Howmet Aerospace, one of the few providers of aerospace forgings, castings and other key aircraft ingredients, still expects to leverage price gains out of embattled aviation OEMs in new long-term agreements (LTAs) even as COVID-19 upends commercial air travel nearer term.
Eyeing a new era of airport security that promotes touchless screening and healthier travel, U.S. government services giant Leidos has closed its roughly $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Security Detection and Automation businesses and Leidos leaders see growth potential in a post-coronavirus world.
French authorities should create a fund to support small aerospace suppliers, in a critical effort to preserve the country’s capabilities, says Eric Trappier, chairman of French aerospace lobbying group GIFAS.
L3Harris Technologies’ turn toward simulation and training serving commercial air travel is coming back to haunt it as the company now forecasts lower organic revenue and earnings per shares (EPS) for 2020 due to a COVID-19 falloff.
FRANKFURT—Airbus plans to increase its research into how health-protection technology inside passenger aircraft cabins can be improved, the OEM’s executive vice president of engineering Jean-Brice Dumont told Aviation Week.
The largest aerostructures provider to Airbus, Boeing and other aircraft makers will lay off around 1,450 more workers at its Wichita headquarters campus.
Embraer’s commercial operation has shifted focus to realign with the rest of the company and conserving cash, with new-product development—including a notional turboprop—put on hold while the business regains its footing amid the Boeing deal collapse and coronavirus crisis, Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery said.
With an increasing number of carriers pressing passenger aircraft into service as temporary freighters during the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbus is developing a main cabin cargo-stacking modification for its A330 and A350-family aircraft.
Embraer’s commercial and business jet assets could be back on the market someday, Bombardier’s future as a bizjet-focused OEM remains a topic of debate, and a Boeing-Mitsubishi SpaceJet partnership is on the lips of Boeing’s CEO.
Airbus A220 operators are being urged to monitor Pratt & Whitney PW1500G low-pressure compressor (LPC) operating performance following a mandated upgrade to full authority digital electronic control (FADEC) to prevent compressor stalls.
Boeing on April 30 filed regulatory notice that it could raise an undetermined amount of new debt financing through newly issued bonds, coming a day after the company’s chief executive outlined a grim outlook, albeit better than feared by the marketplace.
Tier-1 aerospace and defense systems and equipment supplier Safran is conducting a strong response to the pandemic’s consequences, in a bid to maintain financial balance.
Deutsche Regional Aircraft, the company behind the planned production restart of the Dornier 328 turboprop regional airliner, has hinted the latest version could introduce new propulsion technologies.
Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia joins Aviation Week editors on Check 6 to discuss the sudden collapse of the $4.2 billion tie-up and its implications for both companies—and for Airbus.
Boeing is acknowledging that changes to the 737 MAX will not earn FAA approval until after mid-year at least, with both the return-to-service timing and broader macroeconomic landscape driving how quickly production rates increase.
