The cover story is about the pandemic and its impact on the aerospace operations in our region. Airbus has paused the assembly of A320 and A220 jetliners in Mobile, and NASA has had to curtail work on the Space Launch System and Orion crew vehicle at Stennis Space Center, Miss., and Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
We also know that air travel has taken a beating, and found that Pensacola International Airport is one example that serves to show how it’s impacted airports all over the region. There’s a drop of 90 percent in passengers. We’ll also fill you in on a one-day closing at ST Engineering Aerospace in Pensacola.
We didn’t write about it, but the coronavirus and the shut-down also impacted the story lineup of this newsletter. Two stories had to be put on the back burner because the shut-down impacted their operations. Once we’re past this pandemic, will bring those two stories to you.
But we also have three articles not related to the pandemic. One is about a drone program used by Gulf Power, and the other is about the recent Gulf Power Economic Symposium – one of the last big gatherings before the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. Finally, we take a look at some of the important aerospace stories that occurred since the last newsletter in February.
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