Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
SINGAPORE - Boeing is hopeful to get back into business with Chinese airlines as soon as the trade tension has abated. Also, the impact of the Corvid

BOEING delivered 13 aircraft (three 737NGs; two 767-2Cs; two 777s; six 787s) in January vs 46 (14 737NGs; 20 MAXs; two 767s; two 777Fs; eight 787s) in
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By Bradley Perrett
Flight testing of the COMAC C919 has exceeded the designed cruise speed of the narrowbody airliner and reached its intended ceiling, with the fleet of six prototypes now complete.
Aerospace

ALLIED AVIATION (fueling services), NY joined ALTA as an affiliate member.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Production of the composite blade set for Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan future large civil engine family demonstrator is getting underway at the company’s Bristol facility, representing the official start of parts manufacturing for the first test engine.
Singapore Airshow

TOYOTA INDUSTRIES this week tested its advanced automatic towing tractor at Chubu (Nagoya) Centrair International Airport in collaboration with ALL
Aerospace

LOTAMS was approved by EASA to provide 787-8/9/10 type training.
Aerospace

BOEING delivered first 767-300F built at higher rate of three per month to FEDEX.
Aerospace

THALES was selected by Sichuan Airlines to supply CORE IFE for 10 A350s on order for delivery starting 4Q21.
Aerospace

ROLLS-ROYCE began manufacturing composite fan blades for UltraFan demonstrator; blades have a 140-inch diameter.
Aerospace

PRATT & WHITNEY has Korean Air order to supply PW1100G-JMs for up to 50 A321neos starting in 2021; it is also in discussions with Korean Air
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AIRBUS unveiled MAVERIC blended wing body scale model technological demonstrator; it says design has potential to reduce fuel consumption by up-to 20%
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JTC

JTC announced S$500m in new deals with GE Aviation, SIAEC, SAESL, AMETEK MRO, Pattonair and RLC Group (Singapore) for new facilities and an expansion
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VELO3D, CA teamed with Honeywell to supply its Sapphire metal 3D printer to produce aircraft components; qualification process in Phoenix is underway.
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BOEING began series of engineering flights of 737 MAX 7 with updated software; it estimates MAX ungrounding in mid-2020.
Aerospace

AIRBUS was authorized by Chinese Government to restart its Tianjin FAL and says it will gradually increase production.
Aerospace

Skylock, an anti-drone industry leader that provides solutions for governments, critical infrastructures and homeland security organizations, is featuring its Dronelock system for locating, detecting and neutralizing drones at Singapore Airshow 2020.
Singapore Airshow

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force must decide how to fill an aerial refueling shortfall exacerbated by KC-46 delays and an aging KC-10 fleet.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Sessions are expected to focus on the MCAS and manual-trim operation.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
As it becomes clearer that disruptive new airliner configurations will be one of the few ways of meeting the reduced emissions targets of the future, Airbus has revealed it is flight-testing a scaled blended wing body (BWB) technology demonstrator.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Details of the U.S. Navy’s new generation, electrically powered aircraft launch and recovery system, currently under test for the first time on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) carrier, are visible in a large-scale model at the General Atomics booth at Singapore Airshow.
Defense

By Sean Broderick
Iran’s initial formal investigative update on the Jan. 8 downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 sheds little new information on the disaster and stops short of confirming what its government has admitted: anti-aircraft missiles fired at the aircraft, seemingly in error, brought it down.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Boeing's jet-powered MQ-25 will embark on aircraft carriers “to conduct aerial refueling as a primary mission and provide some ISR capability as a secondary mission,” according to fiscal 2021 Navy budget documents.
Defense

COLLINS plans to build 110,000 sq ft wheel/brake MRO and landing gear assembly facility at Fort Worth, TX. It is also investing $225m to expand carbon
Aerospace

By Ben Goldstein
ST Engineering told reporters at the Singapore Airshow that its newest converted Airbus freighter is expected to receive certification “either this month or next month.”
Singapore Airshow