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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 12 November Published every Thursday
Lead story

First MC-21 with Russian PD-14 engines rolls out

Irkut Corporation is starting ground tests on the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft. It features Russia-manufactured engines which have already been tested in one of the pods of an Ilyushin Il-76.

11 November 2020
More news – Turbine Engines, Airframer
The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft with Russian PD-14 engines.
The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft with Russian PD-14 engines.
The new MHI Aero Engines plant at Nagasaki opened in November.

MHI completes aero engine component factory in Nagasaki

MHI has not made any significant changes to its production as a result of coronavirus, and expects to expand production going forward. The opening of a new factory on schedule will strengthen competitiveness, it says.

11 November 2020
More news – Turbine Engines
The A320 Airspace entrance area.

FACC delivers first A320 Airspace entrance area to Hamburg

After two years in development the first shipset comprising an Airspace entrance area and Hero Lights has now been delivered to Airbus in Hamburg, where it will be installed in a serial aircraft.

11 November 2020
Northrop Grumman demonstrating an OMS-compliant advanced sensor during a live ground demonstration.

Northrop Grumman demonstrates OMS-compliant advanced sensor

Northrop Grumman plans to integrate a combination of OMS/Open Communication Systems sensors and software-defined radios across multiple platforms, networks and nodes to ensure multi-domain interoperability.

11 November 2020
More news – Weapons Systems
BAE Systems' Cedar Rapids facility will be used for GPS manufacture.

BAE invests in navigation and sensor business facilities

A large factory, with several hundred offices, workstations, and flexible work spaces, and classified and unclassified labs, will be completed by 2022 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

11 November 2020
Meggitt will supply radome technology for the Multi-Function Array radar system on the Typhoon.

Meggitt wins contract for Typhoon nose radome

Meggitt has designed a higher and broader bandwidth radome to protect from environmental effects, prevent interference whilst being highly transmissive for the AESA radar system's operational modes.

11 November 2020
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Edition of 5 November 2020

Sonaca to develop airframe for hybrid-electric Cassio

VoltAero's four-seat Cassio 330 could be in customer hands by 2023, with Sonaca's help to transition into serial manufacturing in Nouvelle Aquitaine. Larger models will follow.

4 November 2020
More news – VoltAero Cassio, Airframer
Edition of 29 October 2020

USAF selects BAE for prototype attritable systems

Multiple vendors have now been lined up to compete for up to $400 million in orders in support of the Skyborg Vanguard Program. BAE Systems has started work at its Endicott facility.

29 October 2020
More news – Weapons Systems