Aerospace

By Matthew Jouppi
The U.S. should account for an advanced adversary when making decisions about its future fighter force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

BOEING received FAA certification for 200-seat 737-8200. RYANAIR has ordered 210 for first delivery in April after EASA cert.
Aerospace

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions has launched a crowdsourcing competition to solicit assessments from experts on the factors most likely to shape the future of air travel and how to best arrive at a favorable outcome.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Vaya Space, a Cocoa, Florida, space startup formerly known as Rocket Crafters, on March 31 announced its entrance into the small satellite launching marketplace for launches of up to 1 ton to low Earth orbit starting in 2023.
Commercial Space

Today’s UK defense cuts will enable long-term investments, but the strategy is not risk-free.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick, Tony Osborne
New funding for ZeroAvia kicks off hydrogen propulsion development for 50-seaters as UK’s 9-passenger project switches to fuel cells.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Advanced electronic warfare and avionic software developments are key features of Saab’s next-generation Gripen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Fresh off its declaration that it was becoming a space-based weather service provider, ClimaCell has revealed its financing for getting there.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
AST Spacemobile, the new publicly traded version of nanosatellite startup AST & Science of Midland, Texas, should emerge from its reverse-merger with a special purpose acquisition company on April 6 sporting around $462 million.
Commercial Space

STRATASYS, Israel was selected by Senior Aerospace BWT, UK to provide two Fortus 450mc 3D printers at Macclesfield for producing components for low
Aerospace

GOGO says it began process to refinance and replace its $975m outstanding 2024 senior secured notes and $30m undrawn asset-based facility.
Aerospace

GTCR has agreement with Gogo to convert all of its $105.7m convertible senior notes into Gogo common stock; it will then own 28.6% of GOGO.
Aerospace

John B. Cooper, SVP-Global Government and Defense of AAR, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Logistics Officer Association.
Aerospace

By Irene Klotz
To chart his administration’s path in space, Biden calls upon a colleague.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Boeing’s proposed small widebody is the only near-term opportunity for a large new conventional engine.
Program Management

By Graham Warwick
SPAC merger will take Lilium public and fund certification and commercial launch of its regional air mobility eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau, Graham Warwick
Several airlines are exploring business cases and operational feasibility of replacing small turboprops with all-electric aircraft.
Sustainability

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Program Management

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems plans to invest 450 billion won ($400 million) in urban air mobility over the next three years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Tapping into the crosscurrents of the commercial space boom and advanced technologies such as cloud computing, Amazon is opening an AWS Space Accelerator to assist and network with related startups, with applications due April 21.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Finland-based Iceye, an Earth observation data analytics provider with its own constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites, said March 31 it plans to launch more satellites this year than previously planned, with the next launch booked for midyear.
Commercial Space

DIGITAL INNOVATION GROUP (GA Telesis) and GOVERNMENT BLOCKCHAIN ASSN launched working group to explore use of blockchain in aerospace/aviation and how
Aerospace

BRITISH AIRWAYS joined investor group that is injecting US$24.3m into ZEROAVIA to accelerate development of hydrogen-powered commerical aircraft
Aerospace

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE extended Boeing contract to supply 737/767/777 landing gear kits and structural components.
Aerospace