Aerospace

A collection of all the top podcasts from November 2023.

Former NASA chief Dan Goldin oversaw creation of the station. What does he think of it now? Listen in to find out.

Electra.aero begins flight-testing its blown-lift distributed electric propulsion ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing technology.

Hamidi says that Airmedic and Limosa will be holding weekly meetings to determine the optimal configuration and equipment needs of the cabin.

ARCHER AVIATION publicly unveiled its 5-seat Midnight production eVTOL at Palo Alto, CA; cert is planned for late 2024.

PEGASUS AIRLINES is establishing a technology innovation lab in Northern California's Silicon Valley under its digital transformation program.

The agreement was outlined in a memorandum of understanding.

Major technical issues with the behind-schedule Ariane 6 have been resolved and the schedule has been stabilized, ESA says.

Airbus is building a road map of technologies for automated aerial refueling that will pave the way for a second-generation MRTT.

The U.S. will need to make more spacecraft more quickly and less expensively.

VPT, VA (HEICO subsidiary) received AS9100D certification for quality.

ROLLS-ROYCE set mid-term target operating margin of 15-17% for Civil Aerospace, up from 2.5% a year ago. It will focus on widebody and business jet markets to leverage value of Trent and Pearl while investing in future with UltraFan.

AIRBUS forecasts global commercial aircraft services market will grow from $130b in 2023 to $255b by 2042; 'maintenance' market is to grow from $108b to $210b, 'enhance' from $11b to 28b and 'train and operate' from $11b to $17b. It sees 20-year need for an additional 2.2m workers: 680,000 technicians, 59,000 pilots and 920,000 cabin crew.

NASA soon intends to lift the curtain on a whole new strategy of turning to America’s private sector for the launch of a lunar lander.

U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has partnered with Brazilian regional carrier Azul Conecta to electrify a portion of the carrier’s Cessna Caravan fleet.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has received cash deposits from Bristow Group to secure early delivery positions for an initial five eSTOL aircraft.

The FAA and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency are trying to figure out how best to certify the safety of nondeterministic programs.

Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.

Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.

AVTECH SWEDEN was selected by Wizz Air UK to provide Aventus and SIGMA in-flight services to monitor wind and turbulence/weather data.

Terry George to Interim Senior Vice President, leading site operations at Wichita and Tulsa, of Spirit AeroSystems; Sam Marnick is leaving company.

CFM INTERNATIONAL has SunExpress order to supply LEAP-1Bs for 90 737 MAXs on order/option (SPNWS; Nov 17).

HONEYWELL was selected by Emirates to supply wheels/carbon brakes for 116 A380s; under terms of the 10-year agreement, maintenance of the wheels and brakes will be performed through Emirates maintenance shops in Dubai.

ZEROAVIA was selected by UK-based Ecojet (working with MONTE) to supply up to 70 ZA600/ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines for its regional aircraft fleet starting in 2025. Ecojet is planning '24 startup with conventionally-powered aircraft.

EVE and JEJU AIR, South Korea released new concept of operations white paper for eVTOL flights on Jeju Island.