Aerospace

EATON AEROSPACE earned $68m in 2Q20 (vs $155m in 2Q19) on 27% lower revenues; organic sales were down 35%.

ASI AERO, FL completed part out of ex-Adria CRJ900 (15129), which was acquired from AeroCentury (SPNWS; Nov 22).

BOEING puts its commercial aircraft backlog at 4,552 (adjusted for ASC 606 accounting standards) vs actual 5,232 at end 1H20.

BOEING has pushed back first delivery target of 777X to 2022; it currently has 309 orders from over eight customers.

GE AVIATION lost $680m in 2Q20 (vs $1.4b profit in 2Q19) on 44% lower revenues; it has $258b backlog. It booked orders for 58 commercial engines (24

BOEING is slowing ramp-up in 737 production to gradually increase to 31 per month by start of 2022, reducing 777/777X production to two per month in

BOEING posted $2.4b net loss in 2Q20 (vs $2.9b loss in 2Q19) on 25% lower revenues; COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES had $2.8b operating loss (vs $4.9b) on 65%

This webinar took place July 29, 2020 and was sponsored by Raytheon Technologies. From the U.S. quest to replace its Apache helicopters to India’s

METAL FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES, CT secured investment from Battle Investment Group to accelerate growth in its finishing and coatings solutions business

HEXCEL had $203.9m in Commercial Aerospace sales in 2Q20, down 51% vs 2Q19, citing start of inventory reductions in supply chain as partially

CRANE AEROSPACE & ELECTRONICS earned $20 in 2Q20 (vs $49m in 2Q19) on 23% lower sales; it has $506m backlog.

ADDITIVE FLIGHT SOLUTIONS (Stratasys/SIAEC joint venture) has received AS9100D certification for quality for additive manufacturing in aerospace.

The failure of a high-pressure liquid-oxygen feed line triggered a premature engine shutdown during the debut flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, the company said on July 27.

The sleek, mimimalistic design is intended to blend safety for six passengers with maximizing the novel view of Earth from the edge of space.

COLLINS lost $317m in 2Q20 (vs $1.3b profit in 2Q19) on 36% lower sales, including 48% drop the commercial aftermarket.

PRATT & WHITNEY lost $457m in 2Q20 (vs $449m profit in 2Q19) on 32% lower sales, including 42% lower Commercial OE sales and 51% lower commercial

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES had $3.8b net loss in 2Q20 (vs $1.9b profit) in 2Q19 on 24% higher revenues and says it expects pressures in commercial

Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace has completed 550 flights of a large-scale technology demonstrator in an initial phase of testing for its tilt-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets in June showing improvement, but at a slower pace than some of the traditional leading indicators would suggest, with African airlines posting a contraction of 13.8% in June.

Around 850 Royal Air Maroc (RAM) staff, including pilots, are facing redundancy as the airlines has continued to struggle during Covid-19 and look to a recovery plan.

South Africa’s Comair, the operator of Kulula and British Airways flights in SA, is facing possible termination and liquidation of its business as lenders refuse to provide it R226m ((USD13.65 million).

The first of its kind virtual graduation ceremony took place at Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA) on July 24.

Joe Bentley to Chief Technology Officer of Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, CA.

Ask the Editors: It is likely that Spirit AeroSystems will try to acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures operations—but for less money.

KAMAN UK says it has reduced lead times for design/manufacture of complex mold tools for composites by 30% via use of springback modelling techniques.