Aerospace

A human pilot dogfighting against an AI-controlled adversary takes the step from virtual simulation to live flight.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued its draft parameters for clearing the Boeing 737 MAX to fly again, adding flight crew procedures and performance limitations to the FAA’s requirements.

GENESIS PARK ACQUISITION completed $150m IPO (Jefferies as sole bookrunner) to launch special purpose company to deploy capital into the aerospace

EMBRAER says it is in active discussions with (unidentified) potential partners to develop a new regional turboprop.

TRANSDIGM GROUP agreed to acquire COBHAM AERO CONNECTIVITY, UK (antennas/radios) for $965m.

BII.AERO, UK acquired stock of A320 Family galley inserts, supplemented by a large consignment from a major European airline, totaling >1,700 line

EASA is expected to clear 737 MAX to re-enter service in mid-January; parameters include adding stick-shaker circuit breaker deactivation to emergency

AMENTUM, MD acquired DYNCORP INTL, VA to create a single mission critical support services company (SPNWS; Oct 2).

This webinar took place November 24, 2020. The FAA’s approval for the Boeing 737 MAX to fly again ends a long, dark chapter in the evolving story of

Aircraft Towing Systems World Wide is building a prototype of its fuel-saving electric towing system.

Following up on a pilot program to assess the value of commercially provided weather-forecast data, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded data-purchase contracts to GeoOptics and Spire Global.

The FAA on Nov. 23 released proposed airworthiness criteria for four small unmanned aircraft systems, bringing to 10 the number of drones that are positioned to earn design approvals from the agency.

A week after sending its first space taxi to the International Space Station for NASA, SpaceX launched the flagship Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite into orbit to join spacecraft collecting key data for tracking climate change.

3M and SAFRAN CABIN, CA teamed to develop new materials for 2021 to enhance cleaning and protection features of aircraft cabin equipment and provide

PENTAGON 2000 SOFTWARE was selected by Ex-Change Parts, Sweden to provide its Pentagon 2000SQL software to automate supply chain functions with

NIAR (Wichita State University) received another $13.7m USAF contract to extend Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable Composites (MASC) R&D program.

ONTIC, CA acquired the manufacturing rights from Flightline Electronics (Ultra Electronics) for four electro-mechanical and digital aircraft

Rich Eilers to US Sales Director of Adyson Aviation Group, Wilmington, NC.

VOLTAERO, France was selected by the European Innovation Council to receive initial €2.1m grant for development of its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft

EDP, Portugal agreed to join Embraer's electric aircraft research project with financial contribution for acquisition of energy storage and battery

AIRBUS opened new 51,000 sq ft campus in Singapore, housing the Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC), Satair's Asia-Pacific spare parts distribution

Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has teamed with satellite company Spire Global to supply the high-fidelity weather data critical to the aircraft maker’s goal of achieving Mach 1-plus cruise speeds without generating a sonic boom on the ground.

Croatia is to purchase three multimission helicopters for civil protection missions with the help of grants provided by the European Union.

Air navigation service providers must maintain their networks and cannot easily furlough controllers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Safran powers Bye; Aurora flow-controlled CRANE; Stratospheric turbulence test; UAM acceptance survey; AI in design; Supersonic nacelles