Aerospace

Airbus is to continue investing in urban air mobility despite shutting down Voom, its on-demand helicopter booking service, citing the impact of the novel coronavirus crisis.

Aviation Week MRO editors discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the aviation aftermarket—and how some schools and companies are adapting. Don

HONEYWELL secured 2-year, $6b delayed draw term loan to maximize financial flexibility and further bolster liquidity; it closed 2019 with $10b in cash

HOWMET AEROSPACE, PA was spun off from Arconic into standalone company to provide advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation

Neil Cairns to Chief Executive Officer of Acro Aircraft Seating, UK.

AIRBUS is now producing 3D-printed medical visor frames at most of its sites in Spain.

CERTTECH, KS has acquired WTI, MI (custom test system development).

THYSSENKRUPP AEROSPACE was selected by AVIC Chenfei Commercial Aircraft (CCAC) to supply an additional work package of 1,200 tonnes of aluminum for

AAR SUMISHO AVIATION SERVICES is being formed in Chicago by AAR and Sumitomo to distribute aircraft parts and provide logistics management for

UK-headquartered Acro Aircraft Seating has appointed former Collins Aerospace and B/E Aerospace executive Neil Cairns as its new CEO.

Air navigation service providers (ANSPs), particularly those that are privately owned, are taking tough steps to ensure they can survive the slump in air traffic caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Chinese flights are carrying light loads and earning low yields, but the government wants the industry to fly as much as possible.

Astronics, the already embattled provider of aircraft seat technology and other interior products, is “adjusting its workforce” to align with a dropoff in demand due to the coronavirus and sudden economic slowdown.

The UK confirms a new hypersonic weapon project with the U.S. as the UK Defense Ministry moves to leverage decades of expertise.

The recently unveiled, though notional, Quartet Interceptor provides clues as to how some missile-defense architectures may evolve.

ASTRONICS says COVID-19 is affecting about 25% of its business and has drawn down about $150m from its existing line of credit to augment cash on hand

HONEYWELL is adding manufacturing capabilities in Phoenix to produce N95 face masks for US Govt for COVID-19; it also produces masks in Rhode Island.

RAYTHEON and UNITED TECHNOLOGIES received all required regulatory approvals to complete merger and form RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; deal is to

Avcorp returned to its financial sponsor in early March to significantly increase a credit line, company representatives acknowledged Mar. 31.

ONBOARD SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL has FAA STC to install its dual cargo hook kits for Bell 206L/407.

AVCORP INDUSTRIES lost C$7.5m on C$165m revenues in 2019 vs C$15.6m profit on C$171m in 2018. It says results were negatively impacted by the lower

MESA INTERNATIONAL has developed new smart manufacturing model that takes into account business intelligence, PLM, manufacturing operations, value

VERTICAL RESEARCH PARTNERS is projecting COVID-19 could result in about 25% decline in near-term new-aircraft demand over next five years to 6,300

ECLIPSE GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY and DISPLAY INTERACTIVE (DI) signed strategic agreement to provide end-to-end IFEC solutions to airlines and business

Swedish startup Liquid Wind has announced plans to build a series of commercial-scale, renewable-fuel plants across Scandinavia.