Aerospace

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

KRÜGER AVIATION, Germany and LUFTHANSA TECHNIK teamed to develop a lightweight (600-800 grams) economy class seat divider provide physical separation

Ask the Editors: OEMs have shifted away from the underlying architectures of automobiles. Is a similar sea change in aviation due?

Hal Chrisman to President of Raisbeck Engineering (Acorn Growth Companies), Seattle.

ROLLS-ROYCE reports that year-over-year widebody engine flying hours were down 50% in 1H20 (75% in 2Q20); MRO activity was broadly stable in 1H20, but

AIRBUS delivered 36 aircraft (A220; 31 A320neos; four A350s) in June 2020 vs 76 (six A220s; 10 A320ceos; 44 A320neos; five A330s; 10 A350s; A380) in

Renewable hydrogen will play a key role in supporting the EU’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050 by reducing emissions from hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as aviation, according to the European Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy unveiled on July 8.

Why things happen the right way when nothing is left to chance.

UK government sees OneWeb acquisition as a steppingstone to sovereign global navigation system.

The FAA and Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) will cooperate on the development and coordination of drone safety standards, the agencies announced July 8.

ITS (Infinity Trading & Solutions), AZ expanded agreement with Vogt Aero to be exclusive distributor of its line of PMA parts (for galley, lavatory

Sadika Moussaoui to Head of Human Resources of ATR, Toulouse.

BOOM plans to roll out its XB-1 supersonic demonstrator on October 7.

Propulsion testbed prepared for flight in UK as work begins on first application.

With plans to operate as well as produce its electric air taxis, German startup Lilium has unveiled its thinking on modular vertiports that could start small, but scale up quickly as the market takes off.

German aerospace center DLR is founding four new research institutes focused on synthetic fuels, low-emission propulsion and electric aviation.

VELO3D released process for additively manufacturing engine parts using Hastelloy X nickel-based alloy, suitable for the laser powder-bed fusion

NESTE delivered its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport via pipeline for airline use.

The sponsors of a global student contest to virtually design small lunar race cars have chosen four winners.

ALTA and EMBRY-RIDDLE signed MOU to lay groundwork for development of education programs and research initiatives in Latin America and Caribbean.

HANSAIR LOGISTICS, CA was named by The Copper Company as distributor of its reusable face masks (with microparticles with anti-viral properties) for

Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.

Yannick Assouad to Executive Vice President-Avionics of Thales, Paris; Gil Michielin is retiring.

BOEING announced the resignation of Niel Golightly as SVP-Communications over controversy caused by letter he wrote in 1987 claiming women should not

FACC, Austria was added to Boeing's Premier Bidder Program (for work).