Latest Aerospace Headlines

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FAA Can’t Keep Up with Requests for Drone Flights in Restricted Areas

Oct 16 2017 // Reports of safety incidents involving civilian drones have surged to an average of 250 a month, leading to a federal “emergency” action to approve drone flights in restricted areas, according to a government...

Global Aerospace Launches Aviation Professional Services Liability Insurance

Sep 20 2017 // Parsippany, New Jersey, September 20, 2017 – Global Aerospace, a leading provider of aerospace insurance, announces the introduction of Aviation Professional Services Liability insurance for the aerospace industry. The...

Airbus A350 Operators Must Upload Software Fix to Prevent Risk of Explosion

Aug 24 2017 // European aviation safety authorities have issued an emergency directive for operators of the Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft to upload a software fix to prevent potential overheating of the hydraulic system and a risk...

JLT Specialty Makes Leadership Changes at North America Aerospace Practice

Jun 20 2017 // Global specialty broker and risk advisor JLT Specialty USA has made several leadership appointments in its Aerospace practice in North America.The appointments include elevating Phil Gingell, who most recently served as...

Why Insurance Lawyer Grounded FAA’s Drone Registry

Jun 7 2017 // John Taylor didn’t like the idea of being forced by the Federal Aviation Administration to register his drones. The requirement was “authoritarian,” the Maryland attorney said, and wouldn’t deter...

Marsh Launches Non-Payment Insurance for Boeing Aircraft Financing

Jun 2 2017 // Marsh has launched the Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC), a non-payment insurance product designed for banks and capital market investors that are funding new aircraft purchases from Boeing.Available exclusively...

Pacific Hurricane Season Depends on El Niño: NOAA

May 26 2017 // Forecasters say the central Pacific region around Hawaii can expect a normal or slightly above-average hurricane season, depending largely on the presence of El Niño conditions. Chris Brenchley, director of the National...

NOAA Updates Forecast for Atlantic Hurricane Season, Pacific’s El NIno

May 26 2017 // The Atlantic hurricane season will likely churn out an above-average 11 to 17 named storms, in part due to fading odds than an El Nino will form in the Pacific.Of storms that emerge during the six-month season that begins...

Trump’s Proposed Cuts to NASA and NOAA Could Impact Forecasting, Modeling

Apr 13 2017 // Funding cuts proposed in a White House budget that has been on the table for months spook some experts who are concerned that the ability to do everything from model changes in the climate to forecast the day-to-day...

North Dakota at Highest Risk for Spring Flooding, NOAA Says

Apr 3 2017 // Northern North Dakota — the Souris River, Devils Lake and the northernmost reaches of the Red River — has the greatest risk of major flooding this spring, while moderate flooding is possible over southern Idaho...

NOAA: North Dakota at Highest Risk for Spring Flooding

Mar 16 2017 // Northern North Dakota – the Souris River, Devils Lake and the northernmost reaches of the Red River – has the greatest risk of major flooding this spring, while moderate flooding is possible over southern Idaho in the...

Reported Drone Safety Violations Flying High — Up 46%: FAA

Mar 6 2017 // Reports of drone safety violations continued to increase during 2016, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There were 1,274 reports from February through September last year, compared with 874 for the same...

Airbus Vows Self-Piloted ‘Flying Car’ Prototype by End of 2017

Jan 16 2017 // Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads by the end of the year, the aerospace group’s chief executive said this week.Airbus last year formed a...

Report Criticizes FAA Safety Oversight of Drones as Lax

Dec 7 2016 // U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few enforcement actions, a government watchdog report concluded.The Federal Aviation...

Oklahoma Companies Blame City for Groundwater Pollution

Nov 30 2016 // Two companies that operated a now closed aerospace plant argue that groundwater pollutants threatening to contaminate the city of Bethany’s municipal water supply are a result of the city’s 67-year-old clay...

Earth on Track to Hit Warmest Year on Record: NOAA

Nov 18 2016 // The earth is on track for its warmest year on record after October temperatures equaled the third-warmest for the month ever, a U.S. government agency said on Thursday.October globally was 1.31 Fahrenheit (0.73 Celsius)...

Oklahoma Firm Partnering with NOAA on Hurricane Forecasting, Damage Assessment

Nov 9 2016 // Cherokee Nation Technologies has entered a partnership to support hurricane forecasting and damage assessment.The collaborative effort between Cherokee Nation along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management, Air Centurion to Cover Aviation & Aerospace Risks

Oct 7 2016 // Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management, Inc. (MSMM) and MS Amlin plc, its sister company, have formed a new partnership with Air Centurion to write the U.S.-based aviation and aerospace accounts for Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance...

SpaceX Explosion Linked to Helium System Breach

Sep 26 2016 // SpaceX said Friday that evidence points to a large breach in the rocket’s helium system during a routine prelaunch test that turned into a devastating fireball three weeks ago.The Falcon rocket and a satellite were...

Beazley Adds ArgoGlobal’s Paulin to Aviation Team in France

Sep 19 2016 // Beazley announced that Christophe Paulin will join at the end of this month as an aviation underwriter, managing its aviation business in France and developing its aerospace/products portfolio worldwide. He will be based...