (effective 2021).
Aerospace

GE AVIATION was selected by Cathay Pacific Group to provide its Event Measurement System (EMS) for flight analytics and the FlightPulse pilot app.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Prevented from beginning flight testing by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, startup Sabrewing Aircraft has begun using a flight simulator to verify the
Advanced Air Mobility