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by Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. SABCA’s three-year restructuring plan, begun in early 2017, is already showing signs of success, with the company returning to profitability …
‘One SABCA’ Effort Reaping Rewards for Belgian Manufacturer Read More
Telesat will undertake investigations under a DARPA contract to study the use of commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations to meet the needs of the Department of Defense. According …
DARPA Awards Telesat Contract to Investigate LEO Systems Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Having long been a conglomerate, UTC has decided that its operations would be better off as three independent companies. …
Collins Aerospace to Lead Three-Way Split of United Technologies Read MoreU.S. Manufacturers Deliver 416 Aircraft in Third Quarter – Up 39 Units from Q3 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association …
World General Aviation Aircraft Shipments Up 7% in Third Quarter 2018 Read MoreChina has launched two Beidou-3 navigation satellites into space aboard a Long March 3B (CZ-3B) launch vehicle. Liftoff occurred on November 19, 2018 at 2:07 a.m. local time (November 18 …
China Sends 42nd and 43rd Navigation Satellites into Orbit Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Past strategic action on the part of Diehl’s management continues to boost the firm’s results. Most notably, during the Great …
Diehl Rebrands and Restructures Aerospace Operations Read MoreAirbus Reports Strong Orders and Deliveries in Difficult Month for Boeing by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Boeing and Airbus delivered 57 and 81 commercial jets in October …
Airbus and Boeing Report October 2018 Commercial Aircraft Orders and Deliveries Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. As part of a broad strategy to streamline its operations, Bombardier announced that it would sell off a number of …
Bombardier to Layoff 5,000, Sells Q400 Turboprop Program Read MoreA Russian Soyuz 2.1b launch vehicle carried a GLONASS-M navigation satellite into orbit from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia on November 3, 2018 at 11:17 p.m. Moscow Time …
Russia Launches Latest GLONASS Satellite on Soyuz Rocket Read MoreRecent U.S. DoT Data Reveals Fleet of 7,309 Aircraft Flying as of Year-End 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation released its …
An Overview of the U.S. Commercial Aircraft Fleet Read More