Aerospace

A multi-target air-to-air weapon and gun-armed close-support missile are among new projects DARPA plans to launch in fiscal 2021. New approaches to communicating in contested environments, attacking signals and countering laser weapons are also on the list.

Securing German funding for Future Combat Air System demonstrators is seen as a “decisive” milestone, but Berlin’s political inertia could affect momentum.

Advancing Asian UAM; removing space debris; fuel could help in gusts; measuring X-59’s shocks; DLR’s new Falcon testbed.

Both aircraft manufacturers have been forced to reduce production rates for widebodies as weak demand persists.

The NASA-contracted Cygnus spacecraft was on course to reach the ISS with Feb. 18 following a successful liftoff from the Wallops Island Flight Facility

The budding space tourism company's publicly traded shares jumped more than 21% when investors saw a captive-carry transport flight of VSS Unity to its new commercial headquarters at Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Ireland-based lessor AerCap, reporting $1.15 billion in net income for 2019, said its prospects are fair for 2020, although the continuing Boeing 737 MAX grounding is having an adverse effect on its figures.

With the aerospace manufacturing sector expecting Boeing to restart 737 MAX production as early as next month or April, one widely followed industry consultant said it will take up to two years to clear out the stored inventory of narrowbody aircraft and fuselages.

Satellite-based synthetic-aperture radar services provider Iceye has hired the former Google executive who led development of the Terra Bella Earth imaging constellation as its new U.S. CEO, and the move signals plans to make satellites in the U.S.

BOEING reached tentative agreement with SPEEA-represented engineers/technical workers on 4-year contract extension.

Kaman will work with United Arab Emirates military supplier Trust International on potential sales opportunities for Kaman’s unmanned K-MAX helicopter.

Airbus plans to cut the A330 production rate and stabilize the A350, in an acknowledgement of weak demand for widebody aircraft.

High aircraft values and low lease-rate factors which do not reflect the commercial and operating risks facing airlines leave the aviation finance industry in a vulnerable state in 2020, said Scope Ratings.

Flight test exposed Starliner software glitches, but NASA is more concerned about what else may be lurking in process flaws.

Boeing steers the new airliner project design concept to counter nearer-term competition from the Airbus A321XLR.

Building the safety case, amending the regulations and providing a business case for safe, robust and reliable operation lie ahead.

With global spectrum rights in hand and ground stations under construction, OneWeb plans to roll out high-speed, global internet service.

Bombardier will continue mulling a split-up of the Canadian train and business jet maker, with the company’s chief executive sounding like he favors staying in the latter business, according to comments made during a Feb. 13 teleconference.

Albany International, the provider of 3D-woven composite fan blades to Safran for LEAP aircraft engines, has let go workers as it tries to adjust to lower demand related to the Boeing 737 MAX production halt, the company’s new executive team told analysts.

Airbus has received joint type certification from EASA and the FAA for a second model in the A330neo family, the smaller, longer-range A330-800.

AIRBUS plans to deliver around 880 aircraft in 2020 vs 863 in 2019. It is also discussing further production rate increases for A320 Family beyond 63

AIRBUS had €1.4b net loss on €70.5b revenues in 2019 (vs €3.1b profit on €63.7b in 2018) after paying €3.6b in penalties for agreements with

AIRBUS received joint EASA/FAA type certification for A330-800 following flight test program that comprised 132 flights (370 hours) since Nov 2018; it

BOMBARDIER sold its stake in A220 program to AIRBUS (now owns 75%) and GOVT OF QUEBEC (25%) for $591m and will transfer its A330 and A220 work

Airbus needs another 18 months or so to catch up with A320neo family deliveries and aims to produce 65-67 per month from 2023, up from 63 in 2021, company CEO Guillaume Faury said.