Aerospace

Platoon Aviation has signed a multi-aircraft order with Textron Aviation which will make it the owner of Europe’s largest Cessna Citation Longitude fleet.

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The German market is an early proving ground for companies vying to equip European air forces with collaborative combat aircraft to augment crewed fighters.

Structural reorganization and Lean processes are making headway in GE Aerospace’s push to increase production capacity and tackle durability improvements.

As German civil aerospace copes with multiple overlapping crises, preparations for the next-generation narrowbody aircraft are accelerating.

German electric aircraft startup Vaeridion has started producing battery packs at its new facility in Oberpfaffenhofen.

LCC easyJet has begun routine engine-off taxiing operations at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

China’s promise to buy 200 Boeing aircraft at the recent diplomatic summit meeting in Beijing was “a major accomplishment” and will lead to larger orders in future says Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg.

Electra.aero is forecasting U.S. demand for 12,000-16,000 short-haul regional shuttle aircraft in the first 10 years of operation.

JCAB has become the third regulator to qualify Loft Dynamics’ virtual-reality helicopter simulator as a Level 7 flight training device.

Electric seaplane family plan; battery team for hybrid regional; U.S. quantum computing boost; and folding-wing eVTOL UAS.

South Korea has launched projects to develop a 4,500-lb. thrust-class high-bypass turbofan for collaborative combat aircraft and more-electric business jets.

Pivotal has been selected as an OEM participant in the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program through a multistate effort led by the Pennsylvania DOT.

South Korean startup Airbility has signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate the German manufacturer Schubeler’s electric ducted fans into its eVTOLs.

China on May 23 completed the first flight test of its domestically developed F406 turbofan for small- and medium-sized uncrewed aircraft systems.

Airbus has launched a Tech Hub in Canada to work with local industry and academia on research projects principally in support of the A220 airliner program.

U.S. startup Trillium Renewable Chemicals has secured $13 million in funding to scale up its technology to produce acrylonitrile.

Qantas confirmed a further delay to the aircraft for its Project Sunrise ultra-long-haul flights, with delivery of the initial A350-1000ULRs expected to slide.

Airspeed, the relative speed of the aircraft to the air, is vital information to maintain sufficient stall margin.

A GKN Aerospace industrial site in California has suffered a chemical accident that the company signaled could cause operational disruptions.

AutoFlight demonstrates eVTOL in Kazakhstan as plans for air taxi network linking Almaty and Alatau City advance with private financing and foreign investment.

Royal Thai Air Force orders two Airbus C295 transports to replace aging BT-67 fleet and considers follow-on orders under phased procurement approach.

Acelen Renewables has secured $1.5 billion in funding to begin construction of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Bahia state.

The Iran war is generating price inflation on metals and is starting to cause headaches for suppliers.

It’s difficult to talk about the aerospace industry today without artificial intelligence (AI) coming up in conversation.