Friday, April 3, marks the first day of share trading for the merged enterprise of Raytheon and United Technologies, to be known as Raytheon Technologies. Otis and Carrier, the two non-aerospace, non-defense businesses formerly part of United Technologies, are being spun off. What remains is a more coherent enterprise that will, as CEOs Tom Kennedy and Greg Hayes have argued, define the future of aerospace and defense.

This is not the first time Raytheon and United Technologies (contributors to my think tank) have undergone corporate transformations. United Technologies began its history as United Aircraft after the government in 1934 forced the breakup of a trust that included Boeing and United Airlines. It became a multi-industry conglomerate under CEO Harry Gray in the 1970s, and now under Greg Hayes has returned to its roots in aviation.

Raytheon traces its origins to the dawn of home radio in the 1920s, and it too grew into an industrial conglomerate (Amana radar ranges among other lines) before bulking up on defense at the end of the Cold War. Its defense portfolio eventually included the products of such legendary military contractors as Hughes Aircraft and E-Systems, while its commercial lines were sold off.

It is one of lifes little ironies that when Harry Gray acquired Otis, Carrier and other commercial enterprises to fashion United Technologies in the 1970s, he was trying to reduce his companys dependence on military business. A generation later, the companys commercial fortunes had improved so much that what the business mix most needed was a bigger role in defensewhich is what Raytheon delivers.

Raytheon Technologies will provide engines, weapons, sensors, displays and other items for all three ... [+] variants of the F-35 fighter.

The newly-minted Raytheon Technologies (stock symbol: RTX) really will transform the aerospace and defense landscape, becoming a dominant global supplier to military, commercial and civil customers. To grasp why surprises like the coronavirus pandemic will not be able to hold it back, analysts need to understand the new enterprises five core features: scale, focus, depth, diversity and resilience.

Scale: United Technologies already was a big player in defense before the merger, thanks to the defense electronics work of Collins Aerospace and the growing military footprint of engine-maker Pratt & Whitney. Raytheon was one of the biggest military contractors in the world, selling missiles and sensors to all U.S. military branches and many overseas allies.

When those military lines are combined with the robust commercial portfolios of Collins and Pratt in the merged enterprise, what emerges is the second-biggest aerospace and defense company in the world. With $74 billion in pro forma (pre-coronavirus) sales, Raytheon Technologies isnt just big: it is the number-one or number-two global supplier in most of its addressed markets, from jet engines to radars to cockpit displays to ejection seats to missiles.

Focus: Despite its complex portfolio of products, there is an underlying unity to the competencies of the merged enterprise. In the simplest terms, Raytheon Technologies is an electronics and propulsion company. Moreover, its electronic and propulsion skills are applied mainly to aerospace marketsnot just on planes and missiles, but in air traffic control, in satellite constellations, and in communications networks.

The underlying unity of the enterprise will enable Raytheon Technologies to offer its myriad products in bundles that competitors have trouble matching. For example, on a Boeing 787, it provides electrical power, environmental controls, fuel measurement, braking, displays, lighting, seating, oxygen, fire suppression, thrust reversers, and cargo systems. On military missions like missile defense, the company can offer weapons, sensors, communications, battle management and logistics.

Depth: Raytheon Technologies will have 300,000 employees, the vast majority of whom are highly skilled (production of commodity items was outsourced years ago). That includes over 60,000 engineers working at the cutting edge of aerospace and defense technology, often with high-level clearances in the case of military work. No other aerospace company in the world surpasses the new enterprise in the depth or breadth of its competencies.

For instance, no other company has brought geared turbofan engines to market, a technology that is inherently more efficient that conventional turbofans. No other company has developed a fighter engine for the military combining the performance features and stealth of that on the F-35 fighter. And no other company in the defense sector can claim broader expertise in digital radar, electronic warfare, hypersonic weapons and cybersecurity. A senior Raytheon executive told me this week that planners expect a rapid acceleration in innovation arising out of the new enterprises technical depth and resources.

Diversity. In order to be a leading player in global aerospace, an enterprise needs to reach all major markets across the full breadth of the product life-cycle. It is not enough to be the original equipment manufacturer of world-class engines, because most revenues and returns are generated in the aftermarket. And it is not enough to be a leader in military avionics, because defense demand periodically turns downusually just about the time commercial demand is picking up.

It may not even be enough to dominate the U.S. market for aerospace goods and services. Most aerospace demand originates outside the U.S., so economies of scale demand a presence in both domestic and foreign markets. When Raytheon Technologies states it has a balanced and diversified A&D portfolio, part of what the company is saying is that it operates successfully in diverse marketscommercial and military, domestic and international, original equipment and aftermarket. That vast presence will enable the merged enterprise to smooth out revenues and returns despite the cyclical ups and downs in each market segment.

Resilience. If an enterprise has scale, focus, depth and diversity, then it will probably have one other quality desired by shareholders and customers: resilience. Resilience has become a popular word in the Pentagon as military planners begin to grasp the challenges posed by a rising China. Many defense preparations that once seemed dependable, such as military space capabilities, now look vulnerable. Coronavirus is just the latest black swan warning to policymakers and investors that over the long run, only the strong survive.

The enterprise emerging from integration of Raytheon and United Technologies will be more resilient than either company was separately. Of course, it helps to start with solid building blocks; Raytheon was recently ranked by Fortune magazine as the most respected A&D company in the world. The combined enterprise will be even more formidable.

And while business conditions have changed a lot since the merger was first disclosed, in some ways the changes make a more compelling case for getting together. Nobody was saying much about sector consolidation a year ago. Now Raytheon Technologies may stand out as the first, and best, in a series of major consolidation moves making companies more able to cope with difficult market conditions.

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(CN) The family of a woman who developed a brain tumor as a teenager is fighting in the 11th Circuit to resurrect their claims that the fatal cancer was caused by exposure to radioactive compounds from a Pratt & Whitney plant near her childhood home.

Cynthia Santiago was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2009 at the age of 13 while living in a South Florida community known as the Acreage. By the time the tumor was found, the community was already in the national spotlight over elevated levels of brain cancer among its youth.

Between 2001 and 2009, more than a dozen children purportedly developed brain cancer in the community of less than 40,000 people. A subset of those cases was designated as an official child-cancer cluster by health department officials.

After the cluster was made public, toxic tort lawsuits flooded Palm Beach County Court, claiming the cancer cases were caused by pollutants that had migrated onto Acreage residential properties from aerospace giant Pratt & Whitneys plant over the years. Solvents, heavy metals, fuel byproducts, polychlorinated biphenyls and various other chlorinated compounds were among the contaminants fingered as contributors to the cancer cluster.

Santiago sued Pratt and Whitney in 2014. Her lawsuit claimed that the Acreage community was laden with soil contaminated by radioactive materials from the companys operations. The tainted soil was purportedly used as fill material around her childhood home and other Acreage residences.

Santiago died of complications from her ependymoma cancer at the age of 20.

Carrying on her toxic tort claim, her parents Joselyn and Steve were headed towards trial until a federal judges 2018 ruling that their case was barred by the Florida statute of limitations. The judge ruled that the Santiago family had only four years from the date of the girls cancer diagnosis to pursue the claim.

The familys ability to revive the case is now hinging on a complex legal debate playing out in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Miami division.

On Wednesday, the Santiago familys appellate counsel, Bryan Gowdy from the law firm of Gowdy & Creed, tried to convince the three-judge panel that the lower court applied the wrong statute when determining whether the case was time-barred.

Gowdy argued that the judge should have applied a federal preemption statute 42 U.S. Code9658 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

The law in part dictates that time-barring rules for a juveniles toxic-exposure claim do not start running until the juvenile reaches the age of majority, which is 18 years old in most states including Florida. Under that framework, the filing of Santiagos lawsuit would have been well within the allowable time period given that she submitted the case right after she turned 18.

The laws wording including its title phrase actions under state law was one reason the lower court judge balked at applying it, however. The judge determined that the Santiago familys claims were under federal, not state jurisdiction pursuant to a separate toxic tort law, the Price-Anderson Act, which governs liability in radioactive exposure situations.

In a labyrinthine wrinkle, the Price-Anderson Act directs judges to use state-based statutes of limitations. So the judges deeming the lawsuit to be federal led him to apply state time-barring rules.

Among other arguments, Gowdy is claiming the lower court overlooked the context in which the CERCLA section at issue was enacted.

Historical context supports our interpretation of these statues. When [the CERCLA section] was enacted, no federal actions existed for injuries caused by hazardous substances, as documented in the 1982 report commissioned by Congress, Gowdys brief states.

Congress therefore was not distinguishing between federal and state lawsuits even though it used the state action wording in the laws text, Gowdy argues.

Pushing back, Pratt & Whitneys counsel Andrew MacNally said the plaintiffs stance is based on a strained reading of the law. He argues that Gowdy has tried but failed to demonstrate any ambiguity in the text.

Plaintiffs also try to reverse engineer their desired result by arguing that the [Price-Anderson Act] itself incorporates [the CERCLA section]. They do so through two versions of the same argument, both of which rely on flawed, circular logic, MacNallys brief argues.

During a 30-minute stretch of semantic wrangling Wednesday, Gowdy insisted that a lawsuit can arise under federal law but still be considered a state-law action subject to the CERCLA section.

If the substantive rules for decision are governed by state law, if the Florida common law is indistinguishable from the Price-Anderson claim, and if we are looking at the Florida statute of limitations, why then would we exclude a [law] like section 9658 that was expressly adopted to preempt [state] statute of limitations? Gowdy reasoned.

MacNally countered that the claimants are selectively interpreting federal law to fit their purpose.

Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Edward Carnes, a George H.W. Bush appointee, U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Luck, a Donald Trump appointee and Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, a Bill Clinton appointee, are fielding the appeal. The Wednesday oral arguments were heard via a teleconference due to a coronavirus-related court closure.

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The Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) facility exists because we are facing a dramatic challenge in the aerospace industry. Over the next 20 years it is forecasted we will need to produce 40,000 more aircraft to meet global demand, a figure which includes the gradual retirement of the current fleet of 26,000.

Even if we double the size of factories and use the latest and most advanced manufacturing methods, we will still need to be able to find enough qualified people to make all of these aircraft.

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University has a US$96 million annual budget, a staff of 600 and nearly one million square feet of laboratory and office space in four locations across the city of Wichita. ATLAS is a US$30 million part of that and is pioneering automated technologies in advanced manufacturing and inspection/testing. It is also providing a pipeline of industry-ready engineers with the correct skills and expertise to operate, program and maintain these machines in the factory of the future.

Launched at the beginning of 2019, ATLAS is a makerspace for automated fiber placement (AFP) and thermoplastics. It truly is an extension of the research and development capabilities of the aerospace industry in the USA. If a supplier wants to test a new material or an entrepreneur wants to develop a prototype aircraft, they can do that on industry-scale equipment at ATLAS and more confidently make investment decisions.

The machinery and equipment at ATLAS is accessible to all on a neutral territory the facility is designed so different companies can be working in various sectors at the same time.We are partnering with equipment manufacturers like ElectroImpact and Coriolis which provide equipment for major aircraft manufacturers. Our AFP machines can manufacture a single-aisle aircraft fuselage section with advanced materials. Our 4x8m autoclave is the largest in any university in the world and capable of heating materials up to 425C, with in-situ process monitoring and wireless temperature sensors.

The research we are conducting on in-process inspection coupled with machine-learning algorithm and artificial intelligence means that the machines in the future will produce higher quality parts faster. The manufacturing processes we are developing will allow production lines to become flexible enough to produce different types of urban air taxis and unmanned drones and customize them on-demand.

ATLAS staff is working closely with industry partners to develop ways to increase efficiency, productivity and quality. Im extremely proud of the diverse network of industrial partners weve assembled. In addition to exposing manufacturers to effective new technologies, we are developing training programs to enable companies to rapidly scale these new advanced manufacturing operations across multiple production lines.

As a university entity, we are also committed to creating a pipeline of highly skilled engineers trained in the hardware, software and processes needed in future factories. There is a real need for ATLAS in the USA and I am sure it will prove its value in the coming years.

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Another Collins Aerospace employee on the Melbourne campus is suspected to have COVID-19.

Additionally, an employee who hasn't been on the campus for 14 days tested positive for the virus, a spokesperson said Monday.

Now the Melbourne campus has two suspected cases and one confirmed among its employees another employee was already suspected to have the virus.

More: Coronavirus case suspected at Collins Aerospace Melbourne facility

Collins on Wednesday announced that an employee at the Melbourne facility was suspected to have COVID-19 and sent home to self-quarantine. That employee didn't meet the criteria and wasn't tested. The employee is still only suspected to have the virus and the case isn't confirmed, the Collins spokesperson said.

"Impacted areas" are temporarily closed for cleaning and disinfecting, according to a Collins statement.

"We continue to enforce social distancing across all of our facilities as well as implementing continuous and comprehensive deep cleaning and disinfecting of our manufacturing facilities and office," Collins wrote in the statement.

As of Monday, 32 COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in Brevard County. There are no confirmed deaths and five people are hospitalized.

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Metal additive manufacturing service provider BEAMIT has announced the appointment of Dan Johns as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Business Development.

Formerly of Oerlikon AM GmbH, Johns has spent the last 20 years in leadership positions at companies such as Airbus and GKN Aerospace and joins BEAMITs senior leadership team to further strengthen the companys growth strategy in key markets such as aerospace, space and defence.

The announcement, which comes jointly from BEAMIT and Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, following the acquisition of a significant stake in the company last year, detailshow Johns new role would also include driving strategic customer partnerships and new initiatives in the US and EU regions.

JohnsJohns said in a statement: I am very excited to join BEAMIT and bring my experience to this progressive and dynamic company. It has the DNA of a wise and established industrial company, whilst maintaining its agility through youth and a very strong vision. We already have key partnerships in place with key industry actors like Sandvik Additive Manufacturing and PRES-X, enabling the most complete offering through the entire AM-value chain in order to deliver the highest quality AM service.

Michele Antolotti, CEO of BEAMIT, added:We are excited to have Dan join the BEAMIT family. With his extensive experience from leadership positions and from the additive manufacturing industry, he will be able to accelerate our growth journey and further strengthen our position in key industries on key markets. He is already well-known in the AM industry and will play a key role in further developing our offering and presence, as well as in future strategic customer collaborations

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The global aerospace industry has taken a hit from the coronavirus outbreak as only 18 aircraft, all of which were widebody, were ordered in February.

296 orders were taken in January, leaving the year-to-date overall orders remaining positive.

The aircraft order backlog remains above 14,000 aircraft, demonstrating at least eight years of work-in-hand and worth up to 210 billion to the UK, providing some long-term confidence for the industry despite continuing political uncertainty and new challenges in 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aircraft deliveries are being impacted by a variety of factors, with record low deliveries for February 2020 of 72 aircraft. From next month, direct impacts of coronavirus on aircraft orders and deliveries will start to be seen, and year-on-year comparisons will show the impact of the global pandemic.

As coronavirus takes its toll on the global ecomomy, some of the UKs world-leading aerospace manufacturers are using their skills in producing complex and precision-engineered equipment to contribute to production of ventilators for the NHS.

ADS chief executive, Paul Everitt said: We are doing all we can to ensure our aerospace supply chains have the protection and support that they need to get them through the Covid-19 global pandemic so that they can continue to manufacture world-class products and equipment.

Many companies will face significant challenges and it is essential that support announced by the government should be made available to affected businesses quickly, protecting jobs and the prosperity of communities across the country. In the months ahead, we will also need to explore how best to support companies on the journey back to stability and growth.

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STAMFORD, Conn., April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC: PSSR), a global leader in digital operational excellence, has responded to a request from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) by developing a global portal to assist the airline industry in managing the severe disruption caused by COVID-19. The ITOP Global Contingency Portal (GCP) will provide realtime sharing of critical aviation operational information around the world. In order to accelerate adoption and provide much needed assistance to the air transportation community, this service is being offered at no charge.

ITOP GCP is modeled on the existing IATA Tactical Operations Portal (ITOP) solution, developed and maintained by PASSUR. ITOP GCP is a collaborative information and advisory service used to notify aviation stakeholders globally about critical updates, news, directives, and developments related to COVID-19. Registered users receive alerts ranked by severity and priority on any device, as well as having access to the GCP web site providing a variety of additional resources and information including, but not limited to: COVID-19 airport closures, airspace restrictions, international and domestic passenger admittance and screening rules, national travel restrictions, and more.

In light of the industry's crisis response to COVID-19, IATA and PASSUR are providing access to ITOP GCP at no charge to all qualified industry stakeholders. There are currently more than 1,700 registered users, representing 202 airlines, 59 airport operators, and 18 Air Navigation Service Providers (air traffic control organizations) using this system as of today.

IATA in agreement with PASSUR has opened the registration to the ITOP GCP service to non-IATA members. Access is available to aviation professionals and is governed through an established, secure qualification process. Further information on how to access ITOP GCP is being distributed through established industry trade group channels.

"We are honored to be in a position to support our industry at this very challenging time," said Brian Cook, CEO of PASSUR Aerospace. "ITOP reminds us all of the power of collaboration, information sharing, and common operational awareness across regions, time zones, cultures and organizations the industry's most critical problems can only be addressed when we work together."

"We are pleased to be partnering with PASSUR to support the airline industry with a platform to enable sharing of critical real-time operational information, and thank PASSUR for agreeing to waive any associated charges during this grave crisis," said Gilberto Lopez Meyer, IATA's Senior Vice President, Safety and Flight Operations.

About PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.PASSUR Aerospace (OTC: PSSR) provides a complete set of integrated, collaborative tools to allow airlines, airports, and air navigation service providers to better predict, prioritize, prevent, and recover from inevitable unexpected disruptions. These disruptions have long been seen as the cost of doing business in the industry, which PASSUR has proven can be reduced, in part, through the integrated use of our software.

We provide digital solutions to the global travel industry and help customers improve punctuality, optimize turn times and gate utilization, ensure schedule integrity (e.g., passenger connections), improve on-time performance, reduce block, and reduce fuel burn/emissions.

PASSUR provides its solutions to the largest airlines and airports in the US. Additionally, PASSUR provides its proven, established capabilities to the global airline and airport industry, with solutions now implemented in Canada, Europe, and Latin America. The global market presents an additional opportunity to network more customers in a broader market.

All PASSUR solutions are being consolidated onto PASSUR's Ariva platform, which provides a single, common operating platform for customers to optimize their operations. Supporting these capabilities is PASSUR's flight, constraint, and capacity prediction technology, which is based on years of data and machine learning. PASSUR brings the most relevant experience to the global aviation industry and combines deep domain expertise with Ariva's digital automation solutions.

Ariva is uniquely positioned to offer solutions to the major issues facing the global industry, including helping to alleviate congestion and lack of airspace/runway capacity. Our mission is to provide digital solutions to help meet the demand for increased global air travel through the busiest airports and airspaces, allowing for sustainable and efficient travel.

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Hyundai added former FAA deputy administrator Michael Whitaker to its formidable urban air mobility team. Pictured here is a computer generated prototype for the electric air taxi design currently being researched and developed by Hyundai. Photo: Uber/Hyundai

South Korean automaker Hyundai continues to snap up talent for its urban air mobility (UAM) division, hiring Michael Whitaker, former deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, as its global head of policy.

Hyundai announced its entrance to the UAM space in October 2019, pledging to invest $1.5 billion towards development in the next few years and hiring longtime NASA aeronautics director Dr. Jaiwon Shin to lead the companys new division.

Other key hires by Hyundai UAM include:

In January, Hyundai unveiled its S-A1 vehicle concept and partnership with Ubers Elevate ecosystem at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, though its strategy expands beyond providing vehicles to external operators. At CES 2020, Dr. Jaiwon Shin shared a vision for linked aerial and ground mobility that included hubs and ground vehicles.

Hyundai brings decades of highly safe and reliable manufacturing at scale, which positions us well to add value as a leading UAM vehicle developer and manufacturer. However, our strategy expands far beyond the vehicle itself. Hyundai's vision is to build human-centered cities through innovative mobility solutions, Pamela Cohn told Avionics International, adding that the company is working with policymakers and regulators across the U.S., EU and Asia-Pacific.

Hyundai is one of several automakers with declared UAM projects, likely understanding that peak sales of internal combustion engine cars are behind them and pursuing aerial mobility alongside other bets like autonomous driving and electric cars. Porsche, Audi and Daimler are among other auto-turned-aero players, and Toyota recently invested $394 million in another Uber partner, Joby Aviation, which intends to begin production of its electric VTOL aircraft in Marina, California.

The aerospace industry should be very concerned about their disintermediation, or their obsolescence, by the auto industry, Kirsten Bartok Touw, managing partner at AirFinance, told Avionics. There has always been a question of whether advanced air mobility fits better with the auto industry or with aerospace. Aerospace folks argue that automakers dont know how to meet aerospace levels of certification, but on the other hand, aerospace has no idea how to produce things in volume units. In a best-case scenario, we could be looking at production of up to 25,000 vehicles annually in this space. Aero manufacturers, at best, still dont make a thousand per year.

So, I think what youre seeing is an attempt by the auto industry to own this space, and thats why you see so much investment by Toyota, by Daimler and other folks, added Bartok. And I believe the aerospace industry should be very, very scared.

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The aerospace sector is one of the UKs flagship manufacturing industries and the Midlands region is home to one of the worlds biggest aerospace business clusters. The industry has grown rapidly over the last fifteen years with output doubling and employment increasing by more than half. This growth has been fuelled by high-technology and precision engineering companies ramping up production to meet global demand for new, fuel-efficient aircraft.

However, in recent months, a number of uncertainties have been clouding the horizon, ranging from Brexit to the suspension of production of the best-selling Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

By early 2020 these uncertainties were already placing strains on aerospace supply chain companies that have been making significant investments in order to grow their production capacities and R&D capabilities. The Coronavirus outbreak is therefore hitting an economically-healthy but financially-pressured aerospace cluster.

To gain deeper insight into the effects on businesses such as aerospace suppliers in the UKs industrial heartlands, the Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) has carried out a second survey with its panel of aerospace suppliers in the Midlands region, companies with customers like aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing, and aero-engine makers like Safran and Rolls-Royce. The survey was carried out on 26th and 27th March. (Several of the MAAs panel were already gearing up to make hospital ventilator parts, which will be cover in a future survey.)

The six key survey findings are that:

Some customers are still urging their suppliers to continue to produce parts while others are reporting temporary closures. Their requirements of aerospace supply chain companies are mixed but several continue to press for full supplier commitments to be delivered. Two-way communication has improved but a significant number of companies feel there has been too little of it from customers.

Customers are monitoring their supply chains much more closely and requesting information to help gauge the accuracy of delivery forecasts. Focus areas are levels of output currently, the ability to deliver and the extensiveness of safety precautions within supplier factories.

The Coronavirus is also having a mixed impact on lower-tier supply chains. Some companies on our panel are not yet feeling the effects while the majority have been informed of potential disruptions in their own supply chains, for example in Italy, or plans for temporary shutdowns.

Aerospace suppliers are experiencing an array of other challenges, for example around reduced staff levels, morale, cashflow and uncertainties around Government announcements which can be interpreted in different ways and are sources of confusion.

Companies are responding to the pandemic by adopting new working methods extensively, to enhance health and safety, while managing relationships with employees as flexibly as possible.

The aerospace industry needs the Government to be clear and accurate when communicating, and to be making sure words are followed by corresponding actions. The industry also needs financial support beyond staff furloughs if it is to recover to robust health when the time comes, as businesses have many other costs they need to cover to survive.

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The coronavirus relief law signed by President Donald Trump on 27 March sets aside billions of dollars in available loans to distressed and national-security-critical companies categories into which aerospace manufacturers like Boeing and its suppliers may fall.

The industry has as of yet issued little public reaction to the law. Companies and aerospace analysts say they have been reviewing the 880 pages of text.

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) calls the law a blueprint to aid the American people, our employees and the industries that sustain our national and economic security.

For aerospace and defense, this legislation offers tools and incentives that can help provide some support and stability during this crisis. It is a critical investment in our small businesses and supply chain, which are the lifeblood of our industry, AIA says.

The group did not respond to a request for more comment.

The law includes two buckets of loans that might apply to some aerospace companies, says sources reviewing the document.

One is a $17 billion bucket designated for businesses critical to maintaining national security.

The other is a $454 billion pool of available loans and loan guarantees earmarked for eligible businesses, states or municipalities.

Both pools are part of $500 billion to be made available to severely distressed sectors of the United States economy for purposes related to losses incurred as a result of the coronavirus, the law says.

Congressional offices did not respond to requests for comment.

Boeing declines to comment about the law, deferring to a statement issued on 26 March when the bill was still working through Congress.

That statement thanks the Trump administration and Congress for taking action to support Boeing, its some 17,000 suppliers and the broader American economy.

The bills access to public and private liquidity, including loans and loan guarantees, is critical for airlines, airports, suppliers and manufacturers to bridge to recovery, Boeing said.

The law says loans and loan guarantees will be made by the secretary of the US Treasury to companies that do not otherwise have access to credit and at interest rates reflecting risk and current US obligation yields.

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Aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and European airframer Airbus are part of a consortium that ... [+] will start producing up to 10,000 medical ventilators for coronavirus patients in the UK. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg

Aircraft production might be slowing down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the aerospace industry however is not resting on its laurels and is using its supply chains and technological know-how to help increase the production of much-needed medical supplies. European plane maker Airbus, Arrow Electronics, BAE Systems, GKN Aerospace, Meggitt, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Smiths Group, and Thales are all part of a consortium that on Monday was awarded a contract by the UK government to produce10,000 medical ventilators for coronavirus patients.

The grouping, named VentilatorChallengeUK, was formed recently in response to Prime Minister Boris Johnsons calls for the countrys businesses to step in and help meet rising demand for life-saving equipment. In contrast to the U.S., where President Donald Trump on Friday officially invoked the Defense Production Act to force General Motors to manufacture thousands of ventilators, most of the projects involving the aerospace sector in Europe are born from the industrys own initiatives. The participants in VentilatorChallengeUKwhich besides aerospace firms includes also industrial, technology and engineering businesses from the automotive (such as Ford and Formula One teams Mercedes, McLaren and Williams) and medical sectors"have taken many of their people from key company projects to do this and serve the national need, noted the consortium.

Rolls-Royce has a crucial role to play in the fight against Covid-19, said Craig Askew, the UK engine makers Executive Vice President of Control Systems. We are proud to be playing our part in a consortium dedicated to scaling up production of much-needed ventilators and will be focused on working at full-speed to provide devices which can help save lives.

Over the past week, the consortium has investigated production of a range of ventilator design options to meet a high-level specification for a Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System (RMVS) developed by the UKshealthcare products regulatory agency. The medical regulator has been involved throughout and is expected to quickly sign off on an agreed new design after the final audit, according to VentilatorChallengeUK.

The consortium is now working to start production of this design, which is based on existing technologies and can be assembled from materials and parts in current production. In parallel, the group will provide another producer of medical ventilators with additional manufacturing support and assembly facilities in order to scale up production of a second existing ventilator design which has full regulatory approval.

GKN, whose technologies are used in business jets, single-aisle and widebody aircraft and fifth-generation fighter aircraft, will establish a new assembly plant and Rolls-Royce will set up a supply chain to feed in materials as quickly as possible. The engine makers team dedicated to the ventilator project includes controls, valve and pump specialists who normally work in its Controls business in Solihull, near Birmingham, and commercial, procurement and programme management specialists usually based in its Derby campus. Rolls-Royce said is expects the team to grow significantly in the coming days and are also using resources in the U.S., so that we can work around the clock.

In Germany, the Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) said Monday it has successfully tested the conversion of its 3D printers so the models can now manufacture medical protective equipment during the Coronavirus crisis. The retrofit was prompted by a request from the European Commission for assistance in the production of urgently needed medical equipment, specifically the production of protective masks and valves for respirators using 3D printing.

DLR said is currently assessing its 3D printer capabilities, noting that the performance varies depending on the type of printer. Its most powerful printers can produce up to 10 protective masks or 15 valves for ventilators per day but by networking institutes and facilities, it will be possible to produce larger quantities. The certification and approval of the products produced by DLR for medical use is in progress, the research body said.

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Dublin, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Aerospace Material - Global Market Outlook (2018-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Global Aerospace Material market accounted for $18.89 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $38.08 billion by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 8.1% during the forecast period.

Some of the key factors influencing market growth include an increase in demand for lightweight and fuel-efficient aircraft, the rise in spending power and air passenger traffic and the introduction of new domestic and international routes. However, a limited range of material options owing to complex requirements is restricting market growth.

Amongst type, composite materials are the most extensively used type segment of the aerospace materials after aluminium. The wide use of composites in aerospace materials offers several advantages over traditional materials, such as low weight, increased manufacturing productivity (processing speeds), lower VOC emissions, and better corrosion resistance, among others. Increasing applications in new generation aircraft and rising environmental concerns offer significant growth opportunities for composites in the aircraft manufacturing industry.

By Geography, Asia-Pacific is estimated to grow at a significant rate during the forecast period. Countries in this region, such as China, Japan, and India are witnessing a significant increase in the use of aerospace materials. This increase can be attributed to the growing aerospace industry, which is driving the demand for aerospace materials in the region. Japan and India are attracting investors to set up production facilities because of the ease of availability of raw materials and labour at a lower price. The increasing air traffic and a number of low-cost carriers in the region are expected to lead to an increase in the demand for new aircraft in the region.

Some of the key players in the global aerospace material market are 3M, Solvay Sa, BASF SE, SABIC, PPG Industries Inc., Toray Industries, Inc., AkzoNobel N.V., Teijin Limited, Alcoa Corporation, DuPont, Rochling, Arkema Group, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Huntsman International LLC, Hexcel Corporation, Koninklijke Ten Cate NV, Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd., and Tata Advanced Materials Limited.

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2 Preface

3 Market Trend Analysis3.1 Introduction3.2 Drivers3.3 Restraints3.4 Opportunities3.5 Threats3.6 Application Analysis3.7 End User Analysis3.8 Emerging Markets3.9 Futuristic Market Scenario

4 Porters Five Force Analysis4.1 Bargaining power of suppliers4.2 Bargaining power of buyers4.3 Threat of substitutes4.4 Threat of new entrants4.5 Competitive rivalry

5 Global Aerospace Material Market, By Aircraft Type5.1 Introduction5.2 Small Wide Body5.3 Single Aisle5.4 Medium Wide Body5.5 Regional Jets5.6 Large Wide Body

6 Global Aerospace Material Market, By Type6.1 Introduction6.2 Structural6.2.1 Composite Materials6.2.1.1 Resin6.2.1.1.1 Phenolic6.2.1.1.2 Thermoplastics6.2.1.1.3 Epoxy6.2.1.1.4 Polyimides6.2.1.1.5 Polyester6.2.1.2 Fiber6.2.1.2.1 Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)6.2.1.2.2 Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)6.2.1.2.3 Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics6.2.1.2.4 Aramid Fiber-Based6.2.1.2.5 Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics6.2.2 Plastics6.2.2.1 Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA)6.2.2.2 Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS)6.2.2.3 Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)6.2.2.4 Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK)6.2.2.5 Polycarbonates (PC)6.2.3 Metals6.2.3.1 Steel Alloys6.2.3.2 Titanium Alloys6.2.3.3 Aluminum Alloys6.2.3.4 Super Alloys6.3 Non-structural6.3.1 Foams6.3.1.1 Specialty Foams6.3.1.2 Polyurethane6.3.1.3 Polyethylene6.3.2 Coatings6.3.3 Adhesives6.3.3.1 Polyurethane6.3.3.2 Silicone

7 Global Aerospace Material Market, By Application7.1 Introduction7.2 Exterior7.2.1 Air Frame7.2.2 Windows & Windshield7.2.3 Propulsion System7.2.4 Tail & Fin7.3 Interior7.3.1 Interior Panels7.3.2 Passenger Seating7.3.3 Galley

8 Global Aerospace Material Market, By End User8.1 Introduction8.2 Business, General and Personal Aviation8.3 Military & Defence Aircraft8.4 Space Vehicles8.5 Rotorcraft8.6 Commercial Aircraft8.7 Helicopters8.7.1 Civil Helicopter8.7.2 Military Helicopter

9 Global Aerospace Material Market, By Geography9.1 Introduction9.2 North America9.2.1 US9.2.2 Canada9.2.3 Mexico9.3 Europe9.3.1 Germany9.3.2 UK9.3.3 Italy9.3.4 France9.3.5 Spain9.3.6 Rest of Europe9.4 Asia Pacific9.4.1 Japan9.4.2 China9.4.3 India9.4.4 Australia9.4.5 New Zealand9.4.6 South Korea9.4.7 Rest of Asia Pacific9.5 South America9.5.1 Argentina9.5.2 Brazil9.5.3 Chile9.5.4 Rest of South America9.6 Middle East & Africa9.6.1 Saudi Arabia9.6.2 UAE9.6.3 Qatar9.6.4 South Africa9.6.5 Rest of Middle East & Africa

10 Key Developments10.1 Agreements, Partnerships, Collaborations and Joint Ventures10.2 Acquisitions & Mergers10.3 New Product Launch10.4 Expansions10.5 Other Key Strategies

11 Company Profiling11.1 3M11.2 Solvay S.A.11.3 BASF SE11.4 SABIC11.5 PPG Industries Inc.11.6 Toray Industries, Inc.11.7 AkzoNobel N.V.11.8 Teijin Limited11.9 Alcoa Corporation11.10 DuPont11.11 Rochling11.12 Arkema Group11.13 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation11.14 Henkel AG & Co. KGaA11.15 Huntsman International LLC11.16 Hexcel Corporation11.17 Koninklijke Ten Cate N.V.11.18 Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd.11.19 Tata Advanced Materials Limited

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You could say the city of Mesa, Arizona enjoyed a great July 2019. It went something like this:

Most cities would consider this a six-month, or even a year-long, period. Economic Development Director William Jabjiniak sees it as the latest in years of big business and technology gains, with plenty of work ahead for a city that has long been a vital base of operations for Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, Textron Aviation and other aerospace industry titans.

William Jabjiniak

Mesa has always been strong in aerospace, he said. Now as we build on that strength, how do we merge technology with aerospace, bring in new forms of technology, and take advantage of innovations in healthcare, and so forth? We feel weve got a strong story to tell, but anytime you can bring these Fortune 50 companies to light within your community, it tells a bigger and better story.

Spurred by constant new business and tech development, and the corresponding growth of office, industrial, and tech parks plus well-planned home developments Mesa grew by 10,000 people in 2018 to its current population of 511,000. Jabjiniak projected it will grow by an average of 8,000 people annually through the mid-2020s.

The citys advantages are great. The sun shines 320 days per year, guaranteeing great outdoor testing conditions. Two major airports service the city, with more and more office, manufacturing, and tech space blossoming around them. At 140 square miles, a huge space, Mesa still has plenty of room to grow.

Mesa is racing ahead into the 2020s with an eye on the young and future workforce. The number one issue when you grow like this wheres the workforce coming from? Jabjiniak said. The city has partnered with Arizona State to respond to this. Were working with ASU on adding a downtown campus in Mesa that links directly to ASUs main campus in Tempe. Theyre going to build a $63 million facility to deliver tech programs augmented reality, artificial intelligence with 3D design, virtual reality, medical, and aerospace.

Were really focusing on young people by cultivating and advancing new technologies, and entrepreneurship through LaunchPoint, our business incubator/accelerator. One company, Urbix Resources, came in with local roots, took space here, and has raised more than $3 million in funding.

One project tying together all priorities is an old Air Force research lab, now Arizona Laboratories for Security & Defense Research. AZ Labs is not a typical research lab, nor open to the public. The cybersecurity training and capability development lab is highly classified, using the same type of SCIF rooms used to view classified documents in the Pentagon. They also work with sensitive contracts, research and engineering projects, prototype evaluations, experiments, and much more.

We now can partner with educational institutions, large and active with their own cyber areas, Jabjiniak said. We can provide a trained workforce. We offer hands-on training to be used by companies and the world there are so many unfilled positions in cybersecurity, and such a need. Were inviting educational institutions to partner with the city in this secure environment.

The citys presence is growing in multiple tech and business sectors, from driverless cars to wearables, next-gen aerospace to education, VR and AI to new technologies to advanced manufacturing. We continue to get involved in a new sector, commercialization of space, through AQST Space Systems and others, Jabjiniak said.

Two major components are Class A office space, and residential developments wrapped in green space. In 2019, the city announced Gallery Park, a 400,000 sq.ft. Class A office space development near the airport; and Union, a 1.35 million sq. ft. development in northwest Mesa.

New in town is Waymo, the driverless car manufacturer. After spending years on the other side of the valley, in neighboring Chandler, Waymos vehicles will be seen on test roads from their new Mesa complex.

People really see us as much more affordable and appealing, in many ways, than the Bay Area, Jabjiniak said. Weve planned and worked for this for all 12 years Ive been here, and continue to plan ahead.

Most certainly, with the month of July 2019 framed as an example of how it looks when everything comes together.

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Aerospace Coatings Markethas recently added by Qurate Research to its vast repository. This intelligence report includes investigations based on Current scenarios, Historical records, and future predictions. This includes factors such as market size, market share, market segmentation, significant growth drivers, market competition, different aspects impacting economic cycles in the market, demand, expected business up-downs, changing customer sentiments, key companies operating in the Aerospace Coatings Market, SWOT analysis has been used to understand the Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and threats in front of the businesses. Thus, helping the companies to understand the threats and challenges in front of the businesses. Aerospace Coatings Market is showing steady growth and CAGR is expected to improve during the forecast period.

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Market by TypeQuick-drying PaintsDrying PaintsSpecial Paints

Market by ApplicationOriginal Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO)

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ePlane, described as a B2B sourcing and business intelligence platform for the aerospace parts and repair market, has raised $9 million in funding. The round is led by Japanese trading and investing company Marubeni Corporation, along with a number of previous investors.

Founded in 2016 and launched fully in 2018, ePlane has built to let users trade aircraft parts, locate repair services, and improve supply chain bottlenecks and reduce costs. The idea is that by throwing tech at the problem, including an online marketplace covering buying, selling, repairing, loaning, and exchanging aircraft parts many inefficiencies within the aerospace parts and repair market can be eradicated.

For example, the platforms Autopilot feature claims to use an AI algorithm to match buyers and sellers based on needs, available inventory, past transactions, and required timeframe. It then automatically sends requests for quotes (RFQs) to appropriate sellers, therefore eliminating the need to send each request manually.

More broadly, ePlanes platform digitizes the procurement process, syncing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and custom inventories, to ensure that inventories are most up to date in real time.

The aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market is said to be large, too, totalling $80 billion globally. ePlane says the market is expected to grow to $116 billion by 2029, and therefore is prime for its B2B sourcing platform.

To that end, Im told the aviation industry is already embracing Cyprus-headquartered ePlane. The startup is now receiving over $50 million in monthly demand from over 4,000 major companies in the aerospace industry.

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Combining mechanical performance and cost efficiency, a new generation of prepregs for aircraft parts is under development through collaboration between Solvay and leading Germany-based carbon fibre producerSGL Carbon.

The necessity to curb emissions and reduce weight is a pressing requirement that is only set to put increasing pressure on theaerospaceindustry. But this is a slow and lengthy process, partly due to the cost of the composite materials needed to make primary structure airplane parts.

Its with this problem in mind that Solvays business unit Composite Materials entered aJoint Development Agreement (JDA)with SGL Carbon.

Solvay Product manager Frank Nickisch said: They had new carbon fibre developments to present, and we found their performances were very interesting, so we started discussing a collaboration.

The idea was to combine the lower cost of large-tow CF (produced with a much higher number of filaments in this case, 50K instead of the standard 12K or 24K therefore with a higher throughput) with a mechanical performance profile that can meet the needs of the aerospace industry.

Nickisch added: Its more difficult to obtain demanding mechanical performance with a larger tow carbon fibre, but thats what we aim to do by optimising the interaction between the carbon fibre and the resin system. Thats where the novelty of this product resides.

Developing new CF composite materials is the target of this high level collaboration.

Aerospace manufacturers are now initiating the screening process of these new composite materials in order to use them in one of their programmes.

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What happened

Shares of Boeing (NYSE:BA) jumped 19% at the open, and traded up more than 13% in late morning, on growing optimism for a government stimulus package that would provide some relief to the troubled commercial aerospace sector. CEO David Calhoun appeared on CNBCthis morning to talk up the need to support the industry, and also said Boeing remains on track to get its troubled 737 MAX airborne again by mid-year.

The positive talk gave the entire commercial aerospace sector a lift, with shares of major Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) up 20% and shares of TransDigm Group (NYSE:TDG), United Technologies (NYSE:UTX), Heico (NYSE:HEI), and Textron (NYSE:TXT) all opening up double digits.

Shares of Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), a defense-focused company nearing an all-stock merger with United Technologies, traded up in tandem with UTX's gains.

Airlines have been battered by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, with travel demand all but evaporating. The carriers have responded by cutting flights and grounding planes, raising serious questions about near-term demand for new Boeing jets as well as for spare parts normally used to keep those planes flying.

On Monday Boeing said it was shutting down its Puget Sound operations for two weeks, where much of its commercial manufacturing is located. Spirit AeroSystems, a one-time Boeing subsidiary that makes the fuselages for many Boeing jets, followed with its own two-week suspension on Tuesday morning.

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The situation has led Boeing to seek at least $60 billion in government aid for itself and its suppliers. Boeing said it would use any liquidity support to make payments to suppliers to maintain the health of its supply chain for the time when demand returns.

That aid was far from certain a week ago, but markets are rallying on Tuesday on improved dialog among lawmakers in Washington that has investors optimistic a bailout package including relief for hard-hit sectors will get done.

Aerospace stocks are also likely moving higher on Calhoun's optimism about the 737 Max. The plane was expected to be a best seller for Boeing and its suppliers, before it was grounded.

A stimulus package is a step in the right direction, but whether government help comes or not, commercial aerospace appears headed for an extended slowdown. Air traffic seems unlikely to rebound overnight once the pandemic is contained, and airlines are unlikely to rush planes back into service or commit to aggressively adding to their fleet any time soon.

But even if the businesses, and the stocks, aren't likely to rebound overnight, perhaps we are nearing a bottom. Heading into Tuesday's trading Boeing and Spirit Aero shares were both down more than 67%, and Heico, UTX, TransDigm, and Textron have all lost about half their value. Even if a recession is coming, that's likely overdone.

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The company, headquartered in Cambridge, currently builds, services and maintains a wide range of military equipment for armed forces across the world, much of which is forming a significant part of their respective governments Coronavirus response planning.

Perhaps most notable is the iconic C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which thanks to its versatility, is so often the go-to platform for humanitarian missions. Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group currently maintains C-130 fleets for many global air forces, including the Royal Air Force, and is already seeing growing demand for availability as nations gear up to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chief Executive Officer Alistair McPhee comments: We are always incredibly proud of the work that we do to protect people in critical situations and that has never been more relevant than right now.

Multiple customers have already been using their C-130 fleet to carry out medevac repatriation missions and deploying them to get supplies to remote areas.

We are also anticipating more demand for medical equipment and deployable infrastructure as armed forces are called upon to support the capacity needs of health services across the globe.

It is vitally important that we are able to stand ready to help in whatever capacity we can over the weeks and months ahead and I really want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the team, in particular our frontline employees, who are doing an amazing job in very difficult circumstances to make sure we dont and wont let our customers down.

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Jakub Nagy has invented the picoballoon. What is it and what is it good for?

It is an awesome feeling that something you have constructed is successfully cruising around the planet, says the 15-year-old researcher who wants to popularise aerospace research in Slovakia.

TSS: What is a picoballoon and how does it work?

Jakub Nagy (JN): Picoballoon is an ultralight stratospheric probe. Its a tiny electronic device which integrates a microcomputer, sensors, a GPS unit and a transmitter. All of it weighs just around 15 grams. The probe transmits meteorological and scientific measurements during its flight. My flights lasted for more than a week and my probes ended their journey in Iran, the republic of Dagestan, Cyprus and Belarus. Its possible to carry out much longer flights and even ones around the whole planet. Im now developing much smaller probes, lighter than 5 grams, which would be capable of this. Im cooperating on this project with the Slovak Organisation for Space Activities, as well as other sponsors.

TSS: Why have you chosen to focus on a picoballoon of all things?

JN: At the beginning, it was just a simple challenge. Its extremely complicated to construct a device so small yet so durable and powerful. But later on, this project helped me popularise SOSA and science in general. Now Im trying to take things one step further and arrange cooperation with universities and other research institutions. Also, it is an awesome feeling that something you have constructed is successfully cruising across the planet. Im also thinking about selling a kit for electronics enthusiasts like me, to be able to construct and fly their own picoballoons.

TSS: You are way younger than most of your collaborators. How does that affect your relationship with them?

JN: Everyone is really nice to me and many professionals help me with problems, which Im very grateful for. Sometimes, I even feel positively discriminated due to my age. Because, lets be real, it sounds different when a middle-aged scientist with a PhD accomplishes something and when basically just a child accomplishes a similar thing.

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