Aerospace

John C. Plant to co-Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of the Board of Howmet Aerospace (effective April 1).

Tolga Oalto to co-Chief Executive Officer of Howmet Aerospace (effective April 1).

Having placed a bet on the return of supersonic air travel by becoming a supplier on Aerion’s AS2 business jet, aerostructures specialist Spirit AeroSystems is putting down a marker on the emerging urban air mobility industry.

FALCON AVIATION has D1 approval from EASA, GCAA and GACA for NDT.

RHINESTHAL CTS was selected by EngineStands24 to provide technical support/management for global fleet of LEAP, CFM56, CF6 and CF34 stands.

SITAONAIR was selected by Air Côte d’Ivoire to provide Mobile ONAIR and Internet ONAIR Wi-Fi (over Inmarsat’s GX Aviation network) for its A320neos.

COLUMBIA MANUFACTURING, CT received AS9110 certification for quality.

The success of the growing commercial space industry is at risk.

ACR GROUP, FL agreed to acquire FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS, TX (avionics).

FLYHT has $1.77m order from Azur Aviation, Turkey to provide FLYHTHealth and FLYHTMail services to support its fleet of 737s, 757s, 767s and 777s.

C&L AEROSPACE purchased >1,400-line item ATR inventory from Intertrade.

Spirit’s eVTOL tieup; electrified commuter aircraft; kitplane-based MALE flies; Volocopter raises more funds; Sweden’s electric aviation.

AÉRO MONTRÉAL unveiled study by PwC Canada that found CSeries/A220 program generated a cumulative economic impact in Canada in 2007-2018 of $6.6b to

Ukrainian engineers are helping Chinese industry with the study of engine designs.

“We see numerous companies that are pushing really cool technology that has a chance to really change the world,” Air Force acquisition executive Will Roper says.

The Neuron demonstrator flew a series of collaborative missions with five Dassault Rafale fighters and an E-3 airborne early warning platform.

Russia’s Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional aircraft has lost its last association with former designer Sukhoi Company.

A logistics division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and a venture fund established by Japan Airlines have joined Volocopter’s Series C funding round.

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.