Aerospace

TECT AEROSPACE, Wichita finalized acquisition of Nashville-based structures assembly operations (wing skins/stringers/spars) of the TRIUMPH GROUP.

MAKINO, Japan has WHI Global order for five high-speed CNC milling machines for its facilities in Tulsa, OK and Fairfield, NJ for operation in 1Q20.

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP secured $19.8m credit facility with Sterling National Bank repay existing loans, retire capital lease obligations, and working

WHI GLOBAL acquired assets of AERO-BOND, MA (composite structures).

EMBRAER transferred assets of its commercial aviation business to capital stock of Yaborã Indústria Aeronáutica in preparation for finalizing BOEING

AIRBUS delivered 863 aircraft in 2019, according to unconfirmed reports; it had been projecting around 860.

UPS, in collaboration with UNHCR, has delivered close to 100 tons of relief items to bring critical supplies to victims of the recent flooding in Somalia which has affected half a million people and uprooted 400,000 from homes.

Digital backbone for FVL; USAF eyes eVTOL; autonomous ag aircraft; drone deliveries in industrial park; better carbon fiber for space.

Aerobond has been acquired by WHI Global.

Todd Navin to Chief Financial Officer of HAECO Americas, Greensboro, NC.

EFW has BBAM contract to convert ex-Thomas Cook A321-200 (1238) to freighter at ST ENGINEERING, Singapore.

For space tourism’s prospects after any fatal accident, look to the X-15, the space shuttle and extreme mountain climbing, analysts say.

UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION says it plans to produce 20 SSJ100s in 2020 and at least 30 annually starting in 2021.

DUBAI AEROSPACE ENTERPRISE (DAE) says it repurchased outstanding common shares worth US$450m and received US$450m in connection with the early partial

The U.S. Army has revealed a future mission for the MQ-1C unmanned aircraft system (UAS) fleet.

J. Michael Luttig retired as Counselor and Senior Advisor of the Board of Directors of Boeing.

Textron will not become a pure aerospace and defense company in the near term.

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