For the embattled commercial aerospace supplier base, 2022 does not look set to bring immediate relief.

Express cargo carrier UPS has ordered 19 767-300F freighters, marking a key extension to the twinjet’s extended backlog and further boosting Boeing’s already record setting year for both production and conversion cargo aircraft orders.

Time is running short for Russia’s Irkut Corporation to complete the 700 hr. flight test program of its new MC-21 narrowbody airliner and obtain a Russian type certificate by the end of 2021. 

The merger values the electric air taxi developer at $2.4 billion, a price backed up by the largest conditional orderbook in the advanced air mobility market.

The carrier has previously stated its desire to eventually purchase zero-emissions aircraft to replace its DHC Dash 8-300 turboprops.

The energy requirements of future aircraft must be reduced by at least half by 2050 if aviation is to achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, according to a new aviation strategy adopted by German national aviation research agency DLR.

Europe is expanding its technology base for hydrogen propulsion as the region’s industry pushes to field zero-emissions commercial aircraft by the mid-2030s. 

Traditional aerospace suppliers are investing in their capabilities to develop systems for emerging electric aircraft.