Aerospace

Alessandro Profumo is upbeat about the future of post-COVID-19 European defense capability.

A digital-first approach is key to achieving Tempest’s development goals, but the technology needs to be proved.

EASA provides industry with the first concrete guidance on certification requirements for AI in safety-critical applications.

Regional air mobility startup Electra has unveiled its first commercial product, a hybrid-electric aircraft designed to fly a pilot and seven passengers up to 500 mi. with takeoff and landing distances of just 100 ft.

Regional airline Ravn Alaska has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with startup Airflow for 50 electric logistics aircraft.

Without surface mobility, moonwalkers will have a very limited exploration zone.

Leaders expect a smaller, more streamlined supply chain to emerge as aircraft OEMs struggle to reach or exceed pre-pandemic rates.

AIRBUS delivered 50 aircraft (four A220s; three A320ceo Family; 38 A320neo Family; A330neo; three A350s; A380) in May vs 24 (two A220s; 18 A320neo

Hard on the heels of its agreement with UK and U.S. helicopter operator Halo Aviation, Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility has partnered with Brazil’s Helisul Aviation to develop an ecosystem for aerial ridesharing.

How the early leaders in urban air mobility plan to roll out their air taxi services is becoming more clear: Details about their plans are emerging as parts of deals to go public, with valuations in the billions of dollars.

Obtaining certification from civil aviation authorities is the milestone that eVTOL vehicle manufacturers most seek—it allows them to be first-to-market in what is viewed as a keenly competitive industry.

The energy behind a new industry forming is palpable—excitement about something new, the risk involved, the pace of change.

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said he will be aboard for the first crewed flight of the company’s New Shepard suborbital space transportation system, along with his brother Mark, the winner of an ongoing auction and possibly up to three additional passengers.

RECARO was selected by Aeroflot to supply BL3710 economy/CL4710 business class seats for >50 A320neo Family aircraft through 2028.

ELEMENT received Nadcap accreditation for chemical analysis at Antwerp.

Carmelo Lo Faro to President-Materials Segment, based in Alpharetta, GA, of Solvay.

CURTIS-WRIGHT has delivered the primary flight control actuators and control electronics to Eviation Aircraft for the all-electric Alice aircraft in

LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE was selected by Airbus to supply the cockpit static inverter for A320 and A330 families; Liebherr-Elektronik will manufacture

Joby Aviation has laid out its road map to achieve type certification of its electric air taxi and obtain its air operator certificate in order to begin commercial aerial ridesharing services in U.S. cities in 2024.

Joby Aviation sits atop the rankings of AAM companies in the SMG Consulting AAM Reality Index released June 8.

The European missile manufacturer sees opportunities for missile development and consolidation as future fighter programs evolve.

NASA subsonic X-plane; Joby rooftop vertiports; Eve’s eVTOL partner; Electric Euroglider; airport hydrogen flight; JAXA’s rolling robot.

White House opts to stay the course in space exploration.

ASM (Aircraft Systems & Manufacturing) was renamed JANA ENGINEERING.

United Launch Alliance is standing down from its planned June 23 launch of an Atlas V rocket with the Air Force Test Payload-3 to review a potential issue with oscillations of the booster’s upper stage engine nozzle, the company said on June 4.