Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Heir apparent Chris Calio to take over sprawling aerospace and defense giant.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
Florian Guillermet, CEO of French ATC organization DSNA, will have more responsibilities as head of the European Union Aviation Safety Association.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Brad Kreger to Interim Chief Executive Officer of Velo3D, Campbell, CA.

Aerospace

AVAIR expanded its management agreement with GE Aviation Materials with an additional 20,000 line items (now >90,000); program now covers CF34 engine material in addition to already managed CF6, GE90, and GEnx applications.

Aerospace

VELO3D commenced a strategic business review process that includes strategic transaction, potential merger, business combination or sale.

Aerospace

Charlie Compton, Kirk Konert and Jon Nemo were promoted to Managing Partners of AE Industrial Partners, FL.

Aerospace

KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES joined Nadcap accreditation program.

Aerospace

Sébastien Jaulerry to Chief Executive Officer of Safran Ventilation Systems, France.

Aerospace

Christopher T. Calio to Chief Executive Officer of RTX (effective May 2).

Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The United Arab Emirates has continued its aggressive move to embrace advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Overair has received a U.S. Navy contract to develop the high-integrity individual blade control tech in its Butterfly optimum-speed tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite added another 3.1% during the week ending Dec. 15.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
The latest phase, which officially gets underway in February 2024, will build on small core technology work undertaken in the initial part of the HyTEC program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The PE owners of legacy space-based services provider Maxar have divested their RF business that Maxar had acquired just 11 months earlier.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Space Agency says it has taken on board criticism over the slow pace of licensing and the high cost of insurance associated with space launches.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, has been awarded the first-ever UK Civil Aviation Authority license for a vertical-launch site.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Paris has announced the creation of Ace Aero Partenaires 2, a follow-on fund to continue supporting the French aerospace supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The plan to develop a Chinese-made airliner for high-altitude plateau flight comes just weeks after plans for a hot & high variant of the C919 was revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service is adding a new approach to launch contracting, as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture takes shape.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Dutch startup is the latest to move away from all-electric propulsion and toward a larger hybrid design that it hopes will better meet market requirements.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Chief operating officers are returning to prominence across aerospace and defense companies as the industry labors to recover from the COVID-19 disruption.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Less than three weeks after officially declaring its electric propulsion unit up for sale, Rolls-Royce is reported to have found a buyer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Biden administration has released guidance on its tax credit for SAF that opens the door to using corn and soybeans produced by U.S. farmers as feedstocks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab’s 42nd launch of a two-stage Electron booster lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 11:05 p.m. EST Dec. 14.
Advanced Air Mobility