Aerospace

DARPA preparing to award contracts to design an X-plane concept around active flow control.

FAA’s ConOps for UAM; NASA seeks AAM partners; Europe’s clean R&D plan; Wisk eyes U.S. UAM launch; FAA certifying 12 drones.

ATR announced it is cutting production in half and as such rightsizing its organization affecting 204 positions. It plans to work together with its

Nimrod Sheffer is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Israel Aerospace Industries (effective TBA); no successor was named.

HENSOLDT SOUTH AFRICA agreed to acquire the Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Defence & Security business units of Tellumat to expand in Africa.

MEGGITT offloaded Meggitt Training Systems, GA (military/law enforcement live fire/simulation training) to PINE ISLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS for $146m.

The first Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, NC-1, will follow an initial developmental test event, NC-DT, to be staged this year.

“We’re taking a very aggressive position right now, in trying to get more and more companies into the standard airworthiness process,” the head of FAA's UAS Integration Office said July 1.

The flight readiness engine, produced at Blue Origin’s Kent, Washington, is the first of two BE-4s ULA will attach to a Vulcan rocket for configuration checks and testing.

These corridors are a key feature of the agency’s first concept of operations, ConOps 1.0, for urban air mobility.

Belfast-based unmanned aircraft services provider Crowded Space Drones has named the lead drone executive of the UK Civil Aviation Authority as its new director of operations.

EMBRAER acquired majority stake in TEMPEST SECURITY INTELLIGENCE, the largest cybersecurity company in Brazil serving over 300 clients in Brazil

FACC secured €150m in new financing via €90m bond redemption and €60m line of credit from Austrian Kontrollbank (OeKB).

Ask the Editors: Airports are revamping their check-in process to create a safer, contactless environment for travelers.

Etihad Airways has been ranked as the most punctual airline in the Middle East and one of the most punctual in the world by the global aviation analytics group OAG.

Airbus Helicopters’ multi-role twin engine H160 has been granted its type certificate by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

This webinar took place July 1, 2020. As furloughs and layoffs have made the headlines, it’s the work behind the scenes — to get as many people back

Boeing is looking for the lowest sustainable production rate for its suppliers so they are still there to ramp up someday.

“Our target is very squarely a U.S. city. We call it our North Star,” Wisk CEO Gary Gysin said. "We’re not announcing what that city will be, but we know where we are going to fly.

Ask the Editors: Industry consolidation and growing automation and digitization will exacerbate pandemic-related layoffs.

Roger Raley to President of Alpine Advanced Materials, Dallas.

Dr. Kristen H. Brosnan to Technology Director of Superior Technical Ceramics (STC), St. Albans, VT.

NXTCOMM opened 10,000 sq ft antenna manufacturing facility in Atlanta.

ROYAL ADHESIVES & SEALANTS (H.B. Fuller), CA was added to Boeing's Premier Bidder (for work) Program, which has approximately 100 suppliers.

Comair’s creditors have granted its business rescue practitioners an extension to publish the business rescue plan after an interested investor group requested more time to progress its offer.