Aerospace

BOEING appointed new President & CEO, which it says was necessary to restore confidence in company moving forward as it works to repair relationships

IRKUT made first flight of the fourth MC-21-300 flight test aircraft; first delivery is expected to AEROFLOT in 2022.

Niel Golightly to Senior Vice President of Communications of Boeing, Chicago.

The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk for South Korea arrived at an airfield in the south of the country on Dec. 23.

A Russian air force commander has revealed plans to introduce a sixth-generation, unmanned bomber by 2040.

Holiday Note

Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Dec. 16 - Dec. 20, 2019

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $7b U.S. Air Force contract for F-22 sustainment. RAYTHEON has $1b U.S. Navy contract for multiyear procurement of fiscal 2019

Joby backs 2023 for Uber; Skyryse autonomous R44; Embraer studies hybrid; Rolls unveils ACCEL; Hyundai teases eVTOL; Deloitte UAM survey.

Lawrence W. Kellner to non-executive Chairman of the Board of Boeing, Chicago.

David L. Calhoun to Chief Executive Officer and President of Boeing, Chicago (effective January 13); Dennis A. Muilenburg resigned.

FERRA AEROSPACE, Australia plans to open 24,000 sq ft precision manufacturing facility (with nine machines) at Rogers, AR. It currently operates 50

FLIGHTSAFETY INTL has Lufthansa Training order to supply E190-E2 full flight simulator and cabin trainer for delivery in June 2020 to Zurich training

EATON acquired SOURIAU-SUNBANK CONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES, France (interconnect solutions for harsh environments) from TransDigm for $920m.

The FAA has agreed to pause its evaluation of a commercial space launch site proposed by Camden County, Georgia, on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

Over the past decade Tunisia has continued to build a solid, recognised and sustainable aeronautical industry and the leaders of the Tunisian Aeronautics and Space Industries Group – GITAS – have been explaining some of what’s behind the success story.

CAPE CANAVERAL — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, a commercial low Earth orbit human transportation system developed in partnership with NASA, returned

LOS ANGELES - Safran has joined supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seater AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport currently in

LONDON – The British government has approved the £4 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover of defense company Cobham by U.S. private equity firm Advent. Late

WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After

BOEING has $1.46b U.S. Army contract for support services for AH-64D/Es for Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates.

The Senate on Dec. 20 voted 81-11 to pass a fiscal 2020 national security spending package that would provide $738 billion in funding and establish a Space Force.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES says it was approved by Russia's FATA for multiple minor mods and applied for FATA validations on several EASA STCs.