Aerospace

ANA Holdings, parent company of All Nippon Airways, is cooperating with Japanese startup Aeronext on the development of delivery drones with the goal of beginning commercial operations in 2022-23.

Drone delivery company Volansi is to partner with U.S. Special Operations Command to demonstrate its Voly M20 long-range cargo unmanned aircraft under a small business contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force.

Ask the Editors: Hydrogen propulsion offers a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, but major challenges lie ahead.

SAFRAN broke ground on (Boeing) interior component manufacturing facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, to employ 800 workers.

PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by Middle East Airlines-Air Liban to supply eX1 IFEC solution for 15 A321ceo/neos.

Greg Hayes took heat for merging UTC with Raytheon, but critics are silenced as defense has cushioned the company during the pandemic.

Aerion’s carbon-neutral fuel; Calspan tests trust in AI; Dubai advances Sky Dome; DLR backs clean aviation; Lilium’s modular vertiports.

The FAA and Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation sign an accord to advance drone integration standards.

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will next year will see significant steps to promote Israel as a tourism destination in the UAE and Bahrain.

IATA has released October data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo demand continued to improve but at a slower pace than the previous month and remains below previous year levels.

Ask the Editors: The pause on the Airbus A220-500 development will be short-lived because of the growing demand for bigger narrowbodies.

AIRBUS reports the BelugaXL entered service at Getafe, Spain to operate weekly flights carrying horizontal tailplanes, A350 Section 19 and wing lower

This webinar took place July 10, 2020. COVID-19 could prove to be the making or the breaking of the electrification of electric propulsion. Will the

The KZ-11 solid-propellant space launcher of Chinese state company Expace failed on its first flight on July 10.

Boeing released its annual forecast for the commercial and defence aerospace market, reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Boeing’s view of near-, medium- and long-term market dynamics, including the commercial market outlook for the Middle East.

Initiatives such as the European Defense Fund and PESCO could give the European defense industry a leg-up in the post-coronavirus era.

Airbus Defense & Space CEO Dirk Hoke talks with Aviation Week about COVID impact, Europe’s big defense initiatives and other challenges.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

KRÜGER AVIATION, Germany and LUFTHANSA TECHNIK teamed to develop a lightweight (600-800 grams) economy class seat divider provide physical separation

Ask the Editors: OEMs have shifted away from the underlying architectures of automobiles. Is a similar sea change in aviation due?

Hal Chrisman to President of Raisbeck Engineering (Acorn Growth Companies), Seattle.

ROLLS-ROYCE reports that year-over-year widebody engine flying hours were down 50% in 1H20 (75% in 2Q20); MRO activity was broadly stable in 1H20, but

AIRBUS delivered 36 aircraft (A220; 31 A320neos; four A350s) in June 2020 vs 76 (six A220s; 10 A320ceos; 44 A320neos; five A330s; 10 A350s; A380) in

Emirates reveals that is has returned over AED 5 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) in COVID-19 related travel refunds to date, making strong and steady progress on its commitment to customers to complete pending refunds.