The June 24-25 NATO summit and Trump’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9 are casting dark foreshadowings over this year’s air show.
GENERAL ATOMICS AEROTEC SYSTEMS (GA-ATS) and AEE AIRCRAFT ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING teamed on redevelopment of the Engine Interface Unit (EIU) and the Central Warning System (CAWS) for Do228 NXT special mission aircraft.
XTI AEROSPACE has completed >1,500 complex computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations, using US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Frontier supercomputer, for aerodynamics design of its TriFan 600 xVTOL.
EMBRAER forecasts 20-year demand for 10,500 sub-150-seat jets (8,720) and turboprops (1,780) worth US$680b over next 20 years to satisfy 3.9% annual pax traffic growth, including 5.7% in China; 52% of deliveries will be for replacement.
AIRBUS forecasts 20-year demand for 42,450 new pax/970 new freighter aircraft (34,250 single-aisle; 18,930 for replacement) to increase global fleet from 24,730 to 49,210 aircraft by end 2044, to satisfy 3.6% annual pax traffic growth.
An integration pilot program to be set up by the FAA under the direction of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump is expected to begin in 2026.
JetZero has selected Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the manufacturing and final assembly site for its BWB aircraft.
