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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 25 May Published every Thursday
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Textron reveals major Citation 560XL upgrade

Amongst many enhancements, the Ascend will include all-new cabin windows that are nearly 15 per cent larger and offer more natural light with translucent and opaque shade settings and optional lighted window rings.

25 May 2023
The Ascend cockpit.
The Ascend cockpit.

Pearl 10X nears readiness for flying testbed

The development programme has included rigorous testing of the new ultra-low emissions ALM combustor, compatible with 100% SAF, and new accessory gearbox, which allows for higher additional power extraction.

25 May 2023
The G700 continues to exceed Gulfstream's expectations throughout all facets of the flight test program.

Flight testing confirms Gulfstream's G700 performance

The G700 demonstrated excellent stability and control in takeoff, landing and climbing during field performance and flying qualities trials during two months of testing at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida.

25 May 2023
The City of Beavercreek officials are honored that GE Aerospace selected their city as the home of its newest facility.

Beavercreek site draws GE teams closer together

GE Aerospace expects to invest more than $335 million in U.S. facilities this year, include $32 million in Ohio. It has also announced it will invest up to $20 million into a new test cell for hybrid electric propulsion systems.

25 May 2023
The first tests were conducted using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Rolls-Royce UltraFan powers up in the tunnel

The demonstrator includes Advance3 core architecture, combined with ALECSys lean burn combustion system, carbon titanium fan blades and a composite casing. The power gearbox has run at 64MW, an aerospace record.

25 May 2023
More news – Turbine Engines
The management team of Deutsche Aircraft and stakeholders and representatives from Leipzig/Halle Airport, the German government and the Free State of Saxony met for a ground-breaking ceremony recently. Seen with shovels are: Nico Neumann, Sebastian Böhnl, Anastasija Visnakova, Götz Ahmelmann, Katrin Lässig, Dave Jackson, Michael Kretschmer and Daniel Riedl.

Work begins on ecological assembly line for Deutsche

The assembly line will be built on a site stretching to approximately 62,000 square metres and will have a production capacity for forty-eight D328eco aircraft per year.

25 May 2023
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Edition of 18 May 2023

Embraer kicks off Gripen E production in Brazil

On the line the aircraft will be produced by the joining of aerostructures from Sweden, and installation of cabling, various systems, landing gear, avionics, tactical equipment, canopy, ejection seat and engine.

17 May 2023
Edition of 11 May 2023

Lilium Jet enters powered test campaign in the wind tunnel

The 40% scale of the model was also made possible by the dimensions of the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW) facility, which is the largest wind tunnel in Europe, measuring 9.5m (31ft) in width.

10 May 2023