US autonomous aircraft developer Astro Aerospace has signed an agreement to buy Horizon Aircraft, a Canadian company developing its own electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. US autonomous aircraft developer Astro Aerospace has signed an agreement to buy Horizon Aircraft, a Canadian company developing its own electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Astro...Continue Reading

Supersonic aircraft maker Boom Supersonic has landed former Boeing chief executive Philip Condit as an advisor. Supersonic aircraft maker Boom Supersonic has landed former Boeing chief executive Philip Condit as an advisor. Condit now sits on Boom’s advisory council, helping steer the company as it tests a supersonic demonstrator and progresses with development of a...Continue Reading

Bombardier has sold its aerospace wiring business in Mexico to French aerospace company Latecoere for $45 million, closing a deal that had been in the works for more than one year. Bombardier has sold its aerospace wiring business in Mexico to French aerospace company Latecoere for $45 million, closing a deal that had been in...Continue Reading

Lockheed Martin is defending the value of the F-35 stealth fighter as the US Air Force (USAF) is for the second time in two years considering buying a cheaper fourth-generation fighter aircraft for its fleet recapitalization plans. Lockheed Martin is defending the value of the F-35 stealth fighter as the US Air Force (USAF) is...Continue Reading

US airlines are joining together to support a comprehensive contact-tracing programme to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. US airlines are joining to support a comprehensive voluntary contact-tracing programme to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. US trade group Airlines for America (A4A) says on 19 February that its seven passenger airline members...Continue Reading