Aerospace

PAN AM FLIGHT ACADEMY has acquired two pre-owned 767-200ER full flight simulators from an unidentified source for installation at Miami by July 2021.

ENTROL launched new en-4000x FNPT II MCC/AATD simulator for SEP, MEP and JET training, providing IR, ATPL and APS MCC courses in a single device.

Anna Galoni to Chief Executive Officer of Marsh Brothers Aviation, Burlington, ON.

As aircraft and propulsion developers look to electrical systems operating at kilovolt levels, Safran has teamed with a pyrotechnics specialist to develop an ultrafast method of shutting down high-power networks before electric arcing can cause potentially catastrophic damage.

European engineering services company AKKA Technologies is to assist French startup Aura Aero with development of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft and Integral E electric aerobatic aircraft.

COVID-19 has pushed sustainability and emissions reduction higher up the aviation agenda–and highlighted the need for further action.

The slow pace of Leonardo’s AW609 program has not benefited from the global pandemic.

ZeroAvia testbed crash; Lufthansa deploys riblets; MightyFly’s autonomous logistics; Wingcopter’s triple drop; Hydrogen startup funding.

Satellite inspection service provider HEO Robotics has partnered with Australian in-space transportation startup Space Machines to launch an on-orbit inspection camera in 2022.

A Chinese startup plans to capture an object in orbit using a net as part of a small-satellite mission to demonstrate technology for space resource utilization.

LUFTHANSA GROUP and BASF introduced AeroSHARK surface coating technology consisting of riblets measuring around 50 micrometers to imitate the

PROPONENT, CA was selected by Sine Draco to supply machined parts and other conversion hardware for its A321 SDF.

Virgin Orbit has awarded the UK division of Spanish-based space system supplier AVS a contract to build the portable ground operating system to support satellite launches from Spaceport Cornwall starting in 2022.

Europe’s industry sees itself in a time crunch for sustainability, but budget negotiations on the Clean Sky follow-on program drag on.

ZeroAvia’s plans to demonstrate long-distance hydrogen fuel cell-powered flight have been set back after its demonstrator aircraft was involved in a landing accident.

The latest Skunk Works demonstration series shows off new level of ad hoc, multidomain networking.

NASA will stop work on the Human Landing System flight demonstration while the Government Accountability Office considers two protests of the space agency’s recent $2.9 billion contract award to SpaceX.

MTU AERO ENGINES had €49m net income on €989m revenues in 1Q21 vs €112m on €1.3b in 1Q20, and ended quarter with order backlog of €20.2b, up 9% from

SAFRAN reported revenues of €3.3b in 1Q21 vs €5.4b in 1Q20; Aerospace Propulsion fell 37.5% and Aircraft Interiors fell 55%.

CFM INTERNATIONAL delivered 26 CFM56s/188 LEAPs in 1Q21 vs 54/272 in 1Q20; it has backlog of >9,200 LEAP engines.

NASA and SpaceX late April 29 delayed for a second time the planned undocking and splashdown of the four Crew-1 Dragon astronauts from the International Space Station due to high winds.

Up to five test runs of the rotorcraft are planned by May 4.

Internal production headwinds slow but still persist.

First mission is to send an uncrewed Orion capsule into lunar orbit.

Dave Calhoun is giving himself a dual mandate of returning Boeing to financial eminence while reinstalling engineering prowess. The gambit could decide the embattled company’s fate.