Aerospace

SONACA GROUP, Belgium was selected by VoltAero to develop airframe for its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft family from current design status to

Ask the Editors: Deciding whether to diversify away from the Boeing 737, Southwest must weigh the pros and cons of a dual fleet.

Vince Restivo to Chief Operating Officer of Mente Group, Dallas.

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES is pausing the majority of SpaceJet activities, except for TC documentation, and is shifting investment away from M90

Listen in as PwC’s experts discuss aerospace supply chain risks, prospects for consolidation and why “reshoring” of production is for real.

Five European countries are now actively exploring or investing in small satellite launch facilities.

NASA tests on Boeing’s 787-10 ecoDemonstrator provided unprecedented system-level acoustic data for improving low-noise airliner designs.

Tecnam’s electric; China unmanned test sites; Canadian AAM; Volocopter’s UAM backbone; Beam solar charger; Loon stratospheric record

Flight tests for the first time synchronously measured noise on the ground and on the aircraft.

Ask the Editors: Traditional OEMs are likely to maintain a large role in the future of space.

LeMiracle Hendking to Director of Sales of Freeflight Systems, Irving, TX.

COLLINEAR GROUP, WA was selected by Stottler Henke as sales partner for its Aurora planning and scheduling software solution that uses AI technology.

SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY purchased 32 Piper trainers, including the 5,000th Piper Archer.

L3HARRIS had $430m net income on $4.5b revenues in 3Q20 vs $435m on $4.4b in 3Q19 and increased its 2020 guidance.

HONEYWELL earned $617m on $2.7b sales in 3Q20 vs $908m on $3.5b in 3Q19; drop is sales was driven by lower commercial aftermarket demand due to

SAFRAN had €3.4b revenues in 3Q20 vs €6.1b in 3Q19; Aerospace Propulsion fell 48% (civil aftermarket -56.2%); it delivered 211 narrowbody engines (172

Francisco Gomes Neto talks with Aviation Week in his first interview for the aerospace trade press.

M&A activity among major A&D players is picking up again, but this time they are shedding assets or tacking on specialties.

Bell is looking to technology from its Model 360 Invictus as a potential template for a medium-size single-engine utility platform.

Why Honeywell Aerospace’s chief sees a bright future for the industry despite today’s COVID-19 woes.

AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm with an aerospace and defense focus, is growing its military space business with a new acquisition that serves the Pentagon’s desire to tap into small-form, new-space developments.

TRIMAS AEROSPACE had $3.7m adjusted operating profit on $39m sales in 3Q20 vs $7.8m on $50.6m in 3Q19; aerospace was 24% of TriMas total sales.

NASMYTH BULWELL has 7-year contract from Incora (formerly Wesco Aircraft and Pattonair) to manufacture precision engineered engine components.

AIRBUS has placed its second BelugaXL (1930; modified A330-200) into service; it is building six BelugaXLs total.

North Dakota officials have announced the establishment of a statewide network for flying unmanned aircraft systems beyond visual line of sight of an operator, supported by a ground-based surveillance and communications infrastructure.