As Airbus gears up for the first flight of a high-aspect-ratio, morphing-wing aircraft in 2026, engineers are working on accompanying measurement techniques.
HEART AEROSPACE unveiled first full-scale demonstrator (Heart X1) as platform for testing its ES-30 regional hybrid-electric aircraft. It also added AIRASIA to its Advisory Board for design, development and commercialization of aircraft.
VERTICAL AEROSPACE completed Phase 1 of piloted testing of its latest VX4 eVTOL prototype, including tethered flights, taxi testing and high-powered ground runs; it is now progressing toward untethered thrustborne testing.
Heart also plans to fly the X1 within the next six months from a yet-to-be-decided airport in the U.S., which would make it the first new-generation hybrid aircraft to reach that milestone.
The advancement of hydrogen and electric propulsion research at Royal NLR comes as several Netherlands-based companies are designing new-generation aircraft.
Lilium's board turnover comes on the heels of the Bavarian state government clearing the way for a €50 million ($55 million) loan guarantee to support the AAM outfit.
CURTISS-WRIGHT announced $100m expansion (to $150m) of its 2024 share repurchase program over its confidence to produce future profits; upon completion of program, it will have remaining open repurchase authorization of $300m.
Beyond Aero, a company designing a fuel cell-powered business jet, has revealed the outlines of larger aircraft that would use a similar propulsion system.
Aviation needs other transport sectors such as road transport to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and meet SAF targets, Boeing's Jim Hileman says.
The oil and refining industry should prepare for when China imposes policies on sustainable aviation and signs up for CORSIA, Shell Aviation's president says.
