Aerospace

Brent Wiggins to Senior AOG Manager of Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems, Greenville, SC.

Brad Sutphin to Vice President of Texas Aerospace Technologies, Abilene.

Angela Morrison to Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Development of CAVU Aerospace, Stuttgart, AR.

DUNLOP AIRCRAFT TYRES was selected by UK-based Faradair to supply tires for its BEHA (Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft).

PRATT & WHITNEY announced that Sichuan Airlines took delivery of the 1,000th GTF-powered aircraft, an A320neo (10215).

There are simple truths that have withstood the test of time: airlines will always look at ways to increase efficiencies, both in terms of cost as

Airbus adds to A321neo production with a modernized final assembly line in Toulouse to meet both market demand and political needs.

Eviation progresses; XTI logs orders; Aergility’s cargo eVTOL; Hexa in production; and Jaunt eyes Canada.

Funded by the UK’s Future Flight Challenge, the Air-One hub is scheduled to open in central Coventry, England, later this year.

Changing needs of military advantage will challenge traditional business practices.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Promising results from next-generation adaptive combat engine tests augur well for follow-on variable cycle power developments.

Details of the operating cycles for GE’s new-generation adaptive engines remain sparse.

AVCORP INDUSTRIES had C$17.9m net income on C$24m revenues in 1Q21 vs C$14.4m loss on C$40m in 1Q20.

RUSSIA announced plan to mass produce the MC-21 (with PD-14s) and Il-114-300; first flights were made in December 2020.

The next two piloted flights to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft later this year will be carrying civilians—a film crew first, and later, tourists.

EVIATION took delivery of first electric propulsion unit (EPU) from magniX for its Alice all-electric aircraft; first flight is 2H21.

IAI had US$42m net income on US$1b sales in 1Q21 vs US$34m on US$1b in 1Q20; it has US$12.2b backlog (three years of operation)

Use of autonomous aircraft for emergency care is to be tested in Helsinki in spring 2023 under the European-funded AiRMOUR project.

Arqit, a four-year-old British startup aiming to provide quantum encryption for communications, announced May 12 it will become a publicly traded company after a two-step merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

The startup did not identify the operator or its market sector, but the 40-aircraft order, plus an option for another 40, is “committed and in hand,” XTI CEO Bob LaBelle said.

The end appears to be in sight for the Atlantic’s Organized Track System as airlines turn to environmentally op-timized routes.

The former senator pledges a bipartisan approach to the space agency and continued support for commercial space.

Airbus revolutionized commercial aviation by introducing fly-by-wire. No one pushed it more than Bernard Ziegler who has died at age 88.

Textron will not immediately enter the urban air mobility market, despite its “enormous amount of technological capability,” as the battery technology has not advanced enough to support it, Textron’s top executive says.