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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 24 June Published every Thursday
Lead story

USAF awards contract for Wave's innovative low-cost engines

Wave engines are a class of aircraft engines that operate using pressure waves instead of rotating machinery. Intermittent combustion inside a hollow tube produces pressure waves that push hot gases and produce thrust.

23 June 2021
More news – Turbine Engines
An artist’s impression of Wave Engine Corp.’s Versatile Air-Launched Platform (VALP) launched from a fighter aircraft.
An artist’s impression of Wave Engine Corp.’s Versatile Air-Launched Platform (VALP) launched from a fighter aircraft.
The largest aircraft in the 737 MAX family has begun a comprehensive test program.

Boeing's largest 737 MAX makes first flight

The 737-10 can carry up to 230 passengers. It also incorporates environmental improvements, cutting carbon emissions by 14 percent and reducing noise by 50 percent compared to today's Next-Generation 737s.

23 June 2021
More news – Boeing 737, Airframer
The facility will carry out wind tunnel tests for the Turkish Fighter.

Turkey makes progress toward wind tunnel capability

The first role for the new facility will be to carry out wind tunnel tests on the TF-X Turkish Fighter, but is intended to be used in the development of a variety of indigenous, rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft.

23 June 2021
A section of the Ansat helicopter fuselage with an additional fuel tank installed inside the passenger cabin was dropped from a height of 15.2 metres.

Fifteen metre drop proves Ansat tanks robust

Previous certification tests of accident-resistant helicopter fuel tanks have always taken place abroad, but now Kazan Helicopters has developed a domestic capability. The Ansat is the first model to benefit.

23 June 2021
More news – Airframer
Sustainable potting material being applied by an automated pumping system.

Henkel delivers structural adhesive for Boeing interiors

Developed for use in aircraft interiors, a new halogen and antimony-free adhesive meets industry fire retardancy, smoke density and toxicity requirements, and is REACH and EH&S compliant worldwide.

23 June 2021
More news – Adhesives
The magni350 EPU.

magniX unveils real-world Electric Propulsion Units

These latest direct-drive EPUs are liquid cooled and designed for 30,000 feet altitude unpressurised. Both can drive a propeller governor and standard aircraft accessories, all from the front cone of each motor.

23 June 2021
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Edition of 17 June 2021

CFM sets sights on composites, additive manufacturing and hybrid electric

GE Aviation and Safran's partnership in CFM is to continue to 2050, enabling ongoing work on developments to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. The Rise program promises disruptive technologies.

16 June 2021
More news – Turbine Engines
Edition of 10 June 2021

First commercial Electra design will use 'blown-lift'

The electric motor-driven propellers will blow air over the entire span of the wing and its flaps, allowing takeoff and landing at speeds below 30mph, while cruising at high-speeds of 200mph.

9 June 2021