Aerospace

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

VELO3D released additive manufacturing process for aircraft-grade Aluminum F357 alloy parts that were traditionally manufactured using casting

BAA TRAINING reopened its flight training base in Kaunas, Lithuania, and resumed Ab Initio flight training operations after COVID-19 distractions.

SCIAKY has order from Merrill, MI for an electron beam (EB) welding machine.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS lost $163m on $1.1b revenues in 1Q20 vs $163m net income on $2b in 1Q19; it delivered 18 MAX shipsets vs 152 a year ago, and has

The FAA has named eight companies that will assist the agency in establishing technology requirements for suppliers of remote identification services for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

A week after winning a $135 million NASA contract to support work on its fully reusable, deep-space transportation system, SpaceX conducted a successful static test fire of a full-size, second-stage Starship prototype.

Eyeing a new era of airport security that promotes touchless screening and healthier travel, U.S. government services giant Leidos has closed its roughly $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Security Detection and Automation businesses and Leidos leaders see growth potential in a post-coronavirus world.

Angolan fixed wing and rotary aircraft operator, Bestfly, has won a three-year contract to support ExxonMobil’s requirements to ferry staff from Luanda to its main oil logistics base at Soyo.

Space startup Firefly Aerospace aims to complete the first launch of its two-stage Alpha rocket as early as September and says testing of engines and site preparation remain on track despite the threat of potential disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.

Signs of domestic recovery are emerging in Asian markets such as China, South Korea and Vietnam, although many others remain in decline.