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Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Swiss electric propulsion startup H55 has announced the closing of a Series C funding round.

The Airbus A321XLR equipped with CFM Leap 1A engines has received its type certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Austrian startup FlyNow Aviation sees huge potential for urban air mobility to change how people commute through dense cities.

Lilium has pushed back the planned start of manned flight tests with its full-scale electric Lilium Jet to early 2025.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has approved the certification basis for the Veronte autopilot under development by Spain’s EMbention.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The UK regulator also struck an agreement with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to closely cooperate on type certification.

Ricardo has been selected by the EASA to lead a consortium in creating the EU’s first SAF clearing house to support industry in scaling up supply.

Leonardo Helicopters has tested the performance of Daedalean’s visual awareness system in flights using two helicopters.

The FAA’s informal rulemaking process should welcome open communication to ensure impacts are understood.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has introduced its certification readiness level concept.

The nine-step scale is being developed in collaboration with Europe’s Clean Aviation research program.

The tool includes a survey that covers multiple safety “dimensions” and seeks input from five organizational levels.

Recent revisions of the certification requirements for EVTOL aircraft that narrowed the gap between European and U.S. regulators come as welcome news to Lilium.

ANCEN has been created to share “objective, timely, consensual, and credible technical advice” on the non-CO2 effects of aviation, EASA said.

In 2021, Iberia became the first operator in Europe to use evidence-based training, followed by Air France in the same year.

European officials have approved an extra fuel tank the A350-1000s Qantas will use for ultra-long-haul flights.

French AAM startup Ascendance Flight Technologies says development work on its first full-scale Atea prototype is progressing toward a first flight in 2025.

A flex shaft for the A350’s high lift system has become the most complex 3D-printed metal part to be approved for series production by Airbus and EASA.

The FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency have updated their eVTOL certification guidance to narrow the gap between their approaches.

As evidence-based training is gaining ground in the air transport industry, the expected benefits are beginning to materialize.

The ASCIC was formed earlier in 2024 as a direct response to a records-falsification scandal that made headlines late in 2023.

It’s a safe bet most aviation safety professionals know the basics of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (JAL123).