Aerospace

The World Travel Market (WTM) Africa has received the approval to go ahead in April 2021 as a live hybrid event.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is to use artificial intelligence in the design of an air taxi under a four-year, $7.2 million DARPA contract.

“These are very long-running issues; the Boeing-Airbus one has been running literally decades,” says one consultant.

SpaceX becomes first company to win U.S. government certification of human spaceflight system.

The FAA next year will begin using live telemetry data from commercial space vehicles to determine the extent of airspace it needs to protect during launch and re-entry operations.

BOEING forecasts Middle East will need to acquire 2,945 new aircraft (30 regional jets/1,540 narrowbodies/1,280 widebodies/95 freighters) worth $685b

SIX WEST announced it has become a wholly-owned Irish company following sale of its corporate jet crewing business.

APOC AVIATION, Netherlands acquired five CFM56-7Bs from unidentified North American carrier for its engine portfolio.

SPATIAL was selected by Cheongju University to supply A320 Door Trainer for use by Aero K and Qantas for A330/787 cabin emergency evacuation trainer.

BELCAN has acquired AVISTA, WI (safety-/mission-critical software engineering services) from TransDigm Group.

New Zealand start-up Kea Aerospace has unveiled plans to develop a stratospheric unmanned aircraft, aiming initially at the aerial imagery market.

Transformation of heritage aerospace contractor shows old dogs can learn new tricks.

This webinar took place November 18, 2020 and was sponsored by Embraer With sustainable aviation experts in the SAF sector, the panelists will examine

ANCRA INTERNATIONAL was selected by C Cubed Aerospace, CA to supply main deck and lower deck cargo loading systems for its A320/A321 freighter

ST ENGINEERING plans in 2021 to reorganize as Commercial and Defence & Public Security clusters, replacing the sector-structure of Aerospace

NASA’s third cargo resupply line to the International Space Station, operated by privately owned Sierra Nevada Corp., is delaying the debut launch of its reusable winged Dream Chaser spaceplane until 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic-related work issues, the company said on Nov. 17.

IRKUT rolled out first MC-21-310 with PD-14 engines as alternative to GTF-powered -300; first flight is TBA.

BOEING forecasts delivery of 2,430 freighters (930 new/1,500 pax-to-freighter conversions) of next 20 years to increase fleet to 3,260 in 2039 vs 2

PANASONIC AVIONICS secured Qatar Airways as launch customer for its EcoFW 10" IFE upgrade program for 37 777s.

DIEHL AVIATION plans in 2021 to launch restructuring to position itself in post-COVID-19 environment, which includes cutting up to 1,400 jobs in

Boaz Levy to Chief Executive Officer of Israel Aerospace Industries.

ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES had US$30m net income on US$1b sales in 3Q20 vs US$99m on US$1b in 3Q19; it posted record US$3.08b sales for first nine

AVCORP INDUSTRIES lost C$1.3m on C$34m revenues in 3Q20 vs C$7.5m loss on C$37m in 3Q19, and has C$6.6m cash.

Paul Charles to Head of Powerplant of TGIS Aviation Management, East Midlands, UK.

Launch service operator Arianespace has traced the cause of the Nov. 16 failure of a Vega rocket to an improperly connected electrical harness on the launcher’s Avum engine.