Aerospace

Lawrence W. Kellner to non-executive Chairman of the Board of Boeing, Chicago.

David L. Calhoun to Chief Executive Officer and President of Boeing, Chicago (effective January 13); Dennis A. Muilenburg resigned.

FERRA AEROSPACE, Australia plans to open 24,000 sq ft precision manufacturing facility (with nine machines) at Rogers, AR. It currently operates 50

FLIGHTSAFETY INTL has Lufthansa Training order to supply E190-E2 full flight simulator and cabin trainer for delivery in June 2020 to Zurich training

EATON acquired SOURIAU-SUNBANK CONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES, France (interconnect solutions for harsh environments) from TransDigm for $920m.

The FAA has agreed to pause its evaluation of a commercial space launch site proposed by Camden County, Georgia, on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

CAPE CANAVERAL — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, a commercial low Earth orbit human transportation system developed in partnership with NASA, returned

LOS ANGELES - Safran has joined supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seater AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport currently in

LONDON – The British government has approved the £4 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover of defense company Cobham by U.S. private equity firm Advent. Late

WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After

BOEING has $1.46b U.S. Army contract for support services for AH-64D/Es for Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates.

The Senate on Dec. 20 voted 81-11 to pass a fiscal 2020 national security spending package that would provide $738 billion in funding and establish a Space Force.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES says it was approved by Russia's FATA for multiple minor mods and applied for FATA validations on several EASA STCs.

Matthew De Foe to Manager-Paris Le Bourget Learning Center of FlightSafety International.

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with Uber that makes it the first developer of an eVTOL aircraft to commit to meet the Uber Elevate initiative’s 2023 target to deploy commercial urban aerial ridesharing services.

Consumers are becoming more aware of urban air mobility, but also more concerned about its safety, a survey says.

Production resumption is not linked to getting MAX flying again.

AAR had $14.2m net income for second quarter ended November 30 (vs $7m a year ago) on 14% higher sales.

SUKHOI received Russian approval for new horizontal winglets for SSJ100; first was delivered to Severstal Aircompany.

TRIUMPH AEROSPACE STRUCTURES-INTERIORS was selected by Boeing to provide additional composite environmental control ducting for 737 MAX, 777X and 787

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS was directed by Boeing to suspend 737 MAX production from January 1, which it says will have an adverse impact on its business

Space launch provider Virgin Orbit says it has delivered a flight-worthy LauncherOne rocket to its Mojave, California facility and is poised to

U.S. startup Skyryse has flown a Robinson R44 light helicopter converted to autonomous flight control.