Aerospace

AAR was selected by Cleveland-based AeroControlex as exclusive distributor for its APU lube pumps and related piece-part components.

Yves Laforgue to Chief Executive Officer-Americas Region, based in Miami, of Bolloré Logistics.

Seán Dooley to Head of Technical Operations of Eirtech Aviation Services, Ireland.

Christian Smith to Senior Director-Leasing and Trading of AerSale, FL.

A European consortium of industry and academia will develop a road Map for furthering hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft under a project funded by the European Commission (EC).

Ad Astra Rocket Co. is poised to bring the company’s Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket electric propulsion system to a Technical Readiness Level of 6.

PRATT & WHITNEY has Wizz Air order to supply GTFs for another 166 A320neo Family aircraft, increasing projected fleet to 276 (seven delivered); deal

EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES combined its CAMO and Technical Services departments to form single Technical Operations department.

BOEING completed first flight of the 777X (WH001) with GE9Xs on January 25; flight test program will include four dedicated 777-9s, which have >235-ft

JJ Frigge was promoted to President of Hartzell Propeller, Piqua, OH; Joe Brown was named Chairman.

UNIVERSAL ASSET MANAGEMENT acquired ex-TACA A320-200 (1334) from Fortress Investment Group for part out.

MOOG AIRCRAFT CONTROLS earned $38.6m on $340m sales for first quarter ended December 31 vs $33.2m on $304m a year ago; commercial aircraft revenues

Airlines are encouraged to take a quantum leap into digital and learn to think like the world’s largest innovators and disruptors in February.

Eviation’s Alice catches fire; Boeing teams on ducted fans; Boom plans XB-1 flights; SkyDrive readies eVTOL; Bell demos cargo drone.

We provide answers to some of the key questions about the UK’s looming exit from the EU.

LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE – After two days of delays caused by bad weather Boeing’s 777-9, the first of the company’s new long range 777X flagship

SEATTLE -- Even as Boeing recommits itself to returning the 737 MAX to service by the middle of 2020, the company says it is going back to the drawing

Apache Aviation, a flying school based in Dijon, France, is enjoying brisk demand for its new advanced upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) module, after EASA mandated such pilot instruction in December 2019.

A U.S. Air Force low-cost unmanned aircraft system demonstrator returned to flight on Jan. 23 after a three-month hiatus caused by a landing mishap.

NUST MISIS, Russia developed cost-effective method for producing composite titanium/aluminum spherical powders for 3D printing of aircraft components.

Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) has delivered its first two PD-14 turbofan engines to the Irkutsk aviation plant.

Swiss Post announced Jan. 23 that it will resume transporting laboratory samples by drone, ending an eight-month grounding that the postal carrier ordered after one of its Matternet M2 quadcopters crashed in Zurich.

President/CEO John Holmes talks labor shortages, the MAX crisis, technological enablers and lucrative opportunities.

Airbus introduces advanced autopilot modes and a vortex-ring-state prediction tool on its new twin-engine medium helicopter.

Automaker investments and flying prototypes are boosting the credibility of urban air mobility.