By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams
Labor contracts prohibit many U.S. airlines from refreshing their regional jets with the latest technology. Does this open the door for a novel hybrid-electric venture—and perhaps even a turboprop comeback?
QARBON AEROSPACE, TX and NIAR (Wichita State University) teamed to develop and produce advanced aerostructures for defense, space, and commercial aerospace programs through multiple phases of joint research and prototyping, including advanced virtual design and simulation, new composite materials, and automated manufacturing.
Anduril and Korean Air Aerospace Division are widening their partnership to integrate UAS and command-and-control software to detect and fight wildfires.
Oxford-based OXCCU has raised $28 million in Series B financing to scale up its one-step process to convert waste carbon into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
BETA TECHNOLOGIES, VT filed for an IPO on NYSE as soon as practicable and says it is developing a 19-seat electric aircraft to follow its 6-seat Alia CTOL (131 firm orders/200 options) and VTOL (158 firm orders/402 options).
ELECTRA.AERO expanded footprint in Manassas, VA and Bleienbach, Switzerland, adding new 15,000 sq ft hangar and 6,000 sq ft office space at Manassas and expanding R&D center in Bleienbach to nearly 2,000 sq ft, to support development of its 9-pax hybrid-electric EL9. It plans to begin flight testing EL9 in 2027 for certification in 4Q29/1H30.