European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels on March 4 that the proposed loans were part of a new initiative called ReArm Europe.
The piloted conventional-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, registration N214BT, joins the first Alia CX300 off Beta’s production line in South Burlington, Vermont.
Mach Industries is developing a vertical-takeoff cruise missile demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s experimental Strategic Strike program, the company says.
Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.
The service said it decided to pause deliveries on Feb. 27 after identifying cracks in the “outboard fixed-trailing-edge support structure” of two aircraft.
