Aerospace

Boeing has donated 250,000 medical-grade respiratory masks to address medical supply shortages in China.

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed a US$300 million five-year dual tranche unsecured term financing facility with Emirates Islamic and Emirates NBD Capital, the investment banking arm of Emirates NBD.

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has won the ‘International Air Cargo Marketer of the Year’ Award at the 2020 STAT International Award for Excellence in Air Cargo which was held from 25-27 February, 2020 in Mumbai, India.

Aphrodite Management Holding, a group that specialises in aviation services, insurance, and travel ancillaries, will be presenting APPS, its revolutionary business model that promises to increase airline revenue by 1,500%, during this year’s round of the Aviation Africa.

Hybrid-electric 50-seater; medical delivery eVTOL; South Korea targets UAM; Electric commuter; Climate research.

The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) yesterday launched Phase I of a project to rehabilitate and upgrade Aden International Airport.

The Greener Air Traffic Operations (GreAT) project aims to reduce “gate-to-gate” fuel consumption and emissions by developing and assessing an environment-friendly air traffic operational concept, adaptive airspace and trajectory optimization as well as supporting avionics.

WICHITA—Spirit AeroSystems missed 2019 fourth quarter profit expectations, marred by production cuts on the Boeing 737 MAX and a loss on the 787 widebody jet pr

“The really dangerous future” is autonomous drone warfare, SpaceX Founder Elon Musk said Feb. 28 during the annual Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando.

David Bentley to Divisional Vice President and Business Unit Manager-Midwest Region, based in Tulsa, of AMETEK MRO.

ROLLS-ROYCE reports its Civil Aerospace business earned £44b on £8.1b revenues (60% aftermarket) in 2019 vs £162m loss on £7.4b in 2018, it delivered

CFM INTERNATIONAL booked orders/commitments for 2,148 engines (1,968 LEAPs) worth $30.7b in 2019. It expects to produce 1,400 LEAPs in 2020.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS had $530m net income on $7.8b revenues in 2019 vs $617m on $7.2b in 2018; 4Q19 results were negatively affected by $67m forward

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS opened A320 composite spoiler manufacturing facility (7,000 units per year) in Prestwick, Scotland.

Don Milum to US Senior Sales Manager, based in Kansas City, of Universal Avionics.

Rolls-Royce has reported losses of £852 million ($1.1 billion) as the company continues to tackle issues around the Trent 1000 engine.

Eurocontrol said Aireon data will help the agency improve predictability, capacity and environmental impacts while supporting sustainable air traffic growth throughout the European region.

The first prototype of Lilium’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft has been damaged in a fire, the latest in a spate of incidents impacting electric aircraft technology developers.

A streamlined company aims to grow its strength in space services.

FAA certification was anticipated by the end of 2019 but has not occurred yet.

Northrop Grumman conducted a 139-sec. static test fire of its Omega rocket’s solid-fuel second stage on Feb. 27, the last of two full-scale engine firings prior to the rocket’s debut launch next year.

Safran is adapting to the production halt of the Boeing 737 MAX, finding ways to mitigate the financial consequences, but the company is already measuring job cuts in four digits.

TRIMAS AEROSPACE (Monogram Aerospace Fasteners/Allfast Fastening Systems/Mac Fasteners) earned $28.4m on $165m sales in 2019 vs $24.9m on $156m in

FACC, Austria earned €34.6m on €665m sales for short FY19 (March-Dec 2019). It has begun efficiency improvement program to save €50m and is projecting

The first Pratt & Whitney PW1200G engine to be assembled in Japan has been flown, installed in a Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet prototype, the airframe company said.