Aerospace

Hydrogen propulsion startup ZeroAvia has secured two Dornier 228s for use as test aircraft for development of its 600-kW fuel-cell propulsion system for 19-passenger airliners.

Unmanned traffic management specialist ANRA Technologies has partnered with Hyundai to begin developing the operating environment for advanced air mobility.

Willem Elemans to Chief Financial Officer of Celestia Technologies Group, The Netherlands.

SWISS plans by end 2021 to install Premium Economy Class cabin with 24 seats (supplied by ZIM) on its 12 777-300ERs.

STELIA AEROSPACE delivered front fuselage sections for first A321XLR from its sites in Méaulte and Rochefort.

VOLTAERO signed Airways Aviation as launch customer for 4-seat Cassio 330, 6-seat Cassio 480 and 10-seat Cassio 660 hybrid-electric aircraft for

Lola Lin to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Howmet Aerospace, Pittsburgh, PA.

VELONTRA, OH was formed to develop innovative solutions to unmanned supersonic and hypersonic challenges in faster, cheaper and better methods.

The startup's modified Cessna 337H Skymaster prototype will soon start touring between midsize regional airports across France.

Fuel cells for aircraft power; Blade UAM expands; Volocopter Paris flight; Vertiport partnerships; and Japan SAF flights.

Gallium nitride has migrated across terrestrial radar applications for a decade but is ready to enter the challenging market for fighters.

It is an inconvenient truth that China means a lot to Boeing—and to U.S. foreign trade, manufacturing and employment.

Gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics has teamed with two South Korean startups in a bid to tap into the country’s ambitious plans to commercialize urban air mobility.

SpaceX has delayed its Transporter-2 mission to allow for more prelaunch checkouts, the company announced on Twitter.

The U.S. Air Force and its Agility Prime team have signed a contract with Electra to further advance the company’s development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for electric ultrashort takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft.

Are the aerospace and automotive industries approaching a parting of the ways on battery technology?

Former Airbus CEO joins Lilium; Archer hires former Aerion engineers

Dufour Aerospace has signed on with AirMobility Inc. to enter the Japanese electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market in time for the 2025 Osaka Expo.

In an exclusive interview with Aviation Week, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun commented on a variety of strategic initiatives, including advanced air mobility. “Wisk is probably the highest on our list as a program I want to do and double down on,” Calhoun says. “It’s electric. It displaces an incredibly inefficient market on urban mobility. Its real big win is noise—this virtually takes noise out of the equation.

UP.Partners is an early-stage venture capital company focused on funding startups developing enabling technologies for advanced mobility. UP was established in January 2020 by Ben Marcus and Cyrus Sigari, co-founders of private jet dealer jetAVIVA and drone airspace services provider AirMap.

Miguel Murciano to Vice President-Flight Training & Standards of Pan Am Flight Academy, FL.

Damon Cram to Vice President-Sales & Marketing of Pan Am Flight Academy, FL.

VIRGIN GALACTIC received FAA approval to carry passengers into space.

The dispute between eVTOL-developers Wisk and Archer Aviation over intellectual property escalated on June 23 as Archer filed a counterclaim.

Why the WTO pact is essential to blunting the China challenge.