Aerospace

Share prices of publicly traded A&D companies in 2021 were up from catastrophic 2020, but still down from pre-pandemic heights.

Roei Ganzarski, one of advanced air mobility’s resounding voices and leaders, announced Jan. 6 that he is leaving MagniX and Eviation Aircraft.

Joby Aviation has formally added a second preproduction prototype to the test program for its S4 tiltprop electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

Eaton, a mid-tier aerospace and defense supplier, has acquired Royal Power Solutions, a U.S.-based manufacturer of high-precision electrical connectivity components used in electric vehicle, energy management, industrial and mobility markets.

Scaled Composites has unveiled a concept for an optionally piloted, high-altitude aircraft capable of carrying modular payloads up to 10,000 lb.

The lobbying association for the French aerospace industry, GIFAS, says its members may need to hire up to 15,000 after a period of job cuts.

The Air Force’s highest-end fighter faces early retirement; leaders say replacement needed to counter China

Virgin Orbit’s disappointing stock debut marks the end of the beginning of the special purpose acquisition company phenomenon.

Don’t confuse public handwringing about hiring struggles in A&D with actual lost business. Robots will protect the bottom line.

Michigan and Ontario officials have unveiled a cross-border research study of commercial drones to explore whether small unmanned aircraft can be flown beyond line of sight and used for just-in-time delivery, medical transport or other small-scale deployments.

The U.S. aviation and telecommunications industries have deescalated—at least temporarily—their clash over an issue that threatens to further disrupt airline operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential of new 5G wireless networks interfering with aircraft electronics.

AVCON INDUSTRIES (Butler National) has FAA STC to install fuselage sensor ports for Cessna 208/208B Caravan.

Jim Kelly was promoted to President of Dayton T. Brown, Bohemia, NY.

CAELI NOVA raised CHF 8m (primarily from Ornament Health and Latécoère) to further develop its Cordillera onboard emergency oxygen system for 2022.

The aircraft, which is designed to evaluate the public acceptability of low-boom supersonic flight over land, completed assembly last year in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and was shipped to Texas for structural tests in late December.

After playing out through most of 2020 and 2021 for the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry, the process of assembling memorandums of understanding, letters of intent and other expressions of interest to bolster fundraising drives is underway in other parts of the evolving advanced air mobility market.

EHang has established an air mobility experience center in Guangzhou, China, which includes a rooftop vertiport and hangar.

AST SpaceMobile, a newly public company aiming to establish a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones, has offered a peak inside its 85,000-ft.2 manufacturing headquarters in Midland, Texas.

Building supply chain resilience, sustainable innovations and collaboration can help companies persevere through continued uncertainty.

Many ag operators initially viewed ag “drones” as threats but now see them as complementary rather than competitive.

French space agency’s invitation to use Kourou spaceport may help European microlauncher projects meet hoped-for high demand.

2Excel’s growth has been partly fueled by the transition to the commercial sector of flight testing of defense equipment.

Drone-based aircraft inspections are gaining traction as new providers, technologies and certifications come down the pipeline.

Exciting new aerospace markets will continue to emerge and grow, and Aviation Week will provide you data and analysis about them.

New Zealand startup Kea Aerospace has conducted a 14 hr. 3 min. test flight of a subscale prototype as it continues development of a large, solar-powered unmanned aircraft capable of remaining aloft in the stratosphere for months.