Startup Sabrewing Aircraft has postponed the public rollout of its Rhaegal unmanned cargo aircraft because of COVID-19 restrictions, but continues to work toward flying the hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype this year.
Waco Aircraft and Centennial Aircraft Services will close from March 24 until April 13 because of a stay-at-home order in Michigan aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus.
EPlane, an electronic marketplace startup for aviation aftermarket parts and MRO, announced March 24 that it landed $9 million in new funding from Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp.
Following a warning last week of coming cutbacks—and on the heels of previously announced cost-saving goals months ago before the COVID-19 pandemic—major Tier 2 provider Triumph Group on March 24 said it will eliminate 500 staff and contractor jobs by May 1.
Piaggio Aerospace has extended the deadline for potential buyers to submit expressions of interest in the business from April 3 to May 4 because of the ongoing emergency caused by the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, it said.
Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing’s provider of aerostructures and its largest supplier, on March 24 said it will halt work at its Wichita and Tulsa, Oklahoma, facilities after Boeing the day before announced a temporary shutdown of its Puget Sound facilities in Washington state.
Bombardier will temporarily suspend aircraft and rail production and other work considered “nonessential” at most of its Canadian operations from March 25 through April 26.
Bombardier is evaluating what a March 23 decision by the Quebec and Ontario governments to temporarily close nonessential businesses means for its Canadian business jet operations.
Textron Aviation has successfully completed initial ground engine tests on its prototype Cessna SkyCourier high-wing, utility twin turboprop with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65SC engines, the company reports.
Workers at Italian aerospace companies Avio Aero, Leonardo and MBDA have gone on strike over concerns about continuing to work despite the COVID-19 outbreak.
Every morning, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s leadership team discusses the fast-changing developments surrounding the virus causing COVID-19 and what it may mean for the world’s largest general aviation show, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
An electrical turbogenerator has been test fitted on a Yakovlev Yak-40 flying testbed at a Siberian research institute as part of a Russian project to demonstrate hybrid-electric propulsion for short- and medium-haul airliners.
GE Aviation, the leading division within General Electric, is cutting 10% of its U.S. workforce as it anticipates a steep falloff in maintenance, repair and overhaul work for three months, and it will continue to let go outsourced workers in the wake of the novel coronavirus, the company’s head executive said March 23.
Major aviation training and simulator provider CAE said it is temporarily laying off at least 465 staff starting March 27 and cutting staff manager salaries in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Embraer has placed all employees at sites in Brazil who cannot perform their jobs remotely on temporary paid leave through March 31 because of the virus causing COVID-19, the company said.
