BOEING expanded its exclusive distribution agreement with Ontic to include TRAS (thrust reverser actuation system) and PECU (propeller electronic control unit) product lines for several Boeing, Airbus and De Havilland Canada platforms.
The Aerospace Technology Institute was set up largely to allocate government money to projects intended to future-proof the UK’s civil aerospace sector.
Spanish near-space tourism company Halo Space has unveiled the design of the balloon capsule it plans to use to take passengers on stratospheric flights.
About three years before its first scheduled fielding, the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft fleet has a new group of F-16-based testbed aircraft.
The company is studying hybrid-electric helicopters, continuing its electric certification drive and pushing Dash 7 conversion for NASA’s flight demonstrator.
RHINESTAHL CTS and WAYGATE TECHNOLOGIES teamed to add two-way communication between Rhinestahl’s FutureDriveNG+ turning tool and Waygate’s Mentor Visual iQ+ (MViQ+) video borescope for improved inspections.
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK reports delivery by COMAC of nine ARJ21s and two C919s in 1Q24 vs one ARJ21 and zero C919s in 1Q23; new orders were booked for 16 ARJ21s and 40 C919s, leaving a backlog of 470 ARJ21s and 833 C919s.
RHINESTAHL, OH agreed to acquire HYDRO SYSTEMS, Germany to form single company named RH AERO SYSTEMS to provide engine/airframe tooling, GSE and other engineered products along with asset management and sustainment.
KELLSTROM AEROSPACE, FL was appointed by Canada's LBM (Libellule Monde) as global commercial aftermarket distributor of its interior placards, interior deco films, exterior markings, erosion protection, and livery.
Max Space sees its inflatable structures as useful for building orbiting space stations in Earth orbit, but habitats in cislunar space, on the Moon and Mars.
The bench is a flight simulator built to the fidelity required for certification testing of both hardware and software that will then go to the aircraft.