Aerospace

The Airbus Foundation, together with the French Red Cross (FRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), have flown a medical team and 14 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Republic of the Congo.

The FAA will mandate safety management systems, getting ahead of a potential congressional mandate stemming from the 737 MAX fallout.

The U.S-UK Technology Safeguards Agreement overcomes current regulations so that U.S.-developed launchers can operate from UK soil.

Airbus’ hybrid-electric technology and hydrogen power could pave the way for a greener replacement to its bestselling Ecureuil platform.

Boeing has told its primary 737 supplier Spirit AeroSystems to produce only 72 shipsets this year.

Network-based identity and position reporting by drones will not be costly for their operators, says one of the companies assisting the FAA in developing “Remote ID” service requirements.

BURRANA, CA unveiled RISE commercial aircraft IFE platform consisting of hardware, software, apps and services for 1Q21.

SMARTTRAY INTERNATIONAL, AZ received grants for six more utility patents for Personal Electronic Device (PED) holders in pax seats and tray tables.

Michael Buscher to Chief Growth Officer of NuWave Solutions, Washington, DC.

Dr. Reggie Brothers to Chief Executive Officer of NuWave Solutions, Washington, DC.

AE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS acquired NUWAVE SOLUTIONS, which provides data management, analytics, AI, machine learning, and cloud solutions.

TRIUMPH SYSTEMS & SUPPORT has 5-year Bell Textron contract to supply mechanical flight controls for Bell 429/412/407 helicopters.

The Space Development Agency must submit a detailed plan to use commercial satellites as a service in the future National Defense Space Architecture, a panel of lawmakers say.

THINKOM SOLUTIONS says its Ku3030 aero satellite antennas have now been installed on >1,550 commercial aircraft and have accrued >17m flight hours.

UMLAUT, Germany has developed X-Lite Freighter solution comprising cabin-cargo-trolley that can be boarded through pax door and locked into seat track

Jim McMullen to Chief Executive Officer of The Atlas Group, Wichita, KS.

Under a Space Act Agreement with NASA, space company Virgin Galactic is to develop a training program for private astronaut missions to the International Space Station.

Startup Space Perspective is looking to early 2021 to begin test flights of a high-altitude balloon with a pressurized capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), with an eye toward carrying commercial passengers and research payloads.

Airbus lands autonomously; Cuberg’s better eVTOL battery; fuel from CO2; Swiss electric propulsion; and fuel-cell eVTOL.

Error and fear are part of human beings’ superior performance, says French safety expert.

Ask the Editors: Whatever Bell does, it may have trouble making any serious dent in the AW139’s market lead.

Chinese scientists have taken a large step toward a theoretically secure communication technology, demonstrating quantum key distribution (QKD) between ground stations via a satellite.

This webinar took place June 19, 2020 and sponsored by Siemens. Christian Brose, a former majority director of the U.S. Senate Armed Services

Michael D'Ambrose to Executive Vice President-Human Resources of Boeing, Chicago (effective July 6).

Startup Beta Technologies transfers its eVTOL prototype to new location to begin flight testing.