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Aerospace

Infor, Alva Industries | April 28, 2021

Alva Industries, a revolutionary Norwegian company that designs electric motors and generators for electric propulsion applications, has selected Infor CloudSuite Aerospace & Defense as its ERP system, according to Infor, the industry cloud company. Midport Scandinavia will implement the multi-tenant cloud solution, which will run on AWS. Alva Industries was established in Trondheim, Norway, in 2016, and has since signed large production contracts with companies such as Lockhe...

Aerospace

Stratolaunch | November 15, 2022

Stratolaunch, LLC is pleased to announce a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to support the flight test of the company's first expendable Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle, TA-1. Stratolaunch anticipates flying TA-1 in the first quarter of 2023Launched from the Roc aircraft, Talon-A is a rocket-powered, autonomous testbed with the ability to fly a variety of hypersonic flight profiles while carrying customized payload experiments on board. The first Talon-A vehicle is...

Simple Flying | April 19, 2020

United Airlines has entered into a sale and leaseback agreement with BOC Aviation for 22 of its aircraft. This means that BOC Aviation will purchase the planes from United and then lease those same planes back to the airline, as announced on April 19th....

Air Transport

Joby Aviation | July 30, 2021

Joby Aero Inc., a California-based company developing all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service, announced that it has begun obtaining a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to establish the first eVTOL airline. Joby needs a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate to operate its revolutionary aircraft as an air taxi service in cities and communities throughout the United States. This is one of three regulatory approval...