Aerospace

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

IPOs, mergers and strategic moves reshuffle industrial landscape for Israeli aerospace.

Boeing did not have the best year, and how many aircraft can and will be built will likely be open questions for years.

Optical sensors have joined Israel’s elaborate and increasingly more powerful air surveillance network

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

RIP Boeing Phantom Express; UK offloads AWACS aircraft; CMV-22B delivery imminent; UK upgrading training helo requirements.

General Atomics wants to turn the MQ-1C into a “mothership” for the Army’s future Air Launched Effects (ALE).

Deliveries of single-aisle airliners plummeted nearly 24% in 2019, largely due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, but should bounce back more than 34% in 2020, Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia said Jan. 23.

Israeli startup Eviation’s prototype Alice electric regional aircraft caught fire during ground testing at Prescott Regional Airport, Arizona, on Jan. 22.

PwC reports there were 447 aerospace/defense M&A deals worth $93.8b in 2019 vs 464 worth $59b in 2018; average deal size rose 68%, mainly due to

Matthew Mejía to Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy & Investor Relations of Aerion, Reno, NV.

EMBRAER is studying a new turboprop aircraft for 2025-2026; and BOEING said it is looking forward to reviewing business case and is excited by

BOEING postponed planned first flight of 777X on Jan 23 due to weather and was assessing possibility of flying on Jan 24.

ELEMENT secured GE S400 accreditation from GE for its 30,000 sq ft metallic/non-metallic materials testing laboratory in Shanghai, China.

Drone enterprise software developer PrecisionHawk on Jan. 23 announced a change of leadership.

The country that popularized unmanned aircraft systems in modern warfare is at the forefront of a new strategic change.

Progress in neuroscience gives researchers new leads to improve pilot performance in stressful conditions.

A new automation mode to improve strafing accuracy by F-16s also highlights a new approach to fielding new capabilities.

PLATAINE, MA secured US patent for its digital method for production floor optimization for producing 3D products by cutting 3D block of material.

Phillip L. Durham to a Partner and Head of Asset Finance Group, based in New York, of Holland And Knight.

AIR PARTNER, UK is projecting pretax profit of £4.3m for year ended January 31, lower than previously expected due to weak fourth quarter.

ACUMEN AVIATION says in 2019 it completed 219 inspections/17 CAMO projects, managed 43 engine shop visits, 27 lease returns and 711 aircraft records

A new era of high speed civil flight is beckoning but are commercial supersonic or even hypersonic aircraft justifiable amid rising concerns over aviation’s environmental impact? Guy Norris and Graham Warwick discuss this and other topics from AIAA’s annual SciTech forum where the global challenge of achieving sustainable aviation took center stage.

New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.

New Space market driving changes in competitive balance of Israel’s defense industry.