Aerospace

Austrian startup CycloTech is to begin outdoor flight testing of its CycloRotor electric propulsion testbed.

Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested in electric motor developer H3X.

The new owners of MD Helicopters are envisioning raising production to 50 helicopters a year by 2025.

The Advanced Air Mobility Composite surged by 8.3% during the week ending March 4, completely erasing the prior week’s 7.9% decline.

Australia’s fledging advanced air mobility industry was promoted at the biennial Avalon Airshow at Geelong in Victoria.

Founded by two former Embraer engineers, Moya is a spinoff from aerospace engineering services company ACS Aviation.

Merging with blank-check company Kernel Group Holdings will generate funds for development of the Jaunt Journey eVTOL air taxi.

Leonardo Helicopters is expanding its use of simulation, enabling the company’s engineers to iterate faster and reduce the cost of development.

Leonardo Helicopters is exploring the use of big data collected from operators of its helicopters to better understand its fleets.

This webinar gives A&D Manufacturers insights into the past, present, and future of AAM development, with an emphasis on scaling the business as a whole.

Honda pursues SAF; Lithium-air battery; Fly-by-wire for GA; SAF from camelina.

A key certification agreement between Boeing and EASA lowers hurdles to 777-9 clearance and keeps a new twinjet on target for service entry in 2025.

The newest players in the space industry have some familiar names.

The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.

Electric flying car startup LEO Flight is preparing to raise funds to begin work on its first preproduction prototype of its LEO Coupe vehicle.

A manufacturing issue in the Zefiro 40 second stage’s nozzle led to the failure of the first commercial mission for a Vega-C launcher.

MD Helicopters says it has ended a seven-year-long dispute with parts manufacturer Aerometals.

Helicopter In Service Fleet (ISF) is expected to grow from ~21,500 in 2023 to over 24,000 in 2032.

Honda is researching the production of sustainable aviation fuel and its use in powerplants for its HondaJet light bizjet and planned eVTOL aircraft.

The converted aircraft lifted off at 8:41 a.m. Pacific time and landed back after a 15-min. flight.

Bosses at a Welsh startup whose satellite was lost in the failed Virgin Orbit launch from the UK have criticized the country’s approach to sat licensing.

General Electric plans to invest $355 million in existing aerospace-related sites in 2023 after conducting so-called lean process improvement reviews.

AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.

Startup Limosa has signed an agreement with composites specialist Airborne of the Netherlands covering manufacture of a full-scale technology demonstrator.

Korean electric air taxi startup Plana and Volatus Infrastructure have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on vertiport development.