The company has also announced a partnership with Tecnam aircraft dealer Altisky for local assembly and distribution across North America and the Caribbean.
TEX-TECH INDUSTRIES, NC agreed to purchase FIBER MATERIALS, ME/RI (high-temp materials/reinforced composites) from Spirit AeroSystems for $165m. FMI's products are installed on critical defense platforms and NASA programs.
ALTISKY, TN was selected by VoltAero as partner to provide assembly/sales/training/maintenance in North America for its Cassio electric-hybrid aircraft family out of new 30,000 sq ft assembly facility/delivery center in US (site TBA).
GE AEROSPACE was selected by US DoE to lead project in collaboration with Boeing, NASA and Oak Ridge National Lab to study performance of an installed (mounted on a wing in simulated flight conditions) Open Fan engine design.
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former congressman Sean Duffy as the next U.S. DOT Secretary is earning praise from some key aviation stakeholders.
Troubled Tier 1 aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems is selling its Fiber Materials (FMI) business to Tex-Tech Industries for $165 million in cash.
A GE-led project with Boeing, NASA and the Oak Ridge laboratory is turning to supercomputers to understand the challenges of integrating a future open fan engine.
AJet, Türkiye’s new airline, has been recognised by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) in the prestigious APEX Passenger Choice Awards.
A four-year-old concept to adapt uncrewed aircraft to role-play as adversaries during training missions is back in development after a two-year hiatus.
DAWN AEROSPACE, New Zealand completed supersonic (Mach 1.1) flight of Aurora rocket-powered aircraft, designed to fly to edge of space (100 km altitude) twice in a single day, reaching speeds of Mach 3.5 during ascent and re-entry.
NASA issued contracts totaling $11.5m (under Phase 1 of Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 project) to Aurora Flight Sciences (Boeing), Electra.aero, JetZero, Pratt & Whitney and Georgia Tech to study and define sustainable concepts and technologies for new commercial aircraft that could enter service by 2050.
