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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 23 December Published every Thursday
Lead story

Rolls Royce pairs with Japan's IHI for future fighter

Work on the joint engine demonstrator will kickstart early next year, with the UK investing an initial £30 million in planning, digital designs and innovative manufacturing developments.

22 December 2021
More news – Turbine Engines
Rolls-Royce and IHI Corporation will jointly develop a future fighter engine demonstrator.
Rolls-Royce and IHI Corporation will jointly develop a future fighter engine demonstrator.
Eve's eVTOL could be developed for the defence and security market.

Embraer brings BAE Systems onboard to consider military Eve

Engineers from BAE Systems' Air sector in Lancashire, UK, will work together with the Embraer Defense & Security team based Sao Jose dos Campos, in Brazil to explore the potential for a defence variant.

22 December 2021
More news – Eve 100, Airframer
Triumph supplies hydraulic and actuation equipment for Boeing 737 MAX, 777, 777X, and 767 aircraft.

Triumph earns contract renewal from Boeing

Triumph's latest contract extension includes key equipment and components used in the landing gear actuation, nose wheel steering, engine cowl door opening, brake, hydraulic and slat control systems.

22 December 2021
Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton fuselage is lowered onto the unique one-piece wing.

Australia's first MQ-4C Triton gains wings

The Triton should be flying in Australian skies in 2024. This capability will extend the country's ability to see and understand its maritime approaches to the north and also as far south as Antarctica.

22 December 2021
More news – Airframer
The ES-19 sub-scale model successfully completed a test flight of four and a half minutes.

Sub-scale Heart ES-19 proves stable in flight

This sub-scale demonstrator was supported by the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova, as a part of the research project "Elise - Electric Aviation in Sweden". The full-scale aircraft should fly in 2024.

22 December 2021
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The Mi-171A3 helicopter successfully completed a test hover flight lasting 15 minutes.

Offshore variant Mi-171A3 makes maiden flight

The Mi-171A3 was fully designed digitally, with various parts of the fuselage manufactured at the Kazan Helicopter Plant, the Far Eastern enterprise AAK "Progress" and at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant.

22 December 2021
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Edition of 16 December 2021

DHC targets hydrogen-electric Dash 8 certification by 2024

DHC plans to offer the ZA2000 electric powertrain both as an in-line and retrofit option for the Dash 8-400. The power plant should be running on the ground by the end of 2022.

15 December 2021
Edition of 9 December 2021

First A321XLR takes shape on the line in Hamburg

Construction of the A321XLR is complete, so now Airbus can concentrate on installing the sophisticated flight-test instrumentation suite followed by CFM LEAP engines and nacelles.

8 December 2021
More news – Airbus A320, Airframer

Daher delivers Kodiak number 300

8 December 2021
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