Aerospace

Skyborg protoype awards; MQ-25 flies with refueling store; Northrop sheds IT division; and new council for commercial space.

Joby Aviation has become the first manufacturer to receive airworthiness approval for its electric air taxi under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime initiative.

ECOPULSE (Daher/Safran/Airbus) reports its distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator passed Preliminary Design Review (PDR); assembly by

PwC reports there were 121 aerospace and defense M&A deals valued at $10b in 3Q20 vs 107 worth $12b in 3Q19; it says recent resurgence of pandemic and

Ben Nicholson as Vice President-Washington Operations, based in Washington, DC, of CAE.

CROSSCONSENSE, Germany was selected by Condor and DC Aviation to provide its new AviationDW data warehouse for generating key performance indicators

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris just visited Boeing Field, where he talked with 777X program leaders. Listen in for an update on the program’s status – and

German startup Lilium has partnered with Lufthansa Flight Training to develop a pilot sourcing and training program that will support its planned global deployment of regional air mobility services.

Recovering from its worst-ever crisis while also focusing on reducing the environmental impact will be a 2021 air-transport challenge.

There will be less harm in investing in guided missiles than in misguided men.

A SpaceX Starship prototype, powered for the first time by a trio of liquid oxygen- and methane-burning Merlin engines, crashed during a landing

UK venture capital outfit Octopus Ventures and investment firm BGF joined existing Orbex investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Heartcore Capital and Elecnor S.A. in a new funding round for the launch company.

SAMC (Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company; COMAC subsidiary), AVIC SUPPLY and GKN AEROSPACE agreed to form joint venture to manufacture composite

DEMA, Italy delivered its first shipset of two major components (cockpit upper shell and elevators) for A220 out of Somma Vesuviana.

OROLIA, France was selected by Airbus to supply its Ultima-DT ELT solution, which activates upon detection of potential distress while aircraft is in

AMPAIRE made first demo flight of its Electric EEL hybrid-electric aircraft along an actual airline route (Kahului-Hana) on Maui.

AEROPARTS NOW, GA has added London-based Borescope Aviation (rotable parts) to its aircraft parts sales automation and management platform.

Mandy Richards to Chief Financial Officer of EPIC Fuels, Dallas.

BELL TEXTRON (Textron) acquired RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES, Coventry, RI (composite solutions/fuel cells).

U.S. start-up Ampaire is flying its hybrid-electric testbed on a regional airline route in Hawaii to demonstrate the propulsion technology’s potential to reduce fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 40-50%.

This webinar took place December 9, 2020 and was sponsored by Raytheon Intelligence & Space. The development of COVID-19 vaccines is finally bringing

Recovering from its worst-ever crisis while also focusing on reducing the environmental impact will be a 2021 air-transport challenge.

BOEING delivered seven aircraft (two 737NGs/P-8s; 747F; 767F; three 777s) in November vs 24 (two 737NGs/P-8s; 747F; five 767Fs (three -2Cs); four 777s

Kathy J. Warden, Chairman/CEO/President of Northrop Grumman, was elected Chairman of Board of Governors of AIA for 2021.

AAR has formed ASTC committee to oversee aviation safety matters relating to its operations, including employee training and promoting safety culture.