Aerospace

Element 1 granted the new joint venture a worldwide exclusive license to its hydrogen generation technology for all aerospace applications.

Airbus and Czech uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) developer Primoco UAV have teamed up to cooperate on small UAS development.

Volocopter has completed its first uncrewed demonstration flights with its 2X prototype in Saudi Arabia.

German air rescue organization ADAC Luftrettung has purchased two VoloCity eVTOL aircraft for research operations starting in 2024.

The grant supports an A$12.8 million project to develop, flight test and certify the conversion of the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion.

Swiss startup H55 has chosen Equipmake to supply the electric motor for its 100-kW electric propulsion system that will power the Bristell B23 Energic trainer.

Daher CEO Didier Kayat has set the target of proposing a hybrid-electric product to the market by 2027.

Industry executives, NGOs and politicians underlined obstacles and discussed possible solutions to the aviation industry’s net-zero emissions goal.

The AAM Stock Composite declined 8% during the week ending June 23.

Amid a shortage of rocket motors for munitions, Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors.

The FAA has approved the certification basis for Lilium’s electric air taxi.

Rival European missile manufacturers are in a race to conceptualize a European hypersonic defense interceptor.

Airbus executive says the worst of the supply chain crisis could be over. But 2023 and 2024 will be challenging, and production increases are not guaranteed.

The program announced its decision on June 23, disclosing that it had discovered “failure modes” that would take too long to fix.

The mission, which is intended to deliver two European government communications satellites into orbit, had been targeted to launch on June 16.

UK AAM business Skyports shares visuals of its planned Dubai vertiport as the company edges closer to executing its first build.

The announcement, made in a U.S. regulatory filing late June 22, spurred a 19% selloff of Virgin’s share price by midday regular trading on June 23.

One surprise in the post-pandemic era is how financially resilient the commercial aerospace manufacturing industry exited the worst downturn in its history.

The crewed Hello-1X could be ready to fly next year to validate technologies for reusable orbital and lunar delivery vehicles.

Startups look to larger vehicles as eVTOL leaders move into the all-important certification testing phase.

India’s two largest airlines prepare to expand with huge orders for Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Will there be enough airports and trained staff to operate them?

Aerostructure supplier agreements and new engine details bolster Boom’s supersonic airliner plans as construction of assembly site ramps up in North Carolina.

The timeline for retrofitting the aircraft, as well as the number of aircraft to be retrofitted with automated systems, is yet to be determined.

Three months after confirming it was exploring a merger with Intelsat, Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said June 22 that the talks are off.

Onera's Gullhyver concept for a 200-seat, 4,000-nm-range airliner is being studied under Europe’s Clean Aviation public-private research program.