Aerospace

NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.

UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION made first flight of import-substituting (replaced 40 systems/assemblies) SJ-100 prototype with SaM146 engines.

SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS began building €50m, 10,000 sq meter compressor blades and vanes production plant in Marchin, Belgium to produce >2,000 blades/vanes per day starting in 2025.

HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT earned $89m on $405m sales for third quarter ended July 31 vs $71m on $330m a year ago.

FARNBOROUGH INTL AIRSHOW is reporting record demand for exhibition space in 2024 (July 22-26), citing 14% in y-o-y aerospace revenue growth.

ATR received certification from Japan (JCAB) for its ATR 72-600 full-flight simulator at its Singapore Training Centre.

CAE has 10-year 737 MAX pilot training contract with Batik Air with one full-flight simulator in Kuala Lumpur.

VIASAT, CA was selected by Korean Air to provide inflight connectivity for its 30 A321neos for delivery through 2027.

While the DA40 is a four-seater, the eDA40 is designed with two seats.

A new urban air mobility (UAM) service has been launched in traffic-clogged Sao Paulo.

AeroHT has conducted the first cross-river flight in China by an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Advanced Space has won a new Space Debris Identification and Tracking (Sintra) contract.

The AAM Stock Composite ticked up 0.9% during the week ending Aug. 25, compared to a 1.5% rise in the S&P 500.

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has joined the U.S. Regional Airline Association.

Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.

Recipients of the DAIR Green Fund include RAMPF Composite Solutions, which is developing a low-rotational-inertia propeller to extend component life.

Startup begins converting 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 to test a 2-megawatt-class hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.

Changes to India’s military procurement process would have implications for the broader world combat aircraft market.

Simon Newitt to President of Heart Aerospace, Göteborg, Sweden.

SONEVA, Maldives acquired DHC-6-300 from MONTE, which will also explore converting Soneva’s fleet with zero-emission propulsion technologies.

Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised almost $14 million to fund development and flight testing of its ZG-T6 six-seat tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft

French air safety investigation bureau BEA has started an investigation after an Emirates-operated Airbus A380 was found damaged by a potential drone collision.

The organization’s new study offers a detailed comparison between alternative sustainable power configurations for an Airbus A380-like airliner.

Active flutter control; humanoid robot pilot; delivery drone detect-and-avoid; heavy-lift VTOL demonstrators.

The U.S. Justice Department claims SpaceX routinely denied jobs to non-U.S. citizens legally entitled to work in the country.