Latest Aerospace Headlines
All the headlines from our Aerospace Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crowded U.S. Coastal Areas to Get Even More Crowded: NOAA
Mar 25 2013 // If current population trends continue, the already-crowded U.S. coast will see population grow from 123 million people to nearly 134 million people by 2020, putting more of the population at increased risk from extreme...
Few Problems Expected from El Niño This Summer: NOAA
Mar 11 2013 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a key U.S. weather forecaster, has extended into the summer its view that the El Niño climate phenomenon should present few weather problems in the Northern...
Alabama Looks to Limit Lawsuits Against Airbus Suppliers
Feb 28 2013 // Alabama officials are trying to cut down on competition from Mississippi and Florida for Airbus suppliers by limiting lawsuits against commercial aircraft manufacturers and companies that supply them with parts. The Senate...
Trotti to Head AIG’s International Aerospace Unit
Feb 6 2013 // American International Group announced that Joseph J. Trotti has joined the company as President and CEO of its Aerospace division, part of AIG’s Global Specialty business. He takes over responsibility for all...
Too Early to Know Cost of 787 Dreamliner Claims, Says Boeing’s Insurer
Jan 30 2013 // Boeing Co. has some insurance in case its aircraft are grounded, but it is far too soon to say whether the problems with the 787 Dreamliner will lead to significant claims, the head of the planemaker’s lead insurer...
Airbus’ Presentation Warned Airlines of Lithium Battery Risks a Year Ago
Jan 29 2013 // Airbus warned the airline industry of risks related to lithium batteries almost a year before two safety incidents grounded 787 Dreamliners built by its chief rival Boeing, according to a presentation seen by Reuters. The...
Japanese Airlines Ground Boeing 787 Dreamliners after Emergency Landing
Jan 16 2013 // Japan’s two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, the latest in a series of incidents to heighten safety concerns...
NOAA: 2012’s U.S. Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Events ‘Impressive’
Jan 4 2013 // Last year may not have measured up to 2011 in terms total damages or havoc wreaked, but the nearly dozen recorded billion-dollar weather related events still ranks as impressive. That’s according to the National...
Tarrant County, Texas, Leads State in Hailstorms: NOAA
Nov 29 2012 // The residents of Fort Worth, Texas, and its suburbs in Tarrant County share the dubious honor of being the area most pounded by hailstorms than in any other part of the state, according to data compiled from the National...
NOAA Opens Disaster Response Center in Alabama
Oct 17 2012 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has opened a disaster response center in Mobile, Ala. Grand opening was Monday for the 15,200-square foot facility. The facility will serve as the central coordination...
NOAA Opens Center for Weather and Climate Prediction at U. of Maryland
Oct 15 2012 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is opening its new Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, located at the University of Maryland in College Park.NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction. Photo...
Equity Risk Partners Launches Defense, Government Contractor Practice Group
Oct 3 2012 // Equity Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage, employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, has launched a new practice group for defense, aerospace and government contractors. DefCon Risk Group will focus on...
Old Claims Follow Hawker Beechcraft in Bankruptcy
Sep 30 2012 // A long-running legal fight involving allegations that Wichita, Kan.-based Hawker Beechcraft made false statements and misrepresentations in the sale of military aircraft to the United States is now dogging the...
Catlin Names Huebel CEO of Canadian Unit, Other Executive Changes
Jun 28 2012 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that David Huebel will take over as CEO of Catlin Canada, effective July 3. Catlin Canada is the Group’s Canadian underwriting hub, headquartered in Toronto with...
NOAA In Midst Of Tsunami Debris Survey
Jun 20 2012 // Government scientists are in the midst of a 10-day trip, surveying southeast Alaska beaches for debris from last year’s deadly tsunami in Japan. While there have been several high-profile instances of debris from the...
Boeing Lauds Tornado Recovery by Key Kansas Supplier
Jun 20 2012 // Top Boeing Co. executives were in Wichita, Kan., on June 18 to celebrate tornado recovery efforts by parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems, telling thousands of cheering employees that the event forged a stronger bond between...
NOAA Forecasts ‘Near Normal’ 4 to 8 Atlantic Hurricanes in 2012
May 25 2012 // The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season will be “near normal” with nine to 15 tropical storms and four to eight of those will strengthen into hurricanes, the U.S. government weather agency predicted on Thursday. One...
SpaceX Insured For ‘Maximum Probable Loss’
May 22 2012 // SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit on Tuesday as part of a mission that would make it the first commercial company to attempt to send a spacecraft to the International...
Willis Review Sees Better Times Ahead for Aviation Industry
May 1 2012 // The airline and aviation manufacturing insurance markets turned a profit in 2011 “following one of the safest years in recent times in terms of numbers of losses and passenger fatalities,” according to a review...
Suit: NASA Specialist in Southern California Axed Over Intelligent Design
Mar 14 2012 // A former computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design. Opening statements in the lawsuit by...
