SpaceX receives contract to provide launch services for Sentinel-6A mission
Nasa has awarded a contract to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the launch of the Sentinel-6A mission, which is expected to take place in November 2020. Under the deal, a SpaceX Falcon 9...
View ArticleMHI agrees to reduce wing production costs for 787 Dreamliner aircraft
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed an agreement to reduce the wing production costs for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner that are currently being manufactured at MHI’s factory in Nagoya, Japan. Under...
View ArticleSingapore Airlines to buy 39 Boeing aircraft for $13.8bn
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has finalised a $13.8bn order with Boeing to purchase 39 aircraft, comprising 20 777-9s and 19 787-10 Dreamliners. The deal also includes six options for each aircraft type,...
View ArticleNAACP issues advisory about American Airlines for African-American travellers
Civil rights group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has issued a travel advisory asking African-American passengers not to travel on flights operated by American...
View ArticleOctober’s top news stories: Airbus completes A330neo maiden flight, SIA...
Scientist develops new device to make water and oxygen from lunar rocks Aerospace engineer Thorsten Denk developed and built a machine that can make water and oxygen from the lunar regolith. Powered by...
View ArticleDeals this week: CFM International, Boeing, ViaSat
CFM International has signed a nine-year agreement worth $500m with Alaska Airlines for the maintenance of 128 CFM56-7B engines installed aboard the latter’s Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft...
View ArticleDeals this week: ALAFCO, Bombardier, Boeing
Kuwait-based aircraft-leasing company ALAFCO has finalised a $2.2bn order with The Boeing Company to buy up to 40 737 MAX single-aisle aircraft. The new aircraft will provide ALAFCO with increased...
View ArticleDeals this week: ST Aerospace, Boeing, SCISYS
Singapore-based firm ST Aerospace has agreed to provide component maintenance-by-the-hour (MBH) support for Gulf Air’s new fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft for 15 years. The contractual scope includes...
View ArticleMeggitt to build £130m aerospace facility in Midlands, UK
UK-based aerospace group Meggitt has unveiled its plans to build a new facility in the West Midlands with a £130m investment. The 440,000ft² facility will be situated at Ansty Park in Coventry and...
View ArticleDeals this week: Lufthansa Technik, Textron Aviation, Spacex
German company Lufthansa Technik has received an engine maintenance contract from South African airline Mango Airlines. Under the deal, the contractor will provide maintenance and overhaul services for...
View ArticleNovember’s top news stories: Airbus secures $49.5bn aircraft order, UK...
Airbus secures $49.5bn aircraft order from Indigo Partners Airbus entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based Indigo Partners’ four portfolio airlines for the $49.5bn sale of 430 new...
View ArticleDeals this week: Airbus, Russian Helicopters, Rolls-Royce
Airbus has placed an order with Bombardier Aerostructures and Engineering Services to supply new engine nacelles. Bombardier’s Northern Ireland division will manufacture and supply a new thrust...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IRNSS-1D Navigation Satellite
IRNSS-1D, the fourth satellite in the seven-satellite series of Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS), was launched into space on 28 March 2015 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre,...
View ArticleLufthansa pulls out of deal to buy Air Berlin’s Niki unit
German airline Lufthansa Group has dropped its plan to purchase Niki Luftfahrt, the Austrian subsidiary of collapsed carrier Air Berlin. The withdrawal decision was made after the European Commission...
View ArticleDeals this week: Airbus, Sierra Nevada, Slingshot Aerospace
Qatar Airways has placed a $6.35bn firm order with Airbus to purchase up to 50 A321neo aircraft with Airbus Cabin Flex configuration. The new order replaces the previous order placed by the carrier in...
View ArticleNasa discovers new planet in Kepler-90 System
Nasa has discovered an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. Discovered using machine learning from Google, the new Kepler-90i planet orbits its star once...
View ArticleASI to secure entire research flight on Virgin Galactic
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has signed a letter of intent to secure a full suborbital flight on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo. The ASI’s spaceflight mission is scheduled to take place in 2019 at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boeing 737 MAX Twin-Engine Airliner
Boeing 737 MAX, a new family of twin-engine airliners developed by Boeing, is based on the world’s best-selling aircraft Next-Generation 737. Related project Boeing 737 New Generation (NG) Narrow Body...
View ArticleDeals this week: ExPace Technology, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Maxar...
ExPace Technology, a holding unit of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, has raised $180m through a Series A funding round. The proceeds are intended to be used for the development of...
View Article2017: The year’s biggest Aerospace Technology stories
Airbus secures $49.5bn aircraft order from Indigo Partners Airbus entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based Indigo Partners’ four portfolio airlines for the $49.5bn sale of 430 new...
View Article
