Roughly 100 days after the APAC AAM Leadership Summit at the Singapore Airshow, the region’s focus has shifted from big promises to “boring yet indispensable groundwork."
Hermeus has received a $159 million contract extension from the DIU to support a high-speed, uncrewed testbed aircraft and open up other opportunities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
South Korean startup Airbility has signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate the German manufacturer Schubeler’s electric ducted fans into its eVTOLs.
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.
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.
