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...so-called electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft....
...Joby Aviation has agreed to merge with a blank cheque company launched by the entrepreneurs Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, in a deal that values the electric flying taxi developer at $6.6bn after a new fundraising...
...(FT) Richard Branson enters Spac race Britain’s best-known billionaire has joined the rush of blank-cheque companies, pitching a $400m vehicle to hunt for deals to expand Virgin Group’s brand in the US....
...Dhir will be taking over from Paul McDade at a difficult time for the industry....
...The New York-based US Court of International Trade issued a temporary order on Friday banning American customs agents from collecting duties from PrimeSource Building Products Inc, after the company filed...
...This is not our base case, and we think underestimates the extent to which a fresh slate of aircraft, approaching maturity, can be a tailwind for industry profitability for the next decade. ...despite downgrades...
...And in many ways, and at eye-watering expense, the whole industry is engaged in a race to “take the passenger out of the aircraft”....
...They aim to dissolve remaining inefficiencies in just about every consumer transaction, in the same way as Uber has revolutionised the taxi trade and Airbnb has challenged the hotel industry, throwing up...
...Luxembourg has a long-standing space industry and played a significant role in the development of satellite communications a generation ago, including setting up SES, one of the world’s largest satellite...
...The V-280 Valor is in contention for a US military programme, designed to fly twice as fast as the helicopters it could replace....
...Much more recently, the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor military aircraft has had a big share of problems and cost over-runs but the programme, undertaken jointly with Boeing, has been a good platform for Bell’s...
...You may wish to explore general management programmes v specialising....
...But she did manage to send 3D files to a stainless steel printer in the UK who more usually makes aircraft parts....
...Because of long lead times, even aircrafts still on multiyear contracts from the US, such as Bell Boeing’s V-22 tilt rotor, a helicopter propeller aircraft hybrid, need to quickly secure international customers...
...It’s a very challenging industry.”...
...“Art – to make a bad pun – is the last blank canvas.”...
...Fletcher Aldredge, publisher of the V-Ref aircraft price guide in the US, agrees this is a critical factor....
...Mr Aboulafia has also been consistent in saying that this downturn in the aviation industry will not be a short one – 2012 is the earliest we can expect a recovery, he says....
...In the past it has made substantial investments in the aerospace and defence sector but has mainly favoured manufacturing companies like Vought Aircraft Industries, a major component supplier....
...“Most investors have abandoned hope for a clean V-shaped recovery and are now extremely data-point sensitive,” said Lawrence Creatura, vice-president and portfolio manager at Federated Clover Investment...
...Tim Fox, S-76 programme manager, says: “We have about 80 aircraft orders on our books. There has been a bit of attrition but we’re starting to see an upswing.”...
...The purchase of the South Carolina plant from Vought Aircraft Industries – owned by the Carlyle Group, the private equity firm – is the second time Boeing has been forced into an acquisition to strengthen...
...The super-large Gulfstream V/G500 went from $42m to $25.4m over the same period....
...“The reality is that the US general aviation industry leads the world in innovation and remains one of the few American industries with a positive balance of trade,” said Mr Bunce....
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