All the headlines from our Aerospace Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mar 6 2012 // Colgan Air failed to provide adequate rest breaks for crews on some flights within seven months of a 2009 crash near Buffalo, New York, that killed 50 people and raised questions about tired pilots, regulators said on...
Jan 18 2012 // The ACE Group announced new leadership appointments in its Aerospace insurance operations. Stephen Dinsdale has been appointed chairman, ACE USA Aerospace and Jerry Ruth has been appointed to senior vice president, ACE USA...
Dec 2 2011 // The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the Wednesday night crash of a small plane at Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash.The wreckage of the twin-engine Piper PA44 remained upside down Thursday morning, but...
Nov 7 2011 // Americans peg the value of coral reefs around the main Hawaiian Islands at $33.57 billion, according to a study commissioned by the federal government. Officials frequently cite coral reefs as being vital to tourism and...