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ELECTRA.AERO expanded footprint in Manassas, VA and Bleienbach, Switzerland, adding new 15,000 sq ft hangar and 6,000 sq ft office space at Manassas and expanding R&D center in Bleienbach to nearly 2,000 sq ft, to support development of its 9-pax hybrid-electric EL9. It plans to begin flight testing EL9 in 2027 for certification in 4Q29/1H30.

BETA TECHNOLOGIES, VT filed for an IPO on NYSE as soon as practicable and says it is developing a 19-seat electric aircraft to follow its 6-seat Alia CTOL (131 firm orders/200 options) and VTOL (158 firm orders/402 options).

BOEING has begun design work on a new commercial jet, according to a report in the The Wall Street Journal.

WERNER AERO added 30,000 sq ft warehouse facility in Tucson, AZ, increasing its total capacity to 75,000 sq ft.

AKKODIS, Switzerland was selected by Deutsche Aircraft as partner to provide aircraft system development and specialized digital engineering services (from defining requirements to final certification) for D328eco program.

ITP AERO has 5-year Summit Helicopters contract for PW206/PW207 maintenance at Albacete, Spain.

HANWHA AEROTECHNIX, Miami was launched in Miami for CFM56-5B/7B maintenance/part outs (SPNWS; May 30).

TRAX expanded deal with JetBlue to add eMobility app and cloud hosting.

GE AEROSPACE has ACIA Aero Leasing contract to provide CF34-10E maintenance support under TrueChoice program.

ESSENTIAL TURBINES, Canada completed acquisition of Malta-based AEROMARITIME MEDITERRANEAN (authorized M250 and RR300 maintenance/repair/overhaul center) from ITP Aero; business will now operate as ESSENTIAL TURBINES MALTA.

DASSAULT AVIATION had €386m adjusted net income on €2.8b sales in 1H25 vs €442m on €2.5b in 1H24; it ended June with €48.3b backlog (75 Falcons) vs €43.2b (79 Falcons) a year ago. It delivered 12 Falcons in 1H25 vs 12 in 1H24.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK completed its first on-wing Reverse Bleed System (RBS) modification by its Mobile Engine Services (MES) Station in Dublin on a LEAP for Eurowings together with the Eurowings Technik team in Düsseldorf.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK was selected by IndiGo to provide lease return services as part of long-term MRO agreements for A320 base maintenance and single component maintenance services out of Sofia, Bulgaria and Manila, Philippines.