CommercialBoeing Bolsters Morf3d's 3-D-Printing Efforts with HorizonX Investment Boeing is investing in additive engineering company Morf3D through its HorizonX Ventures subsidiary. Since Morf3D was established in late 2015, the company has produced 3-D-printed titanium and aluminum components for Boeing satellites and…
MilitaryAirbus, Dassault Join Forces on Future Combat Aircraft for Europe Airbus and Dassault Aviation are joining forces to develop Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which is slated to complement and eventually replace the current generation of Eurofighter and Rafale fighter aircraft between…
MilitaryUS Air Force To Let AI Handle Software Certification The U.S. Air Force is readying an announcement it has completed a new initiative to automate the process of approving commercial software, as officials look to speed up the deployment of new…
MilitaryUS Air Force Wants Pro Line 21 to Push T-1A Trainer to 2030s The first T-1A Jayhawk was delivered to Reese Air Force Base in Texas in the beginning of 1992, more than 26 years ago. The U.S. Air Force is determined that the Raytheon-built…
MilitaryNew Lockheed Martin Missiles Used in Combat for First Time in Syria There were 105 weapons fired by U.S., British and French forces against Syria on April 14. Of those, 19 were a new version of the Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) being…
ConnectivityAsia-Pacific Demand For Satcom Pushes Installations of Honeywell's JetWave Honeywell’s JetWave satcom hardware, which powers Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX service for the Connected Aircraft, is now installed aboard 25 business jets across the Asia-Pacific region. This includes major aircraft platforms such as the…
CommercialBoeing Delivers Converted 737-800 Freighter to GE for Swedish Use Boeing has delivered the first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF to GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to be operated by Sweden-based West Atlantic Group. West Atlantic will receive four 737-800BCFs within the…
CommercialSouthwest COO Talks Predictive Maintenance in Wake of 1380 at AMC/AEEC 2018 Southwest Airlines COO Mike Van de Ven has witnessed many events in the commercial airline industry, including tragedy in the form of the recent Southwest Flight 1380, in which an engine malfunction led to…