All aerospace news – Page 247
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NewsBlackshape outlines trainer ambitions with Singapore debut
Italy’s Blackshape may be small but it is already making waves with its Gabriel and ISP light aircraft, which are making their Singapore air show debuts on the static display.
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NewsST Engineering inks nacelle maintenance deal with Qantas
ST Engineering’s aerospace unit has signed a five-year nacelle maintenance contract with Qantas covering the carrier’s 75 Boeing 737-800 and 28 Airbus A330 fleets. Separately, ST Engineering announced that its Middle River Aerostructure Systems facility in the USA will, from this year, have nacelle component maintenance service capabilities. “Through such ...
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NewsFrench navy plans early adoption of H160
France is to acquire four Airbus Helicopters H160s for offshore search and rescue missions under a three-way partnership designed as a stop-gap measure to allow the speedy retirement of its navy’s Aerospatiale Alouette IIIs.
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NewsFuselage deal pushes back recovery of 737 Max production rates
Spirit AeroSystems’ latest Boeing 737 Max production agreement for 2020 covers barely a third of the fuselages it delivered in 2018, and appears to put Boeing at least four years behind its ramp-up schedule for the re-engined jet. Under a 6 February memorandum Spirit has agreed to deliver 216 737 ...
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NewsSIA Engineering posts steady third-quarter result
Singapore’s SIA Engineering (SIAEC) posted a steady operating profit for the three months ended 31 December, with marginal declines on both costs and revenues. Revenue was down by 1.5% to S$252.1 million ($181.5 million), largely due to a decrease in airframe and line maintenance revenue. Expenditure declined 1.7% to S$236 ...
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NewsST Engineering to test unmanned shore-to-ship parcel deliveries
ST Engineering and maritime logistics provider Wilhelmsen Ships Service are teaming up to develop and trial shore-to-ship parcel deliveries in Singapore, using unmanned air vehicles on beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) misisons.
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NewsMore conversion work confirmed for A321P2F cargo modification
Agreements signed with BBAM and Qantas for additional conversions
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NewsST Engineering inks A320 MRO contract with North American carrier
ST Engineering’s aerospace unit has signed a three-year heavy maintenance contract with a major North American carrier. The agreement covers the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft, which comprise A319s, A320ceos, and A321neos. The first aircraft was inducted, and subsequently redelivered, in January. ST Engineering will provide the heavy ...
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NewsSingapore Airshow to go on amid heightened coronavirus alert level
The organiser of the Singapore Airshow, Experia Events, says that the show will proceed as planned from 11-16 February, with precautions in place, amid a heightened alert level in the country. “Since the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, the Singapore government is already working with various stakeholders such as airports, hotels, the ...
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NewsST Engineering, Vietnam Airlines explore airframe MRO joint venture
ST Engineering and Vietnam Airlines have inked an agreement to explore setting up an airframe MRO joint venture. The joint venture would operate out of Vietnam Airlines’ facilities in Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. If set up, it would ...
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NewsAnalyst: Boeing’s previously scrapped 787-3 could be reborn as the NMA
In considering its options for a new midmarket aircraft (NMA), Boeing could ponder using an early design of a bestselling twin aisle aircraft which was shelved a decade ago, in an effort to keep development costs low and execute on an accelerated timeline, one analyst says.
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NewsBoeing discloses new Max software issue, sticks to mid-2020 certification goal
Boeing has uncovered a new problem with the 737 Max aircraft’s flight control computers, though the company does not anticipate the issue will upend its expectation to receive Max certification in the middle of 2020.
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NewsMRO players join forces to start sector-wide blockchain trial
Multiple MRO players have formed a partnership to jointly investigate and set standards for the use of blockchain technology to digitally track aircraft parts.
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NewsFresh delay hits Mitsubishi’s beleaguered SpaceJet
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s SpaceJet programme has suffered another major delay, with the first delivery slipping potentially a year or more from the current target. In its third-quarter results announcement, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the parent of Mitsubishi Aircraft, said that the “first commercial delivery of SpaceJet is expected to be in ...
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NewsChina poses short and long-term challenges for US aerospace
Economic vulnerability in China, coupled with a potential trade war between China and the United States, as well as the short-term but massively disruptive effects of the new coronavirus are some of the biggest risks the global aviation and aerospace industry faces at the start of the new decade.
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NewsBoeing has no time to lose on NMA decision
Industry experts say Boeing must move quickly towards making a decision on its new mid-market airplane (NMA), a project it has been talking about for years but was recently put on the back burner as it continues to deal with the fallout from the year-long 737 Max crisis.
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NewsJuly delivery planned as A321P2F begins flight testing
Flight testing is under way of the first Airbus single-aisle passenger-to-freighter conversion, the A321P2F, with delivery targeted for July.
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NewsElbit to fly Hermes 900 for UK search and rescue trials
Elbit Systems will this year carry out a series of tests in the UK to assess the feasibility of using unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to support search and rescue operations.
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NewsGMF AeroAsia undecided on private placement
GMF AeroAsia remains undecided on plans for a private share placement, even as a two-year deadline draws close. In March 2018, shareholders gave their approval to issue 2.82 billion new shares, about 10% of total shares. Of this, around 2.33 billion shares will be issued to a strategic investor selected ...