Diamond Aircraft

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Latvian airline airBaltic’s training arm has signed a letter of intent with Diamond Aircraft to purchase three eDA40 electric training aircraft.

Electric trainer tested; design tools for hydrogen aircraft; uncrewed amphibian; turbine hybrid; and cargo eVTOL.

An operational evaluation of Diamond Aircraft’s eDA40 electric trainer with Lufthansa Aviation Training has shown the aircraft meets performance expectations.

The foreign carmaker is not identified, but Volkswagen Group China in 2022 built and flew a full-scale demo for an autonomous four-passenger eVTOL.

Flying hydrogen laboratory; trainer flies on SAF; Joby eVTOL for Korea; and airport cargo robot.

A Diamond DA42 training aircraft has flown for the first time on SAF at the European Flight Academy, part of Lufthansa Aviation Training.

The adoption of the Dominator XP, made by Israeli company Aeronautics, marks the Royal Thai Air Force's first medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAS.

LifeStyle Aviation is conducting a seven-city tour of Diamond Aircraft’s single-engine DA50 RG starting Aug. 26, following the aircraft’s recent certification.

A mix of old and new brought thousands of aviation enthusiasts to the annual fly-in and convention in Oshkosh.

Diamond Aircraft completed the first flight of its eDA40 electric training aircraft from Weiner Neustadt, Austria, on July 20.

Diamond Aircraft Industries celebrated the first delivery to a customer at EAA AirVenture 2023.

The French aerospace group is preparing to begin certification tests on its first electric propulsion unit.

Diamond Aircraft has completed the first flight of its all-composite Dart-750 aerobatic trainer, on display at the Paris Air Show.

Condensed-matter battery; DLR’s sustainable designs; Bivalent hydrogen engine; and Subscale cargo UAV flies.

Austrian company and government agency join to demonstrate a piston aeroengine that runs on a combination of kerosene and hydrogen.

Lufthansa Aviation Training has declared its intent to be the European launch customer for Diamond Aircraft’s eDA40 electric training aircraft.