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Edition of 7 January Published every Thursday
Lead story

JAXA assists with aerodynamics of cargo pods

Logistics company Yamato has 4,000 offices, around 54,000 vehicles and almost 220,000 employees across Japan, and is aiming to switch some short-hop freight to the air using eVTOL aircraft.

7 January 2021
An artist’s impression of the PUPA 8801 in use.
An artist’s impression of the PUPA 8801 in use.

Aerion selects UA for enhanced flight vision system

Universal Avionics has worked diligently with Aerion's engineering, flight operations and supply chain teams for the past year to refine a solution that meets the needs of the supersonic project.

7 January 2021

GA-ASI provides the development platform for Skyborg AI

Avenger remotely-piloted aircraft will be equipped with upgraded datalinks and the Skyborg software as part of experiments to allow piloted aircraft to control them in flight.

7 January 2021
Dr Katy Milne has joined the FlyZero programme as Head of Industrial Strategy.

Leadership team takes the helm at ATI's FlyZero

Twelve months of research lie ahead for the Aerospace Technology Institute's team investigating the design challenges, manufacturing demands and market potential of zero-emission aircraft concepts.

7 January 2021

Stratolaunch picks composite fuel probe for hypersonic Talon-A

The Talon-A is designed to fly at speeds up to Mach 6, and will now feature a composite fuel probe from LMS and a signal conditioner unit that will communicate fuel quantity to the avionics over an ARINC 429 bus.

7 January 2021
Teledyne CML Composites has received a contract from Airbus for the supply of composite wing components and assemblies on the A400M military aircraft.

Airbus sources A400M wing assemblies from Teledyne CML

Parts include a range of thermoplastic and pre-preg composite components to be supplied to the Airbus A400M composite wing box assembly line at the Filton facility in Bristol in the UK.

7 January 2021
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Edition of 17 December 2020

Lockheed Martin selects Fastems for laser cleaner robot

Fastems' AutoSLC solution is based on a robotised system, which is equipped with a laser ablation scan head, designed to automatically remove primers and other protective coatings from F-35 wing components.

17 December 2020
Edition of 10 December 2020

Dassault presents the 6X at virtual roll-out event

Pratt & Whitney Canada recently completed ground and flight tests of the aircraft's PW812D engine, clearing the path to first flight of the 6X. Roll-out marks another significant project milestone.

9 December 2020