Aerospace

SENIOR, UK reduced employment by further 12% in 1H20 on top of 5% cut in 2H19 (another 19% remains on furlough); it expects its civil aerospace

Drone logistics system developer Matternet on July 14 announced the start of a second hospital delivery operation with UPS Flight Forward in North Carolina.

Doug Carriger to Senior Vice President of Sales of First Class Air Support, Louisville, KY.

Tom Blakely to Chief Technology Officer of Triumph Group, PA.

As part of Flight Paths Forward, Aviation Week's Managing Editor of Technology, Graham Warwick, sits down with Tim Grayson, the director of DARPA's Strategic Technology Office, who explains how the agency is pioneering the development of breakthrough technologies.

British aerospace firms will be less well-resourced to cope with a no-deal Brexit if the UK government and the European Union cannot come to a consensus on a future trading relationship by the end of the year, industry has warned.

Guillaume Faury is optimistic about a market recovery, but pace and timing are among many aspects impossible to predict.

MUSHIELD completed 12,000 sq ft expansion at Londonderry, NH that includes 6,000 sq ft of manufacturing space for precision sheet metal fabrication

TAG AERO, FL acquired 46 ex-Delta GTCP331-200ER APUs for 757s/767s.

U.S. small drone manufacturer Skydio said it has raised $100 million in venture capital, which the company will use to accelerate product development and expand into the commercial and public-sector markets.

ANA Holdings, parent company of All Nippon Airways, is cooperating with Japanese startup Aeronext on the development of delivery drones with the goal of beginning commercial operations in 2022-23.

Drone delivery company Volansi is to partner with U.S. Special Operations Command to demonstrate its Voly M20 long-range cargo unmanned aircraft under a small business contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force.

Ask the Editors: Hydrogen propulsion offers a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, but major challenges lie ahead.

SAFRAN broke ground on (Boeing) interior component manufacturing facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, to employ 800 workers.

PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by Middle East Airlines-Air Liban to supply eX1 IFEC solution for 15 A321ceo/neos.

Greg Hayes took heat for merging UTC with Raytheon, but critics are silenced as defense has cushioned the company during the pandemic.

Aerion’s carbon-neutral fuel; Calspan tests trust in AI; Dubai advances Sky Dome; DLR backs clean aviation; Lilium’s modular vertiports.

The FAA and Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation sign an accord to advance drone integration standards.

Ask the Editors: The pause on the Airbus A220-500 development will be short-lived because of the growing demand for bigger narrowbodies.

AIRBUS reports the BelugaXL entered service at Getafe, Spain to operate weekly flights carrying horizontal tailplanes, A350 Section 19 and wing lower

This webinar took place July 10, 2020. COVID-19 could prove to be the making or the breaking of the electrification of electric propulsion. Will the

The KZ-11 solid-propellant space launcher of Chinese state company Expace failed on its first flight on July 10.

Initiatives such as the European Defense Fund and PESCO could give the European defense industry a leg-up in the post-coronavirus era.

Airbus Defense & Space CEO Dirk Hoke talks with Aviation Week about COVID impact, Europe’s big defense initiatives and other challenges.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.