Airframer Vaeridion advances Microliner with Garmin avionics

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Thursday, 30 April 2026

CoLab-orative
Bombardier strikes AI deal to accelerate jet design
Heavy door
A350F is closer to flight after first cargo door delivery
Future fueler
Boeing and US Navy complete first Stingray test flight
Capacity for growth
Pratt & Whitney opens Morocco site and expands in Poland
Kansas production
Bell opens Wichita line to build next-generation Cheyenne

Bell opens Wichita line to build next-generation Cheyenne

The facility will manufacture fuselages for the US Army’s FLRAA as part of an accelerated programme aimed at delivering a faster, longer-range aircraft.
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Electric cockpit
Vaeridion advances Microliner with Garmin avionics

Vaeridion advances Microliner with Garmin avionics

Garmin cockpit systems will support flight-test readiness, while a battery facility expansion strengthens control over critical technologies ahead of the electric aircraft’s planned entry into service.
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AMETEK PDS
CoLab-orative

Bombardier strikes AI deal to accelerate jet design

A multi-year agreement will introduce AI tools into Bombardier’s engineering and manufacturing, helping teams shorten development timelines and reuse past programme knowledge more effectively.
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S. Himmelstein and Co.
Heavy door
A350F is closer to flight after first cargo door delivery

A350F is closer to flight after first cargo door delivery

The industry’s largest cargo door has moved from Spain to Toulouse for installation on a test aircraft, signalling a shift from assembly into testing phase.
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Toray Advanced Composites
Future fueler
Boeing and US Navy complete first Stingray test flight

Boeing and US Navy complete first Stingray test flight

The two-hour autonomous mission validated control systems and an Rolls-Royce AE 3007N engine integration, paving the way for carrier-based refuelling trials.
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AC Products, Inc.
Capacity for growth
Pratt & Whitney opens Morocco site and expands in Poland

Pratt & Whitney opens Morocco site and expands in Poland

The dual investment targets higher output of turbine and compressor parts as demand grows across commercial and defence programmes.
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Quintus Technologies