PRATT & WHITNEY says the 1-megawatt thermal engine developed for its Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator (Dash 8-100) has run at full power; COLLINS is supplying the electric drive system and H55 the battery.
BOEING and ANTONOV signed MOU to explore opportunities to collaborate on defense-related projects, including training, logistical support/overhaul services for tactical UASs, plus Antonov providing engineering support to Boeing.
GE AEROSPACE has orders from Turkish Airlines to supply GE90-110Bs for four 777Fs on order in deal that includes TrueChoice program; and from IAG for GEnx-1Bs for six 787-10s for BRITISH AIRWAYS, which traditionally used Trents.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
