Daher

Business jet and turboprop manufacturers delivered 178 aircraft during the first three months of 2024.

Production targets for Kodiak aircraft are expected to rise to 25 in 2024, up from 18 in 2023, from strong customer demand.

Batteries for 100-seaters; Daher advances thermoplastics; UK CAA explores hydrogen; MagLev for eVTOL; Beyond flies fuel cell.

Daher is gearing up to test large components made from thermoplastic composites and pitch them for future commercial aircraft.

While acknowledging they have to improve competitiveness, Daher’s officials insist OEMs must accept price increases.

Round the world on hydrogen; first-responder VTOL competition; stop-fold tiltrotor; another Chinese eVTOL.

Piccard has partnered with Raphael Dinelli, an offshore sailor, test pilot and composites engineer.

Major aerostructures supplier Daher is prioritizing Airbus A320 component deliveries to help mitigate supply chain issues that have caused production delays.

Daher says the hybrid-electric Ecopulse demonstrator has now logged 1.5 hr. of flight testing in full electric mode.

Turboprop runs on hydrogen; USAF completes electric flights; SAF from ethanol; Hydrogen light aircraft flies.

Daher Aircraft delivered 74 TBM and Kodiak aircraft during 2023 and took orders for 100 with deliveries in 2024 and into early 2024, the company says.

An International conference agreement aims to drive global development of sustainable aviation fuel.

Airbus announced plans for a new conventional narrowbody in June. Now the French government is making it clear that the project is its top funding priority.

Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra’s Goldfinch and Daher’s EcoPulse take the next step in electric aircraft propulsion.

France’s EcoPulse distributed electric propulsion demonstrator—developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus—has conducted its first flight in hybrid-electric mode.

Boeing on Oct. 20 resumed deliveries of its KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force following an almost two-month pause due to red-tape issues.

Boeing has delivered four KC-46s so far this year, with no handovers to the U.S. Air Force since late August.

Aviation Week Network’s SpeedNews updates from NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas.

Daher now supplies 31 Part 135 charter operators in the U.S. with 49 Kodiak and TBM model turboprops.

Nicolas Chabbert speaks ahead of this year's NBAA-BACE on evolving aircraft technology, sustainability and Kodiak production.

The U.S. Air Force expects to resume accepting deliveries of KC-46s next month.

Daher expects to bolster its global reach as an industrial services provider with its acquisition of France’s Assistance Aeronautique et Aerospatiale.

Visitors observed an accurate picture of the industry, circa 2023.

Hybrid-electric EcoPulse; Embraer and GKN on hydrogen; Fuel-cell business jet; and ONERA’s truss-braced airliner concept.

Daher CEO Didier Kayat has set the target of proposing a hybrid-electric product to the market by 2027.