Sukhoi and MiG have formally merged with parent company United Aircraft Corp., with both legacy Soviet fighter manufacturers having ceased to exist as separate entities as of June 1. “Strong and worldwide-known Sukhoi and MiG brands will last in the assembled aircraft, while their reputable design schools will continue to evolve,” said Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec, UAC’s parent company.
The future of aviation manufacturing could be dramatically quieter, cleaner, more efficient and productive, and its Mecca might be located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
Leadership change continues across the advanced air mobility industry as more manufacturers move into the certification and production phases, with Lilium co-founder Daniel Weigand stepping aside as CEO as the German startup looks ahead to delivery and operation of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
Honeywell is looking to push continuous operation of its megawatt generator to higher levels having recently run the hybrid-electric aircraft power system at up to 1.02 megawatts.
Norwegian Air Shuttle said it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing for a recommitment to buy 50 Boeing 737-8 aircraft in a move that should draw a line under a legal dispute between the companies.
Vietjet Air is following through with its order for 200 Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft, which the LCC had put on hold after the grounding of the type in 2019.
Boeing has staged the left wing for the last 747-8F freighter onto the production line at Everett, Washington, marking the build-up for the aircraft’s final assembly process and close out of the historic 747 line later in 2022.
Boeing is broadening its flight operations-related support for customers, including a program modeled after its maintenance-focused field service representative network.
French startup VoltAero has been selected to conduct demonstration flights in the Netherlands and Germany with its Cassio 1 hybrid-electric propulsion testbed.
U.S. startup Natilus is conducting wind tunnel tests of the initial regional feeder member of its planned family of blended wing body uncrewed cargo aircraft.
To meet growing demands to decarbonize aviation, plans to build sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants continue to proliferate, with new projects taking shape from Spain to Sarawak.
Following up on an MOU signed in October 2021, CRJ certificate holder MHI RJ Aviation Group has agreed to provide engineering services and aircraft integration and certification support for the retrofit of CRJ700 regional jets with ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-electric propulsion system.
South African energy company Sasol and German research center HZB plan to lead a three-year project to develop next-generation catalysts to improve the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the Fischer-Tropsch process.
Taking a nontraditional approach to the potential development of future sustainable aircraft, Embraer has completed the first startup “pitch day” under its Energia initiative.
