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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 23 March Published every Thursday
Lead story

US chooses Hypersonix for scramjet test vehicle

DART AE makes significant use of 3D-printing and is powered by a hydrogen-fuelled SPARTAN scramjet engine, capable of flying non-ballistic flight patterns at speeds of Mach 5 to Mach 7 and up to 1,000 kms in range.

22 March 2023
The first DART AE test flight is scheduled for 2024.
The first DART AE test flight is scheduled for 2024.
The ribbon-cutting event, held at the ITA campus in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, was attended by the governor of the State of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, by the director of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Lieutenant General Maurício Augusto Silveira de Medeiros, by the president of FAPESP, Marco Antonio Zago, and the rector of ITA, Professor Anderson Ribeiro Correia, among other leaders and researchers from the academic and innovation community.

Partners open research centre in Brazil

The joint facility will create a favourable environment for the search for solutions focused on zero-carbon aviation, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing, fundamental to building future air mobility.

22 March 2023
Machina Labs unlocks manufacturing with artificial intelligence and robotics.

Machina Labs earns robotics composites tooling contract

Machina Labs' AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract will be focused on metal tooling for a fast-cure, out-of-autoclave (OOA) composite processing route.

22 March 2023
With Osaka Castle as the backdrop, Alpha Flights were included in the demonstrations.

Lift's eVTOL takes off in Japan

Lift has formally concluded Phase 1 flight test and beginner flight envelope development with the U.S. Air Force and has launched Alpha Flights, allowing people outside of their Flight Operations and Test teams to fly.

22 March 2023
Freshta Farzam.

Farzam sets out vision for tilt-wing future

The project will be a tandem tilt-wing design, with gearing allowing for forward flight and hover. This simplification means that, subject to funding, a full-scale prototype could be ready within two years.

22 March 2023
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Lift off for Alérion M1h, the hydrogen STOL pioneer.

French designers' model kick starts flight testing

The second proposed offering in Avions Mauboussin's range, the Alcyon M3c, will have a capacity of five passengers, a range of 800nm (1,500km) and will reach a cruising speed of 200kts (370 km/h).

22 March 2023
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Edition of 16 March 2023

US Air Force gives go-ahead for MH-139A production

The initiation of low-rate production will yield the first operational aircraft set to replace the U.S. Air Force's current fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters, with first delivery slated for 2024.

15 March 2023
Edition of 9 March 2023