Air Lease has delivered the first of three Airbus A321LRs to Scandinavian Airlines. The CFM International Leap-1A-equipped aircraft is on “long-term lease”, and the remaining two in the deal are scheduled to deliver in 2021, the US lessor says in...
Air Lease has delivered the first of three Airbus A321LRs to Scandinavian Airlines. The CFM International Leap-1A-equipped aircraft is on “long-term lease”, and the remaining two in the deal are scheduled to deliver in 2021, the US lessor says in...
Honeywell has acquired Ballard Unmanned System, a specialist in hydrogen fuel cells for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and other aviation applications. The acquisition includes Ballard’s intellectual property, inventory, and equipment, says Honeywell. In addition, fuel-cell experts from Ballard will become...
Hong Kong has extended a relief package for the aviation sector for a further two months until the end of 2020. Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) says it made the move “in response to the ongoing challenges arising from the...
The US Army’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) programme, an effort to come up with engine performance enhancing technologies, is nearing completion and should be wrapped up by the end of 2020. The US Army’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE)...
Up against increasingly sophisticated electronic warfare threats from countries such as Russia and China, drone maker Aerovironment and satellite communications company Viasat are partnering to develop better encrypted radio communications for the Puma AE reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle. Up against...
EmbraerX, the Brazilian airframer’s innovation subsidiary, has spun off its first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) project, called Eve. EmbraerX, the Brazilian airframer’s innovation subsidiary, has spun off its first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) project, called Eve....
Alessandro Profumo, the chief executive of Italian aerospace giant Leonardo, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of false accounting and market manipulation offences during his time as president of bank MPS. In addition, Profumo –...
Wet-lease and charter specialist SmartLynx’s Maltese division is to lease a pair of Airbus A321s which have been converted to freighters. SmartLynx Malta says it will lease the twinjets – MSN891 and MSN1017 – from Vallair in order to enter...
Embraer expects regional airports and smaller passenger aircraft will emerge on top from the coronavirus pandemic due to population shifts away from big cities. Embraer expects regional airports and smaller passenger aircraft will emerge on top from the coronavirus pandemic...
NH Industries (NHI), the three-way joint venture which manufactures the NH90 military helicopter, is working on future upgrades for the type, even as it signs a deal with France for a new special forces variant. NH Industries (NHI), the three-way...