Aerospace

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.

Matthew De Foe to Manager-Paris Le Bourget Learning Center of FlightSafety International.

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with Uber that makes it the first developer of an eVTOL aircraft to commit to meet the Uber Elevate initiative’s 2023 target to deploy commercial urban aerial ridesharing services.

Consumers are becoming more aware of urban air mobility, but also more concerned about its safety, a survey says.

Production resumption is not linked to getting MAX flying again.

AAR had $14.2m net income for second quarter ended November 30 (vs $7m a year ago) on 14% higher sales.

SUKHOI received Russian approval for new horizontal winglets for SSJ100; first was delivered to Severstal Aircompany.

TRIUMPH AEROSPACE STRUCTURES-INTERIORS was selected by Boeing to provide additional composite environmental control ducting for 737 MAX, 777X and 787

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS was directed by Boeing to suspend 737 MAX production from January 1, which it says will have an adverse impact on its business

Space launch provider Virgin Orbit says it has delivered a flight-worthy LauncherOne rocket to its Mojave, California facility and is poised to

U.S. startup Skyryse has flown a Robinson R44 light helicopter converted to autonomous flight control.

South Korean automaker Hyundai will unveil its first eVTOL PAV concept at the CES 2020 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas.

Boeing and NASA were working to preserve as many test objectives as possible for the unmanned orbital debut of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner after a timer issue scuttled the capsule’s engine firing needed to reach the ISS.

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Following a GAO ruling, the Air Force will have to be more strategic in pairing up best offerings for launch service contracts.

Suborbital tourism, urban air mobility and supersonic air travel are all expected to take steps forward in 2020.

From environmental pressures to transformational technologies, significant changes lie ahead for the aerospace and defense industry.

A look back at aviation and aerospace milestones that occurred over the last 10 years.

BOEING has $564.5m U.S. Army contract for remanufacture of Apache AH-64E aircraft.

Private equity investors Main Street Capital Holdings on Dec. 18 said it created a new company, Compass Precision, to acquire precision metal manufacturers.

Rolls-Royce has released the first images of an all-electric demonstration aircraft.

Ashmita Sethi to Managing Director for India, based in New Delhi, of Pratt & Whitney.

PATTONAIR, UK teamed with ADVANCE MANUFACTURING (AML) and PARTS PEDIGREE to develop digital cloud-based (block chain) service to replaced outdated

FINNAIR joined group led by Finland's Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology to launch feasibility study for establishing a synthetic fuels pilot