Aerospace

Wisk, the joint venture startup between Boeing and Kitty Hawk, is disclosing new details about its self-flying eVTOL air taxi trials planned to take place in New Zealand.

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a batch of 34 satellites for aspiring broadband operator OneWeb lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Feb. 6, setting the stage for monthly flights to build an initial constellation of 648 spacecraft.

After forming a strategic partnership in 2019, Alphabet company Loon and SoftBank subsidiary HAPSMobile have jointly developed a broadband-internet communications payload for the AeroVironment-designed Hawk30 high-altitude pseudo-satellite.

Despite economic uncertainty, trade tensions and headwinds compounded by the Coronavirus outbreak, the Asia-Pacific region—and China in particular—remains pivotal to Boeing’s fortunes and the best hope for offsetting the commercial slowdown, a company executive said.

Boeing continues to refine its updated 737 MAX fight control computer (FCC) software and proposed simulator training, addressing new issues that have cropped up in testing and pilot evaluations and analyzing the risks of a wiring issue that may require modifications.

BOEING employed 161,133 workers (64,529 in Commercial Airplanes) on January 1, 2020, up 7.3% from 150,227 a year ago.

AIRBUS finalized previously announced orders from AIR SENEGAL for eight A220-300s and CEBU PACIFIC for five A320neos and 10 A321XLRs, and has now

MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT, DEFENSE & SPACE lost ¥130.2b on ¥493b revenues in nine months ended December 31 vs ¥32m operating loss on ¥488m a year ago

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification leaning on lessons learned from the ongoing Boeing 737 MAX debacle.

STELIA AEROSPACE was selected to produce a thermoplastic composite high-lift trailing edge flap, in partnership with FusiA Impression 3D Métal and

HÉROUX-DEVTEK had $8.7m net income on $157m sales for third quarter ended December 31 vs $7.4m on $145m a year ago.

SYDNEY—Mitsubishi Aircraft has deferred first delivery of the SpaceJet by at least nine months—from mid-2020 until no earlier than the fiscal year

TRIUMPH GROUP had $13.8m net loss on $705m sales for third quarter ended December 31 vs $30.9m loss on $808m a year ago, and is projecting <3% hit in

BOEING is projecting that transatlantic pax traffic will grow 2.8% per year over next 20 years.

EASA published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) Feb. 6 requiring a liquid-prohibited zone in Airbus A350 cockpits, following two inflight engine shutdown incidents.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released full-year 2019 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), fell by 3.3% compared to 2018 while capacity (AFTK) rose by 2.1%.

As the LOT Polish Airlines case shows, governments are interfering more with European airlines, not less.

Standardization, an improved gearbox and cockpit automation have been confirmed for S-92 upgrade kits and a new production version.

UK gains P-8 maritime patroller; L3Harris spacecraft clears design hurdle; IAI makes deals in India; Germany scraps UAV purchase plan.

Under agreements with French, UK and U.S. authorities, Airbus will pay $4 billion to settle a large-scale bribery scandal.

Panasonic Avionics Corp. said Feb. 5 that it will supply the inflight entertainment (IFE) system for Kuwait Airways’ new Airbus A330-800neo widebodies.

AVENTURA, Florida—Bloomberg Intelligence analysts expect Boeing’s next product launch to target the larger narrowbody market and see the new midmarket airplane (NMA) as all but doomed thanks in large part to Airbus A321XLR orders by some of the NMA’s most likely customers.

S.S. WHITE TECHNOLOGIES, FL says it is supplying flexible rotary shafts to Pratt & Whitney for thrust reverser actuation systems (TRAS) for GTFs

Wall Street remains dubious that aircraft subsystems provider Woodward and composites supplier Hexcel can provide one of the main benefits they promised from their recent merger, particularly as the commercial aviation sector reels from the Boeing 737 MAX production halt and both companies lower their 2020 guidance as a result.

Air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand has entered into an agreement with a UK company to build on a proof-of-concept drone detection system currently being tested at Auckland Airport (NZAA).