Emergency airworthiness directives (AD) have been issued requiring main-rotor hub inspections of certain Bell helicopters following the fatal crash of a Bell 212 last month in Canada.
Deutsche Aircraft has partnered with German hydrogen propulsion specialist H2Fly to demonstrate a zero-emission, fuel-cell-powered version of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop.
The airshow's organizers say attendance by overseas visitors, which may be difficult depending on COVID-related border restrictions, is not critical to the success of this year's event.
Dassault Aviation has created a joint research laboratory in partnership with two French academic institutions dubbed Moliere, an acronym of the French for “innovative functional materials for aviation.”
Eviation aircraft has redesigned its Alice nine-passenger electric regional aircraft, dispensing with some of the original design’s most noteworthy features.
Hydrogen propulsion startup ZeroAvia has secured two Dornier 228s for use as test aircraft for development of its 600-kW fuel-cell propulsion system for 19-passenger airliners.
As Airbus evaluates liquid hydrogen as a possible route to zero-emission commercial aviation by the mid-2030s, it has begun a research program to explore the potential of cryogenically cooled electric propulsion for large civil aircraft.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have committed to being net-zero carbon by 2050, while Japan aims to commercialize domestically produced sustainable aviation fuels by 2030.
The integrated demonstrator, customized to the performance and economic requirements of commercial aircraft, will be built at a Liebherr system integration testing laboratory in Toulouse.
