Aerospace

Twelve years after the requirement emerged, the U.S. military finally appears serious about acquiring a light-attack aircraft fleet

In a breakthrough use of computer vision, Airbus makes swift progress in its autonomous takeoff-and-landing project.

While lawmakers always declare the president’s request dead on arrival on Capitol Hill, this year there was more than the usual dismissal by a rival branch of government.

Stratospheric test flights to come as PHASA-35 high-altitude pseudo-satellite makes first flight in Australia.

Undoing Boeing’s stockpile of roughly 900 grounded, parked and partially built MAXs and recoordinating its supply chain could take years.

Bombardier’s retreat shows why governments should seed technology development and let industry carry the risk of creating new products.

The company aims to produce up to 42 engines per year at the new plant.

Long-running blended wing body studies have so far come to nothing, but Airbus may have the technology to bring it to reality.

Russian Naval aircraft’s first flight; Space Force to integrate MILsatcom; F/A-18s tested in Finland; and Turkey’s armed drone.

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

GALLANT CAPITAL PARTNERS, CA completed recapitalization and growth investment in CASSAVANT MACHINING, AZ (precision machined components).

MTU AERO ENGINES had record €488.4m net income on record €4.63b revenues in 2019 vs €453.3m on €4.57b in 2018; commercial maintenance revenues dropped

A National Academies study of advanced aerial mobility requested by NASA concludes the commercial cargo market is likely to be an early adopter of autonomous air vehicle technology for rural cargo operations, including “middle mile” distribution and “last mile” package deliveries.

The GDP and interest rate assumptions on which the budget is predicated are questionable.

DARPA fiscal 2019 budget request targets new weapons and communications concepts for contested environments.

How lawmakers and the administration are responding to the most surprising proposals in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2021 budget request.

A radically modified demonstrator made its first flight in May 2019, but it has come to light only now after video was posted on social media.

EXOSTAR formed an A&D Supply Chain Working Group with several OEMs to define/develop process/functional plans for next-gen supply chain platform.

CADENCE AEROSPACE (Arlington Capital Partners) acquired PREMIER PROCESSING, which provides surface finishing and special processing capabilities out

Edmund Tan to Regional Sales Manager-Asia, based in Singapore, of C&L Aerospace.

ROYAL AERO, Germany has inducted its first GE90-115B for part out.

BOEING has found tools and other FOD inside wing fuel tanks of several undelivered 737 MAXs, and has ordered inspections and established new processes

As airlines grapple with capacity shortages created by the Boeing 737 MAX grounding or a sudden over-supply because of COVID-19-related schedule reductions, lessors are supporting their mitigation plans, including matching customers in both categories and moving aircraft between them.

Leonardo has revealed that two Beechcraft King Air 350ERs, equipped as Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), have gone into service with an African Navy following their delivery by the Company, which acted as prime contractor and systems integrator for the aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters CEO says AW609 is on right path, as certification nears.