CommercialClash of the Titans: WTO Rules EU Illegally Favored Airbus to the Tune of $22B The World Trade Organization (WTO) Tuesday found that the European Union has failed to honor multiple previous rulings and has provided more than $22 billion of illegal subsidies to European aircraft maker Airbus aiding…
CommercialBoeing Pursues 3-D-Printing Protection with Assembrix Pact Boeing signed an agreement with Israeli company Assembrix Ltd., enabling it to use Assembrix software to manage and protect intellectual property shared with vendors during design and manufacturing. Assembrix's software will enable…
MilitaryUS Defense Authorization Bill Passes HASC, Includes Funding For 77 F-35s The U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved its fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-to-1 vote early May 10 after more than 14 hours of deliberations on various amendments.…
ConnectivityThales to Connect Spirit with Ka-band Satellite System Guests on Spirit Airlines will soon be able to watch, stream, surf and text from 30,000 feet, as the carrier has signed an agreement to install Wi-Fi on all of its planes by mid-2019.…
CommercialAirbus CFO to Join Executive Exodus, Follow CEO Out in 2019 Airbus CFO Harald Wilhelm will leave the company in 2019. Wilhelm joins CEO Tom Enders and COO Fabrice Brégier in a top-brass bow out from the European planemaker. Ender will also be leaving…
CommercialAmerican to Use New ADS-B Solution on A321s American Airlines will equip its fleet of Airbus A321 aircraft with the ACSS SafeRoute ADS-B in suite of software applications. ACSS, an L3 and Thales joint venture, will also support traffic collision…
CommercialElectric Air Taxi by Embraer? First Concept Unveiled at Uber Elevate Embraer subsidiary Embraer X unveiled its first electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept at Uber Elevate in Los Angeles. "We have excelled in our near-50-year journey by introducing innovations into…
RegulationTSA Wants to Take Airport Security Into the Future As the U.S. Transportation Security Administration prepares to further test next-generation technology at airport security checkpoints, the agency wants to align the procurement of new carry-on baggage scanners and the related automated…