Aerospace

SATTERFIELD AEROSPACE, CA was selected by Adient Aerospace to design/build meal tables for its new business class seat.

French government and industry reacted angrily to Australian decision to cancel sub deal, for nuclear sub pact with U.S./UK.

GA-ASI and UK Civil Aviation Authority released new details of first point-to-point UAS flight utilizing UK airways structure.

Missile tests on the Korean Peninsula; MQ-25’s third customer; Vertex’s Raytheon training pickup; and Capella provides a SAR sampler.

Near-term deliveries lower, replacement rates higher as airlines reset post-pandemic.

Building upon the legacy and location left by Norton Air Force Base following its official closure in 1994, SBD International Airport (SBD) is an aviation growth story several decades in the making.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched Inspiration4, the first all-civilian, non-government human spaceflight, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin its three-day mission in low Earth orbit.

Rolls-Royce has completed the first flight of its electric-powered Spirit of Innovation aircraft, also known as Accel.

ROLLS-ROYCE made first flight (15 minutes) of its all-electric Spirit of Innovation aircraft with 400kW (>500 hp) electric powertrain out of Boscombe

AIA says aerospace and defense industry accounted for 1.8% ($382b) of US GDP in 2020 and supported >2.09m US jobs (1.4% of total US employment), down

U.S. private equity firm AE Industrial Partners is rolling up UAV-related businesses under the UAV Factory brand.

CAE was selected by BETA Technologies as partner to design and develop its pilot and maintenance technician training program for the ALIA eVTOL

CYIENT, India introduced AS9145 supplier PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) compliance software/services for enabling intelligent supply chain.

SA GROUP acquired the aircraft division of CLASSIC TRIM, Denmark (interior\ cleaning/restoration/refurbishment/mods).

ATR has kicked off its 40-year anniversary: https://youtu.be/of9PcVKv02c

Recently public Spire Global, a nanosat operator for cloud-enabled data analytics, is buying sat-based S-AIS services startup ExactEarth.

TOPCAST AVIATION SUPPLIES, Hong Kong was selected by Greene Tweed as exclusive distributor for aerospace OEMs in Asia-Pacific and South America for >1

AAR was selected by Arkwin Industries as exclusive distributor for its engine actuation/commercial aviation products for commercial aviation

Israel’s Urban Aeronautics has secured an initial $10 million of the at least $100 million it needs to raise through a Series A funding round to support development of the CityHawk vertical-takeoff air taxi.

Jet Luxe has launched a new charter, management and travel services business to respond to record levels of demand for the services.

David Neeleman has been appointed to the board of directors of Lilium N.V., effective upon completion of Lilium’s business combination with Qell Acquisition Corp.

The new satellites join a OneWeb constellation that now numbers 322 spacecraft in low Earth orbit, about half of its initial constellation.

Beta Technologies has selected Canada’s CAE to develop the pilot and maintenance training program for the Alia electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

BAE Systems has teamed up with UK uncrewed air system developer Malloy Aeronautics to develop a heavy lift multicopter for the littoral mission.

Shareholders in Atlas Crest Investment approved the blank-check company’s reverse merger with urban air mobility startup Archer Aviation in a Sept. 14 vote.