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.
BOEING forecasts demand in 2024-2043 for 43,975 new pax/freighter aircraft (1,525 regional jets/33,380 single-aisle/9,070 twin-aisle; 20,555 for replacement) vs 42,595 in 2023 CMO, increasing global fleet from 26,750 to 50,170 aircraft, to satisfy 4.7% annual traffic growth; it also sees demand for 2,845 freighters (1,005 new/1,840 converted) to satisfy 4.1% CAGR. It projects $4.4 trillion demand for commercial services and need for 2.37m new personnel.
HONEYWELL was selected by United Airlines to supply IntuVue RDR-4000 3D weather radar, new 25-hour FDRs, TPA100B Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System and TRA 100B Transponders, and ALA-52B radar altimeters for new MAXs.
A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.
