Aerospace

Following the exit of Bombardier, Airbus is digging deeper into what it can do to make the A220 profitable fast.

With thousands of satellites expected to launch in the next 10 years, the U.S. is trying to prevent orbital mayhem.

Dozens of tech demos and satellites for new networks have been launched into orbit, with hundreds more to come.

An old friend is about to crash the party in A&D manufacturing and MRO: Howmet Aerospace. But it might not be so friendly this time.

The public comment period for the FAA’s Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems draft regulation closed just before midnight on March 2, with 51,006 comments counted.

Finnish procurement officials say they expect all five contenders in the country’s HX Fighter competition to remain in the race until the end.

AIRBUS rolled out from paint shop the first US-assembled A220-300 (55069) for delivery to DELTA, its first A220-300.

PIETRO ROSA TBM, Italy has 10-year MTU Aero Engines contract to supply precision forged airfoils for PW1100G-JMs and PW1400G-JMs for A320neo Family

PIPER has installed a high-pressure Flexform press from QUINTUS TECHNOLOGIES for manufacturing sheet metal parts.

CT acquired AST ENGINEERING, Germany (systems/software engineering).

ERICKSON, OR received FAA approval for new composite main rotor blades for its S-64; it also plan to certify on the CH54.

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES has BAA Training order for nine RealitySeven (Airbus/Boeing) full flight simulators; four are slated for delivery through 1H21

TRIMAS AEROSPACE completed acquisition of RSA ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, Simi Valley, CA which manufactures air ducting, connectors, flexible joints, ozone

AE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS has acquired ADCOLE MARYLAND AEROSPACE (AMA), MA, which produces critical spacecraft components/small satellites.

Bristow is conducting search-and-rescue trials in the UK with an unmanned helicopter as it considers how to use the technology for future search-and-rescue contracts.

Boeing is offering a thrust-compounded helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Tier 2 manufacturer Senior will continue its move away from the U.S. Pacific Northwest and elsewhere and toward locating more work in Asia, as well as continuing to shop the British company’s aerostructures business, executives said Mar. 2.

Aviation Africa – which opens in Addis Ababa on Wednesday 4th March – will be addressing the impact of Coronavirus on the aviation industry.

Can Ireland continue to rely on its British neighbors to meet its air defense needs, or should it stand on its own two feet?

Safran executives are expressing cautious optimism that any decline in commercial aftermarket demand linked to COVID-19 will be short-lived but acknowledge that it could be sharp.

CIRCOR AEROSPACE & DEFENSE earned $51.5m on $273m sales in 2019 vs $36m on $237m in 2018. It has $194.5m backlog.

Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, passed away; he was 84.

AURELIUS GROUP, Germany acquired ZIM, Germany (seat manufacturer) in deal arranged by Seabury Capital Group.

AIRBUS made first flight of 251-tonne A330-900 for certification in mid-2020; aircraft offers additional 650 nm range (to 7,200 nm) vs standard 242

More than 45,000 respondents have commented on the FAA’s draft regulation for remote identification of drones as of the March 2 deadline.