Aerospace

AIRBUS delivered 138 aircraft (seven A220s; three A320ceo; 102 A320neos; eight A330s; 16 A350s; two A380s) in December vs 127 (eight A220s; 27 A320ceo

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS is laying off 2,800 workers (more than 20% of total) at Wichita starting January 22 due to 737 MAX production suspension.

As Europe’s airspace remains in dire need for capacity, artificial intelligence gains momentum in air traffic management.

Airlines are under more pressure than ever before to step up efforts to reduce their impact on climate change.

European countries want a counter to the hypersonic weapons being fielded by Russia and China.

Readers discuss small module reactors, the U.S.-NATO relationship, an unusual plan for a new midmarket airplane, and Latin letters in China.

This year’s winners will be recognized March 12 at a black-tie gala in Washington, when the Grand Laureates and Lifetime Achievement awards also will be presented.

NASA, Boeing investigating why spacecraft’s timer was off by 11 hr.

Airlines For America’s Nancy Young says the industry is making huge strides in making aviation cleaner. Is it enough? Listen in – and then you decide.

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

Low Earth orbit satellites that provide high-bandwidth internet service around the world are on the cusp of becoming reality.

A special mission Pilatus PC-12 turboprop operated by the Colorado Department of Public Safety detected no suspicious aircraft while supporting the investigation into a rash of unexplained drone sightings.

Kieran Murphy and Martin Cole were named Innovation Managers at Pattonair, Derby, UK.

WESCO AIRCRAFT, CA has been acquired by an affiliate of Platinum Equity in $1.9b deal and was combined with PATTONAIR, UK to form single $2.4b

AIRBUS plans in 2021 to increase A320 Family production in Mobile, AL to seven per month (it will be at six in next few weeks) as part of overall

SITAONAIR was selected by Wizz Air to provide ACARS over IP service, using terrestrial cellular networks, for its A320s; TELEDYNE CONTROLS is partner.

Bell has demonstrated for the first time the autonomous flight capability of its V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor.

Brian Moore to Senior Vice President-Operations of FlightSafety International, New York.

ROLLS-ROYCE opened new £25m, 30,000 sq ft facility in Bristol, UK to produce fan blades/cases for UltraFan demonstrator.

MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT welcomed new M90 flight test aircraft (10006; in final type certification configuration) to its fleet in Nagoya.

Etihad Airways and Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), a humanitarian organisation that supports official authorities, have launched initiatives to support Lebanon after the Beirut explosion.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in July showing air cargo demand is stable but at lower levels than 2019.

E-2D sustainment starts; Dassault prizes Rafale exports; Lockheed training center graduates first class; BAE fires long-range Spike.

Tempo of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program to accelerate amid renewed focus on sustainability and advanced technology initiatives.

Mark Satran to Senior Managing Director of AE Industrial Partners, Boca Raton, FL.