Aerospace

Vertical Aerospace has tapped aerospace composites provider Solvay to supply the VA-1X electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi program.

Its ride-share program challenges current economics and boosts the need for in-space propulsion.

Disruptive paradigms are not a new threat to commercial aviation, even this century, yet here we are. Is this time different?

Initial studies on a UK/French Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon have been completed, and an assessment phase is due to follow.

SEABURY SOLUTIONS extended deal with Ravn Alaska to provide its Alkym MRO IT platform to manage technical operations, logistics, and inventories.

Telesat has awarded a $3 billion contact to Thales Alenia Space to build its planned 298-member low Earth orbit broadband constellation, named Lightspeed.

BOEING delivered 26 aircraft (737NG; 21 MAXs; 767F; three 777s) in January vs 13 (three 737NGs; two 767-2Cs; two 777s; six 787s) in Jan 2020. It

Tony Sexton to Group Sales Director of Nasmyth Group, UK.

TRANSDIGM had $50m net income on $1.1b sales in first quarter ended December 31 vs $305m on $1.5b a year ago.

ONTIME NETWORKS was selected by Airbus to supply ultra-rugged airborne CR-6228 28-Port switch/router for A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT).

HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS was selected by Rolls-Royce to establish an authorized maintenance center in India for Adour Mk871s, produce parts for Adour

NASA is transitioning long-running hypersonic technology studies increasingly toward potential commercial applications and has awarded two new contracts supporting high speed design and propulsion work to Aerion Supersonic and GE Aviation respectively.

Swarm, a low-cost satellite communications network company selling data from space for less than the cost of a Netflix subscription, is now available for commercial use.

With advanced air defense threats proliferating, the demand for advanced standoff air-launched cruise missiles is increasing.

A diverse mix of hypersonic and subsonic cruise missiles is now in development.

Confronted with a dramatic drop in traffic, European ANSPs see a chance to modernize and rethink air traffic management.

TATA BOEING AEROSPACE, Hyderabad, India was selected by Boeing to manufacture 737 vertical fin structures.

HÉROUX-DEVTEK had $8.4m net income on $150m sales for third quarter ended December 31 vs $8.7m on $157m a year ago.

SCIAKY reports its Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) technology deposited record level of over 12,000 lb (5,443 kg) of titanium in 2020.

AIRBUS delivered 21 aircraft (three A220; 16 A320 Family; A330neo; A350) in January vs 31 (two A220s; 26 A320 Family; A330neo; two A350s) in January

Large-scale flight demonstrations are planned in seven countries under a European program to expand its U-space concept of operations for unmanned traffic management to include urban air mobility.

Europe’s SESAR air traffic management research program has launched a follow up to the Gulf of Finland’s U-space project focused on the safe and secure integration of unmanned aircraft and air taxis in urban airspace.

Aviation Week Network hosted PwC leaders to discuss three ways to pivot your organization and digital transformation toward a post-pandemic future

GKN’s electric Skybus; Europe looks to medical UAM; NASA’s water rocket; German e-fuels; and Slovenian unmanned team.

UNITED ENGINE CORPORATION, Russia held working meetings with Hindustan Aeronautics and other Indian companies potentially interested in localizing