Aerospace

OneWeb Satellites said March 30 it is temporarily furloughing an undisclosed number of employees at its Titusville, Florida, manufacturing facility, citing slowing supply chains and travel disruptions due to the spread of COVID-19.

Jeffrey Wun to Chief Technology Officer of Aerkomm, Fremont, CA.

Louis Giordimaina to Chief Executive Officer of Aerkomm, Fremont, CA.

Georges Caldironi to Chief Operating Officer of Aerkomm, Fremont, CA.

James Busuttil to Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aerkomm, Fremont, CA.

EDM, UK installed A220 extended door trainer at Riga for airBaltic.

AIRBUS was forced to pause majority of Commercial Aircraft, Helicopters and Defence and Space production in Spain through at least April 9 due to

EMBRAER resumed essential activities, including customer support, aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, in Brazil on March 30; non-essential workers

LOCKHEED MARTIN says, to combat COVID-19 crisis, it will advance >$50m to small- and medium-sized suppliers for liquidity, donate $10m to non-profit

BOEING says, to combat COVID-19, it will use 3D printing to manufacture face shields for emergency medical personnel and donate use of Dreamlifter to

Ethiopian Airlines has delivered medical supplies donated by Jack Ma, the founder of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, to 39 African countries within five days. Ethiopian has transported Jack Ma’s support including testing kits, masks and protective suits.

Sensing supercooled icing; Russian electric testbed: deorbiting tether; digitalizing cabin; UPS drone delivery; Lilium eVTOL funding.

President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law March 27, aimed at shielding the U.S. economy from damage done by COVID-19

In the aviation marketplace into which we will likely emerge after the coronavirus crisis, China is likely to be the big winner.

OneWeb has moved a step close to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., the London-based Financial Times reported March 27.

Russian airframer Irkut’s fourth MC-21-300 flight prototype has arrived at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, ahead of certification trials

ROLLS-ROYCE is significantly reducing all but essential activity within its UK Civil Aerospace facilities through April 3; Defence facilties are still

This webinar took place March 27, 2020 The novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the aviation industry. Each day brings a new round of fleet

The coronavirus crisis postpones algorithmic competition, but DARPA pushes ahead with development of AI for air combat.

Financial support at an unprecedented scale is on its way in some countries.

The U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program has focused on future rotorcraft, but GA-ASI pursues the MQ-1C role for Advanced UAS.

US GOVT agreed to $2t Coronavirus stimulus package (CARES Act); proposed deal is to provide financial relief to US pax airlines ($50b), cargo airlines

L3HARRIS launched Express Readout automated aircraft recorder validation service that provides necessary reports about recorder functionality.

Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC expects further consolidation in the supplier business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manufacturing at Airbus’ final assembly lines has restarted to a limited extent, while wing production has been paused.