Aerospace

ELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY was selected by Morf3D contract to provide materials testing at Huntington Beach, CA and by Honeywell to provide High

C&L AEROSPACE was selected by ACR ARTEX as distributor for its survival products (50 items) such as ELT batteries, ELTs, locator beacons and antennas

STRATA MANUFACTURING (aMubadala) and HONEYWELL teamed to produce N95 masks at Al Ain at rate of 30m per year.

AIRBUS opened new 5-station, 270,000 sq ft A220 final assembly hangar at Mobile, AL; first aircraft for JetBlue is due in 4Q20.

AIRBUS opened new 5-station, 270,000 sq ft A220 final assembly hangar at Mobile, AL; first aircraft for JetBlue is due in 4Q20.

THALES and ACSS were selected by SF Airlines to supply ADS-B equipment for retrofit on 59 freighter aircraft, including 17 737CLs, two 747-400Fs, 32

AEROX AVIATION OXYGEN SYSTEMS has been acquired by individual investor Scott E. Ashton.

Comair’s business rescue practitioners have held the first formal meetings with creditors and employees after the company entered business rescue on 5 May.

The coronavirus pandemic accelerates demonstration of BVLOS drone flights as the UK pushes for wider use of the technology.

Sean Myers to Vice President of Engines of ITS, Chandler, AZ.

Javier Hernandez to Regional Sales Manager-South and Central America, based in Miami, of C&L Aerospace.

Mike Delaney to Head of Confident Travel Initiative of Boeing.

TEXTRON AVIATION made first flight of Cessna SkyCourier utility turboprop with two PT6A-65SCs; it will be joined by five additional flight and ground

FLYDOCS, UK has 5-year Amerijet International Airlines contract to provide digital data and records management platform for its 767Fs.

AVCORP INDUSTRIES had C$10.4m net loss on C$40.2m revenues in 1Q20 vs C$13.6m net profit on C$42.2m in 1Q19.

GKN AEROSPACE was selected by Eviation to design and manufacture of wings, empennage and electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for Alice

Citing concerns about Tropical Storm Arthur, which was passing off the coast of North Carolina on May 18, SpaceX is standing down from its planned May 19 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to build out its Starlink network, putting the long-awaited flight test of a crewed Dragon spacecraft next on the launch schedule.

Air Austral has obtained a €86 million loan from government and shareholders to face the Covid-19 crisis, and resume its operations. Anuradha Deenapanray and Vincent Chappard report.

The founding general assembly of west African ground-handling companies took place in Togo late last year. Chukwu Emeke was in Lomé to report on this historic event.

High-tempo test schedule puts Firefly on track for September debut with Alpha launch vehicle.

U.S. Senate hearing fails to resolve why the FCC approved access to spectrum near GPS frequencies, with conditions.

UK future flight vision; sandbox for UAVs; making LEO safer; augmented-reality landings; connected by balloon.

Ask the Editors: With availability of Fed-backed private sector funding, large aerospace companies are unlikely to rely on CARES Act.

Virgin Orbit completed a second dress rehearsal of its LauncherOne small satellite launch system on May 15, but plans to conduct some additional testing ahead of the vehicle’s orbital test flight, targeted for later this month.

Faced with massive cost pressures during the COVID-19 crisis, Mitsubishi cuts back on regional jet investment.