Aerospace

Kent Fisher to Senior Advisor-Aerospace, Defense and Aviation Services of Greenhill & Co., New York.

Michelle Turner to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of L3Harris Technologies, Melbourne, FL.

HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEMS was established by Electric Aviation Group to develop and commercialize hydrogen storage systems.

BOEING is investing $450m in Northern California-based WISK to fund development of its 6th generation, autonomous eVTOL pax aircraft.

IRKUT began testing MC-21-300 under sub-zero outside temps at Yakutsk.

ArianeGroup is studying a dual-use second stage for launches of both satellite and crew that will support the European Space Agency’s fledgling reusability strategy.

The additional Boeing funding will advance development of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL, which is targeted to be the first autonomous all-electric passenger aircraft certified in the U.S.

Sea-air drone; Hamburg port drones; AI autopilot advance; Adding SAF capacity; and AirCar makes progress.

The European Space Agency and its partners have already demonstrated most of the technologies required for human spaceflight.

Amid a prolonged drought, inquiring minds want to know when commercial aerospace M&A will return. That says a lot.

Collins Aerospace has created a new business unit, Advanced Structures, that combines the Raytheon Technologies division’s heritage aerostructures and mechanical systems groups under the growing sustainability business mandate.

Flight testing of advanced air mobility prototypes under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program is gathering pace, with the first government remotely piloted flights of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

Klein Vision’s prototype supercar-style fly/drive AirCar has received experimental airworthiness certification from Slovakia.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors review the AIAA’s annual SciTech forum which returned as an in-person event this month.

The construction of a wind tunnel by Turkish Aerospace hints at the scale of the country’s aerospace ambitions.

Brazilian OEM hopes the facility can attract business from other OEMs under new ownership, reducing its exposure in aircraft components.

Another piece of low-boom supersonic design puzzle in place, as high-speed wind tunnel tests a perfect match of complex CFD predictions.

X-59 undergoes proof tests in Texas ahead of first flight in California later in 2022.

Regional carriers, helicopter operators face daunting restrictions while FAA analyzes potential 5G interference

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Defense companies are having to adapt, but they are holding their own in talent, capital and technology.

Czech startup Zuri has revealed its concept for a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Overair has begun full power ground tests of the 20-ft.-dia. rotor system that will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting in 2023.

Rolls-Royce’s £6 million ($8.17 million) Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft has secured the world electric aircraft speed record following verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Safran has invested in Ineratec, a German startup developing technology for the production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels using renewable energy and recycled CO2.