Aerospace

THINKOM SOLUTIONS, CA says aerodynamic testing of its Ka2517 Ka-band satellite antenna on selected aircraft (717/ERJ/E-Jet/CRJ) showed <0.4% drag.

STANDARDAERO has acquired TRS IRELAND, which repairs blades, vanes and other hot section components (customers include GE, Rolls-Royce, MTU and

Kopter is advancing development of its single-engine SH09 in Sicily.

When airliners fail to communicate, fighters are launched—at a significant cost.

Toyota buoys Joby; EHang outlines UAM thinking; HAV refines airship design; France studies Stratobus; CityAirbus flies untethered.

The test is the last major milestone before a crewed flight test to the International Space Station as early as March.

The air vehicle was lost during the ground-recovery sequence, but Dynetics noted it has four test vehicles remaining.

Leonardo has conducted the long-awaited first flight of its Falco Xplorer unmanned aircraft system. The 1.3-metric-ton, medium-altitude, long

An Ariane 5 placed the Konnect satellite for Eutelsat and India's GSAT-30 into orbit Jan. 16.

Autonomous urban air mobility vehicles with centralized command and control will increase safety, Chinese air-taxi developer EHang says in a new white paper.

Horizon’s focus is on safety and simplicity to allow licensed private pilots to fly the Auto-Copter.

After nearly a decade of development, NASA’s biggest, most complicated launch vehicle is ready for testing.

SCALE AVIATION, Ireland was formed by Credit Suisse to provide conduit financing and liquidity to aviation industry, including investors/lessors

Franc Mendes to Airline Business Development Manager of Universal Avionics, Tucson, AZ.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE announced $900m order for up to 60 LEAPs for 2020-2027 (SPNWS; Dec 20); it currently owns eight.

LIEBHERR AEROSPACE BRASIL was selected by PTI Technologies, CA to supply hydraulic manifolds for Embraer E2-Jets.

FLYHT has $6.2m WestJet order for AFIRS units for more than 160 737s.

US DOT reported the independent Special Committee to Review FAA’s Aircraft Certification Process (focusing on 737 MAX 8 certification program) found

AIRBUS successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off as part of its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project

UAVOS is developing a heavy-lift, long-range delivery drone based on the Robinson R22 light helicopter.

Leonardo to replace U.S. Navy TH-XX; U.S. seeks ground-based radar; French firms team to develop sigint platform; Japan's pilot training.

The term “merger of equals” has become buzzworthy in A&D M&A, but under the tie-ups of big names are trends toward diversity and size.

Joby Aviation now is the most well-funded startup in the emerging electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi market.

US and CHINA signed Phase One Trade Agreement that includes significant structural reforms to create level playing field; this new deal was applauded

Boeing will study the certification challenges of its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) ultra-efficient airliner concept as part of a new phase of work following wind tunnel tests that prove the basic viability of the 737-class aircraft design for typical airliner cruise speeds of Mach 0.8.