Aerospace

Talon 1 Acquisition Corp., headed by serial U.S. airline entrepreneur Ed Wegel of Eastern Airlines and Global Crossing Airlines, is eyeing a merger with an aerospace, aviation or related services company.

Three-year-old New York startup Innovative Rocket Technologies on Nov. 4 said it has signed an agreement with two-year-old Turion Space of Irvine, California, to launch 20 of the latter’s proposed Droid orbital-debris-removing satellites to low Earth orbit via iRocket’s planned Shockwave launcher.

The rotor system will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting late in 2022 or early in 2023.

Space Force seeks commercial services; piecing together a wrecked A-10; Area-I’s new UAS approach; and India tests anti-airfield weapon.

Post-Brexit French/UK political relations may be at a low, but cross-Channel missile technology research is continuing apace.

As commercial aviation comes out of the pandemic, recovery of demand for widebody aircraft is likely to be slow.

SAFRAN CABIN was selected by Qatar Airways Cargo to provide its new fire resistant containers as replacement for its entire fleet of >10,000 ULDs.

UK startup Isotropic Systems has demonstrated the first simultaneous connections with communications satellites in different orbits, its solid-state terminal linking to SES spacecraft in both geostationary and medium Earth orbits at the same time.

Terrell Siegfried, of the NORDAM Group, was elected President of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA).

AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP, NY earned $2m on $14.4m sales in 3Q21 vs $1.7m on $13.7m in 3Q20; it has $6.4m backlog.

KAMAN CORPORATION had $14.7m net income on $179.8m sales in 3Q21 vs $38.5m net loss on $214m in 3Q20. It also announced new orders for two K-MAX

NAVBLUE and France's ENAC signed new partnership agreement to develop new flight ops/ATM solutions for improving safety for next-generation aircraft.

LEONARDO and ELETTRONICA signed partnership agreement to support growth of sovereign technologies for developing integrated solutions around their

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS had $114m net loss on $980m revenues in 3Q21 vs $156m loss on $806m in 3Q20 and ended quarter with $1.4b in cash and approximately

The new facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport will house final assembly of Bombardier Global business jets, including its flagship Global 7500 ultra-long-range aircraft.

China has been a major driver of growth for Boeing and Airbus in the 2020s, but sees no urgency to buy more aircraft.

EATON AEROSPACE earned $164m on $745m sales in 3Q21 vs $100m on $540m in 3Q20; year-over-year backlog rose 5%.

Supporting the global aviation recovery needs platforms such as Singapore Airshow, where aviation players can come together and collaborate to overcome uncharted challenges.

Philippe Carette to President-Aviation of Inmarsat, UK.

QATAR FOUNDATION and ROLLS-ROYCE signed a MOU to enter into a partnership to create a groundbreaking center for climate-tech innovations that will

MTU AERO ENGINES teamed with EASA to investigate new standards, approval regulations and verification procedures for future certification of flying

IBS SOFTWARE was selected by Lufthansa Cargo to provide its iPartner Handling solution

WENCOR GROUP, GA has acquired ASC INDUSTRIES, Arlington, TX (fastener/fitting/hardware distributor).

KAMATICS has contract from unidentified eVTOL manufacturer to supply components manufactured using its proprietary Titanium Diffusion Hardening (TDH)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Airborne International Response Team have joined forces to study the use of small unmanned aircraft systems by public safety and emergency response organizations.