Aerospace

BOEING rolled out the first 747 this week in 1968. It produced 1,574 747s.

Aerospace

EMBRAER had US$57.9m net income on US$1.3b revenues in 2Q23 vs US$46.2m on US$1b in 2Q22. It has $17.3b backlog.

Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Opening of the facility is a public sign of the progress being made by electric-aircraft startup Beta Technologies
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Flying hydrogen laboratory; trainer flies on SAF; Joby eVTOL for Korea; and airport cargo robot.
Emerging Technologies

BAA TRAINING opened €30m pilot training facility near Paris-Orly; facility currently accommodates three full-flight simulators (747-400 and two 737NGs) with a fourth (A320neo) due in 4Q23 and fifth/sixth (TBA) in 2024-2025.

Aerospace

LEKI AVIATION opened new sales office in Medellin, Colombia.

Aerospace

By Angus Batey
The rules, regulations and parameters within which vertiports will operate are all works in progress.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Henry Canaday
IT is being embraced to move passengers through airports quickly and efficiently.
Airports & Networks

By Kevin Michaels
For too long, OEMs assumed that compliant aerostructures suppliers were a given. That era is over, and aerospace stakeholders must plan for a new reality.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
To many foreign observers, the fast-growing Chinese advanced air mobility industry is a black box.
NBAA

By Jens Flottau
Sales and strategy expert Christian Scherer to run Airbus Commercial Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Canadian air taxi startup Horizon Air recently announced a design change from five to seven seats for its hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR has taken delivery of a Dornier 328-100 modified by Deutsche Aircraft to be a flying testbed for sustainable aviation technologies.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Ispace technologies U.S. has unveiled a redesigned Series 2 lunar lander renamed the APEX 1.0.
Commercial Space

AURA AERO, France received EASA Part 21J (industrial design) approval to become a full aircraft (INTEGRAL) manufacturer, from design to production.

Aerospace

CRANFIELD AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS (CAeS) announced a three-party agreement with MONTE Aircraft Leasing and Torres Strait Air, Australia to convert up to 10 Britten-Norman Islander aircraft to hydrogen-electric power.

Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
The FAA also called for organizational changes following the Sept. 12, 2022, uncrewed New Shepard-23 mission.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
An autonomous electric cargo transport ground vehicle is to be tested at the UK’s East Midlands Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With cross-border flights by electric aircraft a rarity, Beta says the Alia flight was the first by a fully electric aircraft into Montreal.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Daniel Williams
76% of these narrowbodies—that are not stored—are powered by legacy engines; however, they only account for 73% of the flight hours as of August 2023.
MRO

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Irish ULCC Ryanair says it will now receive just 14 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft between September and December, instead of the 27 previously expected.
Airlines & Lessors

Clementine Starling and Julia Siegel
SpaceX’s tussle in Ukraine illustrates the industry’s rising power in modern conflict.
Commercial Space

By Sean Broderick
Forged documents and regulatory emphasis of paperwork’s importance combine to spark fake parts sales scheme.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Team wants data on S4 dynamics in simulated lunar space.
Space