AIRBUS confirms production ramp-up on A220 program is continuing towards rate of 14 aircraft/month in 2026 and rate on A320 Family program is progressing well towards previously announced 75 aircraft per month in 2026. It has decided to increase production rate of A350 to 10 per month in 2026 and continues to target rate of four A330s per month in 2024.
AIRBUS had €806m net income on €14.9b revenues in 3Q23 vs €667m on €13.3b in 3Q22; Commercial Aircraft earned €783m (vs €763m) on 22% higher revenues and says it still plans to deliver ~720 aircraft in 2023 (232 in 4Q23).
Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.
GE AEROSPACE secured FACE 3.0 technical standard for its flight management software (first to do so), which facilitates rapid technology insertion and enables reuse and portability to new platforms.
FACC earned €5m in Jan-Sept 2023 vs €4.2m a year ago; revenues rose 22.5% to €513.9m. It says it is starting to see significant rate ramp-ups for long-haul aircraft (A350/787), so it is planning to increase workforce in the coming months.
Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic is laying off workers to fund production of the Delta variant of its spaceships, the company said late Nov. 7.
AIRBUS delivered 71 aircraft (nine A220s; 51 A320 Family; three A330s; eight A350s) in October vs 60 (five A220s; 47 A320 Family; three A330s; five A350s) in October 2022. It has delivered 559 (67 widebodies) of planned 720 aircraft in 2023.
Archer is using two of Beta’s Charge Cube systems at its flight-test facilities in California, as well as a number of Beta’s Mini Cube mobile charging systems.
