Aerospace

PROPONENT, CA was selected by Joramco to supply consumables and expendables, plus explore value-added services like kitting/consignment.

AIRBUS had €1.6b net income on €17b revenues in 4Q21 vs €1.6b on €19.8b in 4Q20; and €4.2b net income on €52.1b in 2021 vs €1.1b loss on €49.9b in

An A380 will flight-test a hydrogen-burning turbine engine by the end of 2026 under a collaboration between Airbus and CFM International partners GE Aviation and Safran.

Will the AAM market grow to $50 billion a year? Listen in as Richard Aboulafia and Mike Dyment debate the merits, and Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick weighs in with his thoughts.

The congested Los Angeles area is seen as a key early market for urban air taxis, and the latest to target the region is Boeing-backed Wisk Aero.

The plant is projected to grow to 1 gigawatt-a-year production capacity by 2028 to fulfill conditional pre-orders for 600 aircraft systems from ZeroAvia and Piasecki Aircraft as well as Airbus.

Born out of a UK Royal Aeronautical Society design competition in 2020, Orca Aerospace is taking the next step in development of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

Autonomous logistics startup MightyFly has completed initial test flights for its planned MF-100 unmanned cargo aircraft.

Airbus, Safran and private equity firm Tikehau Ace Capital signed a memorandum of understanding to buy aerospace materials supplier Aubert & Duval from French mining firm Eramet on Feb. 22.

With air cargo demand on the rise and capacity scarce, new freighters are in the spotlight.

PRATT & WHITNEY was selected by US Dept of Energy to develop Hydrogen Steam Injected, Inter‐Cooled Turbine Engine (HySIITE) that would use liquid

EMBRAER delivered 141 aircraft (27 E-Jets; 21 E2-Jets; 62 Phenoms; 31 Praetors) in 2021 vs 130 (33 E-Jets; 11 E2-Jets; 56 Phenoms; two Legacy; 28

GALLAGHER AVIATION, Cincinnati was named by Marsh Brothers Aviation as distributor in US for AeroTough self-lubricating polymer fuel cap washers.

IRKUT completed extreme cold weather tests on MC-21-300 in Yakustsk.

EMBRAER has paused development of E175-E2 for three years due to ongoing US mainline scope clause discussions and current market conditions and

BUCHER, Switzerland was selected by STARLUX to supply galleys/stowages for eight A330-900s to be leased from ALC.

SHELL upgraded its facility in Singapore to enable blending of SAF and began supplying SAF to customers in Singapore.

CRANE AEROSPACE & ELECTRONICS has developed High-Accuracy, CAN Output Proximity Sensor under new FLEXtech product portfolio that supports direct CAN

AIRBUS ASIA TRAINING CENTER, Singapore inaugurated its fourth A350 full flight simulator, joining two A320s, two A330s, an A380 and an ATR.

FACC was selected by Rolls-Royce to develop/manufacture composite components for Pearl 10X for Falcon 10X. In addition to bypass ducts and maintenance

SIA ENGINEERING completed initial testing of using SAF for engine testing; it used 38% blend on Trent 900.

Steve Dickson announced his resignation as Administrator of the FAA (effective March 2022).

EMBRAER, WIDERØE and ROLLS-ROYCE agreed to 12-month cooperation study into zero-emission regional aircraft.

SATAIR (Airbus) was selected by Collins Aerospace as global distributor for LEAP-1A engine mounts, including detail parts and subassemblies.

Northrop Grumman is taking the next step in its space servicing business, SpaceLogistics, with the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod and a launch agreement with SpaceX for a Mission Robotic Vehicle.