Aerospace

MTU AERO ENGINES completed testing liquid hydrogen fuel system for its Flying Fuel Cell (FFC) in partnership with MT AEROSPACE, which is responsible for tank.

GE AEROSPACE has launched company-wide generative AI platform, dubbed AI Wingmate, in collaboration with Microsoft to drive productivity.

BOOM completed fourth test flight of XB-1, reaching Mach 0.617; about six more subsonic test flights are planned.

Bénédicte Bonnet to Executive Vice President, based in Villaroche, France, of CFM International, replacing Jérôme Morhet.

The flights were meant to show the aircraft could be used for logistics missions in austere environments.

Global Aviation industry leaders gathered in South Africa to exchange ideas on key opportunities in African Aviation during Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition 2024.

More than 300 people from 30 countries have taken part in a side event designed to attract and develop young people into the aviation sector.

Nigeria’s population of more than 200 million people and its vast land mass of over 900,000 square kilometres constitute a huge investment opportunity for the use of helicopters and the services that helicopters offer. However, the market is still largely unexplored as the business yearns for more investment.

Comac C919 and ARJ21 aircraft are currently stationed at Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) in Tibet to conduct high-altitude testing and R&D for the plateau variant.

Airframers must remember that these funds preserve their wealth in part by avoiding risk and pursuing relatively safe investments.

FOKKER NEXT GEN added ASL Aviation Holdings to its Airline Advisory Group to provide feedback into development phase of its aircraft.

DOY DESIGNS, UK was selected by Heart Aerospace to supply seats for Heart X1 demonstrator; cushions and dress covers are being supplied by SABETI-WAIN AEROSPACE with SAC ENGINEERING DESIGN providing detail engineering.

RECARO AIRCRAFT SEATING was selected by LATAM Airlines to supply R2 premium mini-suites for retrofit on 24 787s.

GENERAL ATOMICS AEROTEC SYSTEMS (GA-ATS) began assembly of first Do228 NXT wing; changes in production of the Do228 NXT series is the relocation of final assembly of control surfaces/wing structures back to Oberpfaffenhofen.

FIGEAC AÉRO received three contracts, valued at €65m, to support A320 Family aircraft over five years: two from Airbus to supply structural titanium components (integral to the engine pylons) and a third for large aluminum parts.

The FAA has issued an update to its interim safety standards for vertiport design.

The clean-sheet, twin-engine aircraft is expected to fly by year’s end or in early 2025.

The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) must be given the “teeth” to drive pan-African air transport liberalisation and implement the African Union’s flagship Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) project,

The Marrakech Air Show will take place October 30 – November 2 2024.

Cabin crew, maintenance workers and ATCs are among the positions that will need an influx of workforce, CAE CEO Marc Parent says.

A final FAA rule outlining standards for pilot certification and operations of eVTOL aircraft is expected to be published before the end of the year.

The strike by IAM District 751 and W24 workers is the first exogenous crisis for suppliers since the pandemic. Managing it may feel similar.

The USAF secretary is targeting an F-22 replacement's per-unit cost near that of an F-35 or F-15EX .

BOOM completed third flight of its XB-1 test aircraft (to test key systems, including performance of the ECS before going to higher altitudes and stability augmentation system) at Mojave; supersonic flight is scheduled by end of 2024.

AMTRA AERO COMPONENT SOLUTIONS (AACS) was formed to manage AMTRA Aero's part-out portfolio and warehouse component sales out of 12,000 sq ft facility (4,000 sq ft of air-conditioned storage) in Tulsa starting in November 2024.