Aerospace

ROLLS-ROYCE is developing upgrade for Trent XWB that includes new disc alloy for higher performance/longer parts life.

BOEING forecasts need for 674,000 pilots, 716,000 maintenance technicians and 980,000 cabin crew members over next 20 years (+4.1% vs '23 forecast) to support global commercial fleet, projected to reach to 50,170 aircraft by 2043.

TT ELECTRONICS, OH has Parker contract to supply electronic assemblies for commercial aircraft braking systems.

TEXTRON AVIATION announced flight deck upgrades for Cessna Caravan/Grand Caravan EX that include backlit panels.

SASMOS HET TECHNOLOGIES, India was selected by Germany's Deutsche Aircraft as partner to collaborate on the design/development of the electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) for the 40-pax D328eco.

MHI AEROSPACE VIETNAM (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) was selected by Airbus to supply A321neo emergency doors.

Caroline M. Vandedrinck to Senior Vice President-Materials & Services of Willis Lease Finance Corporation, FL.

THYSSENKRUPP AEROSPACE has 10-year contract extension with Magellan Aerospace (UK) to manage material demand, mainly aluminum plates and tube/extrusion products, for facilities in Europe and India; deal includes subcontractors.

RTX completed preliminary design review for its hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator engine being developed as part of Clean Aviation SWITCH project; it is combining two Collins megawatt-class electric motor generators within a GTF.

ACORN GROWTH COMPANIES is now ACORN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT to reflect growth and development of multiple capital deployment strategies.

PLYABLE, UK launched composite parts production beyond just tooling.

VERTICAL AEROSPACE began initial powered ground test of its VX4 eVTOL prototype, including propeller balancing.

GE AEROSPACE secured commitment from US DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to cooperate on supercomputing (modeling/simulation) to expand its capabilities for designing next-generation engine technologies, like Open Fan.

L3HARRIS was selected by Air India to supply SRVIVR25 CVRs and FDRs for up to 140 737-8s for delivery from 2025.

ZEROAVIA was selected by JEKTA, Switzerland to supply fuel cell power generation system technology to demonstrate concept of a fuel cell variant of its electric amphibious flying boat design, the PHA-ZE 100, with range of up to 600 km.

CMC ELECTRONICS says its third generation digital HUD technology is in final stage of product development/certification for delivery from early '25.

CFM INTERNATIONAL has completed >250 tests under Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) technology demonstration program in preparation for full-scale Open Fan testing. It is moving to more module-level tests.

EVE AIR MOBILITY named two new suppliers for its eVTOL: ASE, Italy for power distribution system and DIEHL AVIATION, Germany for the interior.

ITP AERO received EASA certification for TP400 vanes manufactured using additive technology (first aeroengine company to do so for structural part).

GKN AEROSPACE delivered the full composite wing assembly and (by end of July) booms for Supernal’s eVTOL demonstrator, to make its first flight later in 2024; units were manufactured in Bristol and Cowes, UK respectively.

GA TELESIS announced it is integrating Alitheon’s AI technology, FeaturePrint, into its WILBUR Web3-enabled Parts Provenance and Records Platform to help secure authenticity of aircraft parts and raise levels of aviation data security.