Nasa is inviting proposals to develop and demonstrate scalable and cost-effective ultra-lightweight materials for use on future aerospace vehicles and structures.
Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) have agreed to form a joint venture, to produce accessory drive train transmissions (ADT) for civil aircraft engines.
ExxonMobil and Pratt & Whitney have partnered to test synthetic jet engine oil Mobil Jet Oil 387 on PurePower engine variants.
Aviation Lease & Finance (Alafco), a unit of Kuwait Finance House (KFH), is preparing to buy 15 new aircraft in the next two years with an investment of around $600m.
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems has secured a contract from Nasa to provide advanced technology microwave sounder (ATMS) instrument for flight on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) 2 mission.
China-based Kunming Airlines has agreed to buy ten Boeing 737s, including four Next-Generation 737-700s and six 737 MAX aircraft.
GKN Aerospace and Airbus have partnered to develop an ultra-high performance, natural laminar flow (NLF) wing for the next-generation of low emission aircraft.
Boeing has partnered with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to open a demonstration facility, to produce sustainable aviation biofuel from waste cooking oil in China.
Russia's Proton-M rocket has successfully blasted-off with the Express-AM6 telecommunications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
GE Aviation has secured a contract from Gulfstream Aerospace to provide avionics and power systems for the recently launched Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets.
