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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 25 March Published every Thursday
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Lockheed Martin selects L3Harris for F-16 countermeasures

The baseline version of the Viper Shield electronic warfare system is integrated into the aircraft fuselage, saving space for additional capability such as a fuel pod that could be attached externally.

24 March 2021
L3Harris designed Viper Shield to provide U.S. and global coalition partners with cutting-edge countermeasures against sophisticated, ever-changing threats.
L3Harris designed Viper Shield to provide U.S. and global coalition partners with cutting-edge countermeasures against sophisticated, ever-changing threats.
Jérémy Caussade, President and co-founder of Aura Aero; Jean-Luc Moudenc, Mayor of Toulouse; Carole Delga, President of the Occitanie region, Romain Gareau, Sub-prefect of Occitanie in charge of recovery, Wilfried Dufaud, co-founder of Aura Aero; Fabien Raison, co-founder of Aura Aero.

Aura Aero unveils assembly line and electric aircraft line-up

Aura Aero plans to use its historic Dayde-Jeumont type hangar to assemble up to 30 small aircraft in 2022 and 50 in 2023. An electric 19-seater is planned to make its first flight in 2024.

24 March 2021
The four-seat single-engine piston Il-103.

Hungary to host production of upgraded Ilyushin Il-103

The Il-103 project is intended to be just the first example of the export of Russian aircraft-building technologies to a European country, allowing aircraft to enter new markets with improved models.

24 March 2021
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Insitu engineers worked with researchers from Washington State University and Protium to conduct successful testing of a hydrogen supply tank last July. The event marked one of the company's many recent efforts to advance fuel cell technology for unmanned platforms.

Boeing's Insitu makes hydrogen fuel cell progress

Insitu has completed the first liquid hydrogen fill test for its Liquid Hydrogen Flight Tank for the ScanEagle3 UAV. Fuel cell-powered platforms could have greater endurance, more power and lower noise footprints.

24 March 2021
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Boeing MH-47G Block II Chinook.

Kaman wins contract for MH-47 refuelling boom assemblies

Kaman Composites is to expand its facility to accommodate the increased production scale that the MH-47 assemblies will require, ready for the start of the program in the second half of 2021.

24 March 2021
A Cessna 208 Caravan remotely piloted from a control centre over 50 miles away.

Daedalean brings machine learning to Reliable Robotics avionics

Reliable Robotics has a system for remote piloted operations with immediate applications for cargo operators. Now a new partnership team has developed advanced machine learning that can increase onboard autonomy.

24 March 2021
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Edition of 18 March 2021

SE deploys super-thin wings for green airliner concept

The design is made of one solid-moulded piece of fuselage that is reckoned to be many times stronger than existing aircraft. The fuel is not stored in the wings but in self sealing bladders on top of the fuselage.

18 March 2021
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Edition of 11 March 2021

Dassault achieves on-time departure for Falcon 6X

Serial number 01’s next flight will combine test activities with a hop to Istres, near Marseilles, where the Dassault flight test centre is located and the bulk of the testing program will take place.

11 March 2021
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