Aerospace

British parcel carrier Royal Mail is to fly uncrewed mail flights between the UK mainland and the Scilly Isles and perform interisland deliveries with a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system to test technologies that could better link remote communities.

Zipline is to provide on-demand drone delivery of medical supplies to health facilities across Nigeria’s Cross River State.

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES selected Memphis-based InterSky Precision Instruments as authorized distributor for its commercial avionics products.

ELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY has invested in new electrical safety testing capabilities at its UKAS-accredited laboratory in Wimborne, UK.

ARLINGTON CAPITAL PARTNERS has acquired Triumph Group's composites businesses, which were renamed QARBON AEROSPACE; deal covers 1.8m sq ft of factory

GKN AEROSPACE delivered the first Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) from its Global Technology Center in Sweden to the Rolls-Royce UltraFan engine

Pete Wick to Chief Executive Officer of Qarbon Aerospace, Red Oak, TX.

Innovative new propulsion technologies are set to shape the regional sector in the years to come.

Wright Electric hits milestone; Pyrotechnic protection; Wisk teams with Blade; Beta flies for USAF; AKKA helps Aura Aero; Dufour funding.

Morgan Stanley has significantly reduced its forecast for the urban air mobility (UAM) market by 2040 and now expects regulatory hurdles to result in a substantially slower ramp-up in commercial services than anticipated.

Startup Jaunt Air Mobility has announced plans to locate its design and manufacturing operations in Canada.

This webinar took place May 7, 2021. With COVID-19 having dealt a huge blow to regional airlines, it is unclear how soon their appetites for new

NYCO was selected by Air Nostrum Engineering & Maintenance SLU to supply Turbonycoil 600 turbine oil for CRJs and ATRs.

AERSALE had $10m net income on $58.4m revenues in 1Q21 vs $1m on $57.1m in 1Q20. It ended quarter with $19.6m cash.

Extended reality systems present a way to address key safety and workforce-training challenges.

While Roc flight tests hog the limelight, Stratolaunch is quietly developing the Talon-A hypersonic testbed—Roc’s primary payload.

The company aims to regain its position at the top of the business-jet market, which it started losing 28 years ago.

PRATT & WHITNEY broke ground on $650m, 1.2m sq ft turbine airfoil manufacturing facility in Asheville, NC to open in 2H22.

Boeing and NASA plan to conduct an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 of the Starliner CST-100 crew capsule at 2:53 p.m. EDT on July 30, pending range approval, the company said May 6.

Miami International Airport on May 6 announced its selection by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to serve as a test site for drone detection technologies.

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $80m net income on $1.2b sales in 1Q21 vs $215m on $1.6b in 1Q20; it has $1.24b in cash.

Will we ever be able to trust an autonomous aircraft?

AEROXCHANGE was selected by PSA Airlines to provide AeroBuy/AeroRepair e-commerce solutions to automate parts procurement/repair management.

Mike Mueller to President & Chief Executive Officer of Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC), Ottawa.

Startup Wright Electric has begun testing the megawatt-scale power inverter that is a key building block in development of the electric propulsion system for its planned single-aisle airliner.