Aerospace

BOEING delivered 13 aircraft (two 737-800As; two BBJ2s; 18 MAXs; 747-8F; two 767s; two 777Fs) in October vs 13 (737-800A; 747-8F; three 767s; four

TALON 1 ACQUISITION closed $230m IPO on NASDAQ; company, led by Ed Wegel, was formed for purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset

AIRBUS made demo flight (Toulouse-Montreal) of two A350s flying at 3 km apart (in general air traffic regulated transatlantic airspace) using flight

Emma Walker to Head of Aerospace for Chubb Global Markets, London.

Rich Foster, of L3Harris Technologies Canada, was elected Chairman of Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC).

South Korean automaker Hyundai has renamed its urban air mobility division Supernal and plans to begin certification of its electric air taxi in the U.S. in 2024, aiming to launch commercial flights in 2028.

Airbus Helicopters has performed what it claims to be the first helicopter flight on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, albeit powering only one of the two engines on the H225 testbed.

Startup ZeroAvia has partnered with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics to develop a supplemental type certificate for its conversion of the 19-passenger Dornier 228 regional turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion.

Aviation Week Executive Editor for Technology Graham Warwick discusses the introduction of electrically driven aircraft.

For the aerospace and defense industry, the breakup of General Electric has spurred a flurry of brainstorming over how GE Aviation could combine with other A&D assets to form the next industry colossus.

Preventing contrails; Chinese eVTOL unveiled; certifying fuel cells; hybrid Panthera flies; and cleaning orbits magnetically.

The United CEO talks with Aviation Week about the airline's fleet orders, customer service and international expansion.

TAT TECHNOLOGIES, Israel had $967m net loss on $17.6b revenues in 3Q21 vs $1.6b loss on $16.8b in 3Q20.

ENTROL, Spain has order from ITPS, Canada to provide high-fidelity engineering simulator based on its H39 EASA FNPT II MCC/FAA FTD Level 5 simulator.

Kent Jacobs was promoted to President of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, Calgary.

ALCOA announced its PORTLAND ALUMINUM joint venture in Australia plans to restart 35,000 mtpy of curtailed capacity at its aluminum smelter in

HÉROUX-DEVTEK secured 6-year extension from Boeing for supply of complete landing gear systems for 777/777X.

EMBRAER lost US$45m on US$958m revenues in 3Q21 vs US$121.2m loss on US$759m in 3Q20; it has US$16.8b backlog. It confirmed its 2021 aircraft delivery

AIRBUS delivered 36 aircraft (two A220s; 32 A320 Family; one A350; one A380) in October 2021 vs 72 (12 A220s; 43 A320 Family; four A330s; 12 A350s

Gurjot Bhullar was promoted to Vice President-Operations of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, Calgary.

U.S.-based satellite communications provider Viasat on Nov. 8 announced a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based Inmarsat in a transaction valued at $7.3 billion that would create an unrivaled, multiband space and terrestrial network serving aviation, maritime and other markets.

Japan has launched two projects to develop technologies for next-generation commercial aircraft.

The National Business Aviation Association hailed the final passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that contains measures to support efforts to attract and retain aviation workers, fund improvements for general aviation airports and spur next-generation programs.

Gur Kimchi, co-founder of Amazon’s drone delivery service Amazon Prime Air, has joined the board of directors at Near Earth Autonomy, which is working to develop safe and efficient autonomous flight capabilities.

U.S. House members on Nov. 4 passed a bipartisan bill in support of advanced air mobility that would establish an AAM interagency working group to review policies and make recommendations to further the technologies and infrastructure for the new transportation capability.