Aerospace

A joint effort underway by Vandenberg Space Force Base with state and central California government and educational agencies to add commercial launch capabilities forecasts a favorable economic impact as the challenges the partnership has identified with an unfolding master plan are met.

Customer order to convert King Air fleet to autonomous flight capability indicated growing maturity of the technology.

U.S. Navy cancels JSOW-ER; SM-6 misses target; Brazil’s Air Force may cut KC-390; USAF buys jet for BACN; GA-EMS cross-link contract.

NASA lays out transition plan for future low-Earth-orbit operations.

Almost two decades after Concorde retirement, United’s Boom Overture order is strongest signal yet for commercial supersonic revival.

As Aviation Week launches a new publication dedicated to the AAM ecosystem, technology editor Graham Warwick and senior editor Guy Norris are joined by SMG Consulting’s Sergio Cecutta to discuss the thinking behind the latest update of his AAM Reality Index.

BOEING and ALASKA AIRLINES teamed on next ecoDemonstrator program to flight test about 20 technologies on a 787-9 to cut emissions, reduce noise and

GKN AEROSPACE delivered first fully-integrated wings, empennage and EWIS to Eviation for its Alice all-electric aircraft.

IBC ADVANCED ALLOYS, IN announced C$1m private placement in Canada for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Enrico Evans to Head of Sales and Customer Support of RED Aircraft, Adenau, Germany.

UNITED PERFORMANCE METALS is offering thin gauge stainless steel strip at Portland, CT after acquiring precision rerolling mill and support equipment

FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS, Canada is launching sales of AFIRS Edge, an LTE/5G wireless Quick Access Recorder (wQAR), Aircraft Interface Device (AID)

Willie Cecil to Sales Director of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, Canada.

ATR has secured French Govt funding for its big data project under 3-year, €300m plan to support investments to help industry recover from COVID-19.

René Dankwerth to Executive VP-Competence Center Composites of Recaro Aircraft Seating, Schwaebisch Hall.

Brandon Robinson to President of Astro Aerospace, Lewisville, TX.

Patricia Trompeter to Chief Executive Officer of Astro Aerospace, Lewisville, TX.

Sunitha Vegerla to General Manager of Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas, Fort Worth, TX.

ROLLS-ROYCE began testing AE2100 engine element and specialist controls for hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system being developed under 2.5

ASTRO AEROSPACE acquired Canada's HORIZON AIRCRAFT (eVTOL aircraft).

Explaining artificial intelligence (AI) in a way that meets safety standards and rulemaking is one of the key challenges to fully automating advanced air mobility vehicles.

The need to boost U.S. cyberdefenses amid the complexity of today’s digitized world could lead to the “civilianization” of defense through technology.

The Rafale ousted Israeli Boeing F-16 and Saab Gripen offers in Croatia’s fighter contest.

Houston-based Axiom Space has signed an agreement with SpaceX for three more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station—pending NASA approval—aboard Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Converting the rooftops of underused parking garages into vertiports is seen as an early opportunity to expand the ground infrastructure for urban air mobility (UAM) beyond the limited number of heliports now operating.