Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries, SAEI – the maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) business arm of Saudi Arabian Airlines – is embarking on a massive growth plan to meet the demands of the expansion its parent and that of its government which has opened its borders to encourage tourism and business activities.
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.
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.
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.
Brazilian startup Desaer has partnered with electric propulsion developer MagniX to develop a hybrid-electric version of its planned ATL-100 regional utility transport.
Potential military missions for the aircraft include “island hopping and distributed cargo logistics in the Indo-Pacific theater or operations in areas with limited infrastructure like Africa,” an Electra executive says.
U.S. regional airline Mesa Air Group has invested in startup Regent and signed a letter of intent to purchase 200 of its sea-skimming electric seagliders for overwater routes between coastal cities.
ACC Aviation, the global aviation services group, reported a strong fourth quarter, after expanding into new pillars of expertise in aviation finance and technical services.
Boeing says successful tests of an all-composite cryogenic fuel tank at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center clear the way for large-scale application of the lightweight technology in future spacecraft and aircraft.
