Aerospace

The awards, combined with prior rounds of funding announced in September and November 2021, bring the total to $673 million to protect jobs at 593 U.S. companies,

Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics has tested what it said is the first integrated hydrogen-electric powertrain nacelle, designed to enable distributed propulsion for a range of aircraft sizes.

Barbara Pilarski, global head of business development at Stellantis, has been named to the Archer Aviation board of directors.

The MEBAA Show is set to return to Dubai, taking place on 6 - 8 December 2022 at DWC Airport.

Since the first Bell 505 customer delivery in 2017, Bell has completed more than 360 Bell 505 global deliveries, enabling successful missions with the world’s most advanced short light single aircraft.

The three-man team will compete in the Richard Mille AlUla Desert Polo 2022, one of the most eagerly awaited events of the AlUla Moments season.

The World Defense Show will take place in Riyadh, March 6-9. Organisers have had to build extra halls to cope with the additional demand.

This week’s summary of the news headlines from across the aerospace industry in the MEASA region kick off with news of an ‘opportunistic’ bid from Kuwait’s NAS to acquire UK’s Menzies Aviation business.

Boeing will have to pay a big price if it wants to bring the duopoly back to parity—and suppliers should be worried if it doesn’t.

Sikorsky’s S-70A optionally piloted vehicle completes 30-min. mission with no one aboard.

Platform and space tug planned for Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 1.

ELECTRA has MOU from Yugo, Singapore to acquire up to 12 eSTOL aircraft for its air mobility network in Asia Pacific.

DOKASCH TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS received technical approvals for its Opticooler active containers with Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.

JOBY AVIATION, CA began FAA conformity testing to confirm material strength of composite coupons representative of its eVTOL aircraft, expected to

H3 DYNAMICS completed first fully integrated hydrogen-electric propulsion aircraft nacelle; flight testing is imminent.

VOLOCOPTER secured commitment from Aviation Capital Group for up to $1b in financing for its fleet of eVTOLs.

EVE (Embraer) formalized 'normal category' aircraft type certification process with ANAC for its eVTOL aircraft.

An inflight anomaly prevented an Astra Space rocket from delivering four small research satellites to orbit, according to NASA.

Elbit Systems’ StarLiner medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel, approving the aircraft to fly in civil airspace.

Volocopter has secured a commitment for up to $1 billion in financing to build its fleet of electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger and cargo vehicles.

In a move that will significantly expand the production of sustainable fuels in the U.S., LanzaJet has entered into an agreement to build a 120 million gal.-a-year facility southwest of Chicago.

Hydrogen supplier Air Liquide and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean Air and the operator of Incheon International Airport to study the development of infrastructure required to support the deployment of hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Boeing has begun routine use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its commercial-aircraft flight operations, with Epic Fuels to supply 2 million gal. of blended fuel for its Washington state and South Carolina operations through 2022.

U.S. startup Odys Aerospace has secured $12.4 million in seed funding to build a subscale demonstrator of an unconventional hybrid-electric aircraft that combines vertical takeoff and landing capability with high cruise efficiency to provide regional range at low operating cost.

Saudia celebrated ‘Riyadh Season’ with a series of festival-themed surprises during a special flight from Paris to Riyadh on 8 February 2022.