Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Fan-in-wing high-speed VTOL; JAL eyes hydrogen-electric; China’s firefighting eVTOL; Wright hybrid-electric testbed; and Islander to fly 5G.
Emerging Technologies

By Joe Anselmo
Embraer’s CEO has an ambitious plan to nearly double sales by 2030, but the company will need to sell more E-Jets to get there.
Aircraft & Propulsion

L2 AVIATION was selected by Klatt Works to certify/support its SAVED wearable system that adds augmented reality technology to existing pilot oxygen masks, displaying critical flight information, during smoke emergency in cockpit.

Aerospace

ESTUAIRE, France renewed deal with NAC for emission monitoring services.

Aerospace

Mary I. McMillan to Executive Chair of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, Calgary.

Aerospace

ELECTRA completed first flight of EL-2 Goldfinch hybrid-electric eSTOL technology demonstrator at Manassas, VA.

Aerospace

By Mark Carreau
The agency cited the challenges in a Nov. 20 NASA Advisory Council session.
Commercial Space

By Alan Dron
Royal Jordanian is examining the possibility of acquiring further Embraer E2s as it prepares to take delivery of the first of a new batch of the crossover jets.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Thierry Dubois
The Italian government is exercising its “Golden Power” to thwart the deal, citing the unit’s continued support for the multi-nation Eurofighter program.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.
Emerging Technologies

Martha Neubauer
Expectations for India must be tempered by its low GDP per capita and other hurdles to becoming a large player on the global stage. Some of the buzz is warranted.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster unexpectedly broke apart after separation from Starship, which was subsequently also lost when its automated flight termination system triggered.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has received a $9.8 million grant from the state of California’s CalCompetes initiative.
Advanced Air Mobility

PROJECT SPEEDBIRD, partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies, LanzaJet and British Airways, secured £9m funding from UK Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition for development/use of SAF in UK.

Aerospace

BOEING and US GOVT teamed to launch initiative to catalyze development/use of SAF in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries.

Aerospace

JOBY AVIATION received $9.8m grant from CalCompetes to expand manufacturing footprint in Marina, CA.

Aerospace

SPATIAL was selected by Emirates to supply A350 cabin service trainer.

Aerospace

EMBRAER welcomed Brazil's accession to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (TCA), joining the discussion of rules for the trade of civil aircraft between the main countries operating in the sector.

Aerospace

EMBRAER received certification from Singapore for the E190-E2 and E195-E2; first is to be delivered to SCOOT in 2024.

Aerospace

By Ben Goldstein
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies has been awarded a $169 million export promotional loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The spacecraft is the Pentagon’s first experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.
Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has laid off 165 full-time employees in addition to contractors after it shipped the company’s first Dream Chaser spaceplane for prelaunch tests.
Commercial Space

PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by EgyptAir to supply Astrova seatback IFE for business class on 10 A350-900s.

Aerospace

UNIVERSAL HYDROGEN signed MOU with Japan Airlines and JAL Engineering (JALEC) to collaborate on technical design and development of conversion kits and supply chain in Japan to bring hydrogen-powered flight to country.

Aerospace

LATECOERE was selected by Boom to develop complete electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) for the Overture and Symphony; EWIS will comprise >103 km (64 miles) of wiring, requiring >45,000 electrical connections.

Aerospace