Aerospace

No blockbusters but lots to talk about. Listen in to what our editors saw at Farnborough Airshow.

Advanced air mobility developer Beta Technologies has secured a 75-year lease at Burlington International Airport (BTV) in Vermont to build a 355,000-ft.² electric aircraft production facility.

The aim is to develop an engine with at least 10% better fuel efficiency over current engines by 2030.

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The EngineUS 100 motor will form part of an integrated parallel-hybrid propulsion system.

First flight of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric engine could come within weeks.

In an ever-evolving, complex operational environment, industries and military utilising rotary flight seek exemplary pilots who ensure reliable aviation performance and low incident rates.

Britain’s Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, will perform at the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) for the first time in its ten year history.

Airbus UpNext plans to flight test a hydrogen-burning engine at altitude on a powered glider.

UK funds low-carbon and advanced-mobility projects; GKN leads Dutch research; and Defining a heavy-lift airship.

THALES was selected by VoltAero to provide its FlytLink Edge Computing system for airborne data collection and computing to enhance the autonomy

Impulse Space and Relativity Space plan to launch a commercial research and development mission to the surface of Mars as soon as 2024.

FORECAST INTERNATIONAL forecasts production of 18,679 large commercial jets worth $2.94 trillion in 2022-2031

SANDVIK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY is being distributed by Sandvik and listed as a standalone public company named ALLEIMA; products include bars, billets

SAFRAN was selected by Flynas, Saudi Arabia to supply wheels, brakes and carbon heat sinks for up to 250 A320neos.

CAE was selected by Vertical Aerospace as pilot training partner for VX4 eVTOL to enter service in 2025.

GE successfully tested megawatt (MW)-class and multi-kilovolt (kV) hybrid electric propulsion system, including electric motor/generators and power

BOOM SUPERSONIC refined design of its Overture supersonic transport with four wing-mounted engines, automated noise reduction system, contoured

BOEING and ALDER FUELS formed partnership to expand production of SAF; Boeing will support testing/qualification.

GKN AEROSPACE says H2GEAR program has completed first round of system level trade studies focused on hypothetical 19-, 48- and 96-pax concept aircraft

EASYJET and ROLLS-ROYCE are forming H2ZERO partnership to develop hydrogen combustion engine technology; an early concept ground test of AE 2100 is

L3HARRIS has Airbus order for A320 Reality7e simulator for Toulouse.

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES COMMERCIAL AVIATION SOLUTIONS and ZHUHAI XIANGYI AVIATION TECHNOLOGY signed MOU to discuss producing commercial aviation full

Gerard Browne to Senior Vice President-Marketing & Origination of Contrail Aviation Support, Denver.

DE HAVILLAND CANADA is increasing design weights of Dash 8-400 by 3,000 lb in payload and 2,000 lb in MTOW; it is also developing 650 lb increase in