Liquid hydrogen (LH2) may be the promised panacea for aviation’s journey to net-zero, but getting there is going to be tough—particularly for the engine-makers.
Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.
WILLIS LEASE FINANCE agreed to purchase 15 PW1100G-JMs from Pratt & Whitney in 2024 for leaseback in deal valued at $364m. It completed a purchase and leaseback transaction of 25 GTF engines with Pratt & Whitney in 1H21.
SIEMENS DIGITAL INDUSTRIES SOFTWARE was selected by Dovetail Electric Aviation to provide Xcelerator software to design zero emission, battery and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft.
SENER, Spain was selected to supply servo-actuators (16 units per shipset) for the Lilium Jet. It has already delivered the first units for testing and plans to deliver a total of 104 in 2024 for ground testing and certification flight phases.
The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.
Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero has acquired software certification specialist Verocel to support development of its Generation 6 autonomous electric air taxi.