Aerospace

GOGO lost $84.8m in 1Q20 (vs $16.8m loss in 1Q19) on 8% lower revenues; it has furloughed 54% of its workforce (about 600 employees) due to COVID-19.

DDC-I, AZ was selected by Pratt & Whitney to provide its Deos DO-178 safety-critical real-time operating system (RTOS) for PT6 E-Series engine.

Cassio family unveil; Sabrewing rollout; WatFly’s personal eVTOL; Advancing Remote ID; Sniffing out COVID-19.

Elbit Systems has introduced a long-range maritime rescue system for the Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft system ordered by an undisclosed customer in Southeast Asia, the company announced on May 7.

Boeing formally has decoupled restarting production of the 737 MAX from the recertification effort for the grounded narrowbody, and the OEM and leading supplier

Boeing Australia rolls out first Airpower Teaming System unmanned aircraft.

The facility needs a new launcher and a new manned spacecraft. Both flew on May 5.

In damage-control effort, French aerospace industry outlines plans for supply chain support.

COLLINS AEROSPACE earned $1.1b on $6.4b in 1Q20 vs $856m on $6.5b in 1Q19; commercial aftermarket sales rose 3%.

AIRBUS booked order in April from AVOLON for eight A320neos and one A321neo; it delivered 14 aircraft (12 A320neo Family; A330ceo; A350) in April vs

Month-old Raytheon Technologies is slashing billions of dollars in costs and other retrenchments, including workforce cutbacks, as commercial OEM and aftermarket revenue could be halved this year in the wake of COVID-19.

Airbus delivered just 14 aircraft in April, showing the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the air transport industry.

PRATT & WHITNEY earned $439m on $5.4b sales in 1Q20 vs $433m on $4.8b in 1Q19; it delivered 725 engines vs 752.

ROLLS-ROYCE reduced its delivery projection for 2020 from 450 widebody engines to about 250 and says it plans to announce workforce reductions (said

BOMBARDIER AVIATION earned $7m on $1.5b revenues in 1Q20 vs $664m on $1.4b in 1Q19 and delivered 31 aircraft (26 business jets) vs 28 (24). It expects

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES plans to close acquisition of CRJ program from BOMBARDIER on June 1 and will operate business (maintenance, support

Rolls-Royce says it is “actively pursuing” changes to its business to better align with medium-term market conditions as the coronavirus pandemic hits engine production and maintenance volumes.

Bombardier’s CRJ program, but not its production facilities, will become part of a marketing and support unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on June 1, eventually backing the Japanese group’s SpaceJet regional jet.

Ask the Editors: Sustainable aviation fuels are technically viable today; it is their economic viability that remains in question.

This webinar took place May 7, 2020 The aviation industry’s efforts to improve sustainability have been put on the back burner as the COVID-19 crisis

National Aviation Services (NAS) recently donated Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) kits to the Covid-19 National Task Force formed by the Ugandan Ministry of Health.

Frozen for now, the bonfire of A&D consolidation will roar again as COVID-19 leads to a shakeout in the lower tiers.

Peter Austin to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PEI-Genesis, Philadelphia.

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE had C$20.1m net income on C$240m revenues in 1Q20 vs C$20.4m on C$270m in 1Q19.

ASTRONICS AEROSPACE lost $63m on $141m sales in 1Q20 vs $26m profit on $188.5m in 1Q19; sales were negatively affected by 737 MAX grounding and OEM’s