Boeing has completed the first test nose section for the 787 at its Wichita, Kansas plant. Boeing says the section, a single composite piece with a high degree of contour, is one element of development activity to prove manufacturing techniques for the new twinjet.
Toyota Motor Corporation is planning to invest in two phases a total of $500 million into Joby Aviation as the start-up pushes to certificate and commercialise its electric air taxi as soon as next year.
Textron Aviation now says it will exhibit at this month’s NBAA business aviation exhibition in Las Vegas, reserving course after last week backing out of the event amid a machinists strike in Wichita.
If a US dockworkers’ strike continues for more than a few weeks Airbus could start experiencing shortages of structural components used to assemble A320neo-family jets in Mobile, Alabama, possibly disrupting production.