AirBaltic has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate with Dutch company Fokker Next Gen on design of a hydrogen-powered 120-150-seat airliner.
NIAR (Wichita State University) secured $10m funding from NASA Aeronautics for research related to development and implementation of advanced materials for use in hot structures and thermal protection systems for hypersonic vehicles.
FOKKER NEXT GEN secured MOU with airBaltic to collaborate on development of 120-150 seat liquid hydrogen-powered narrowbody aircraft for 2035; aircraft will have dual fuel tank system to handle SAF or kerosene if needed.
LILIUM, Germany announced it is in advanced discussions with the French government to its expand industrial footprint with high-volume Lilium Jet manufacturing facilities in France; possible sites are being evaluated.
ARCHER AVIATION reports its Midnight eVTOL completed >100 test flights in 1Q24. It says it is closing in on aircraft's transition milestone to take off vertically/accelerate from thrust-born to wing-borne flight and then land again vertically.
Plans to replace the three main fleets of mobility aircraft remain decades away, following the production run of the Next Generation Aerial Refueling System.
Flight tests of a system onboard a QinetiQ-operated RJ100 modified regional airliner confirm the potential of a Quantum Inertial Navigation System (Q-INS).
