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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 3 June Published every Thursday
Lead story

GKN structures put Alice on track for flight this year

Just one year on since contract GKN has designed, manufactured and delivered wings, empennage and electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for the all-electric Alice aircraft.

3 June 2021
The Eviation Alice.
The Eviation Alice.

UEC-Klimov kicks off work on hybrid power plant

Unmanned aerial vehicles, regional airliners and light multipurpose helicopters could all be powered by a new hybrid power unit now under development by UEC-Klimov. The company has a target date of 2028.

3 June 2021
More news – Design, Turbine Engines
The D328eco is the first air transport category aircraft to feature this advanced flight deck platform.

Deutsche Aircraft selects Garmin 5000 for the D328eco

Garmin's solution for the D328eco includes touchscreen control for avionics and aircraft systems, flight path-based guidance, enhanced synthetic vision, active electronic checklists and single lever engine control.

3 June 2021
The Volocopter heavy-lift utility VoloDrone.

Volocopter brings autonomy experts onboard for VoloDrone

Near Earth Autonomy has conducted 3,500 flights lasting over 2,000 flight hours of their autonomy system across various aircraft types, sizes, and environments in the last eight years.

3 June 2021
Eve and Halo’s collaboration is the first international eVTOL operator partnership of its kind.

Embraer's Eve takes order for 200 eVTOL aircraft

Established rotary operator Halo has made a major commitment to the UAM market, with its first eVTOL aircraft deliveries to take place in 2026. Product support backing from Embraer made the difference.

3 June 2021
More news – Eve 100, Airframer
Testbed 80 is the global hub of Rolls-Royce aeroengine testing.

Larger and smarter, Rolls-Royce unveils £90m testbed

Larger than a football pitch, Testbed 80 was designed with distinctive technologies and systems which are more capable and complex. It has conducted its first run on a Trent XWB engine earlier this year.

3 June 2021
More news – Turbine Engines
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Edition of 27 May 2021

HondaJet reveals the Elite S with upgraded avionics

HondaJet has launched its latest variant Elite S with additional FAA Data Comm and ACARS capability, COM3 functionality and new Advanced Steering Augmentation System.

27 May 2021
Edition of 20 May 2021

Boeing completes first production digital splice of Red Hawk

It took just half an hour to join the front and aft sections of the T-7A trainer, with a 98% reduction in drilling defects. The latest digital techniques are delivering an improvement of 50% in production quality.

20 May 2021