Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The Airbus Perlan 2 stratospheric glider is en route to South America.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Lulav Space’s engineers gained experience with lunar guidance, navigation and control via prior work on the Beresheet 1 lunar lander mission in 2019.
Commercial Space

By Ben Goldstein
German air taxi startup Lilium has announced a plan to raise up to $250 million in fresh capital.
Advanced Air Mobility

VSE CORPORATION agreed to sell its Federal and Defense segment to BERNHARD CAPITAL PARTNERS for up to $100m.
Aerospace

HOWMET AEROSPACE had $148m net income on $1.6b sales in 1Q23 vs $131m on $1.3b in 1Q22.
Aerospace

LILIUM announced capital raise for up to $250m, with $100m funded at close, to continue development of its Lilium Jet at full pace.
Aerospace

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS has 1Sched@Cloud contract with Lufthansa Group to provide NetLine/Sched schedule management solution as standard.
Aerospace

Barry Kohler to Chief Executive Officer of Erickson, Portland, OR.
Aerospace

ZEROAVIA received ex-Horizon Air Dash 8-Q400 (4348) from Alaska Airlines for retrofit with hydrogen-electric propulsion system for partnership with De Havilland
Aerospace

SAFRAN was selected by flydubai to supply new business class seats (based on VUE platform) for certain 737s used on longer-haul routes.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
European and U.S. regulators are working to ensure transferability of eVTOL type certificates.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The Advanced Air Mobility Composite ticked higher by 2.7% during the week ending April 28, lifted by strong gains in Joby Aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Lobo Leasing has signed a letter of intent to lease a Pipistrel Nuuva V300 hybrid eVTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft to UK helicopter operator HeliOperations.
Advanced Air Mobility

ETIHAD AIRWAYS plans in 3Q23 to take delivery of three new 787s.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Richard Aboulafia
Dual-use aircraft could serve as a military tanker while ushering Northrop Grumman into the airliner business.
Check 6

By Thierry Dubois
Tools created to save ailing suppliers, such as a dedicated investment fund, are becoming permanent.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Byron Callan
Competition from lower-tier suppliers and other countries is picking up.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Scramjet testing has scored several breakthroughs, but the path forward for the Pentagon’s portfolio of hypersonic glide vehicle projects is unclear.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Matthew Fulco
The first visit in four years by U.S. defense contractors to the island democracy will focus on joint production of drones and ammunition.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Lithium-metal battery; composite LH2 tanks; agricultural eVTOL; and MTU adds electric motors.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Twenty-seven seconds into the flight an “energetic event” caused a communications breakdown with another engine, No. 19.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The 76-seat regional aircraft is to become a demonstrator for ZeroAvia’s HyperCore electric motors and high temperature proton exchange membrane system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The effort is using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), located about 50 mi. west of Socorro, New Mexico.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
ViaSat-3 Americas, the first terabit-class communications satellite, reached orbit on May 1.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The program is intended to validate design tools to support the UK’s aerospace, transport and energy industries.
Advanced Air Mobility