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Edition of 5 September Published every Thursday
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Collins breaks ground on $200 million expansion in Spokane

The Spokane facility is one of three carbon brake production sites at Collins Aerospace that specializes in the production of braking systems with DURACARB carbon disk technology.

5 September 2024
More news – Landing Assemblies
Collins Aerospace leaders were joined by state and local officials in Spokane, Washington to celebrate a $200 million investment in the expansion of its carbon brake facility.
Collins Aerospace leaders were joined by state and local officials in Spokane, Washington to celebrate a $200 million investment in the expansion of its carbon brake facility.

NIAR invests in additive manufacturing research

A new Sapphire 1MZ printer will be used to identify and validate best practices related to performance-based qualification of additively manufactured parts for airframe applications.

5 September 2024
Archer’s Midnight aircraft has completed over 400 test flights.

Archer beats target with 400 test flights this year

Most recently, the Archer flight test team has focused on five key testing areas: Transition flights, high-rate operations, advancing landing profiles, enhancing acoustic measurement and optimising control laws.

5 September 2024
More news – Archer Midnight, Airframer
The contract was signed by The contract was signed by S Anbuvelan, CEO (Helicopter Complex), HAL, and Olivier Savin, Director, SAFHAL Helicopter Engines and EVP, OEM Sales and Marketing, Safran Helicopter Engines and S K Mehta, Director, SAFHAL Helicopter Engines and Executive Director (Finance), HAL.

HAL selects SAFHAL to develop and produce Aravalli engine

Safran has been HAL's partner of choice for powering its helicopters, starting with the Artouste engines used in Cheetah and Chetak, followed by Shakti engine and its variants powering the ALH, LCH and LUH.

5 September 2024
Aero2 X2.3's first hover flight.

Dufour's production-ready drone achieves first hover flight

The drone is expected to undergo a series of test flights in various conditions to validate its performance, safety, and reliability. These tests will be pivotal in preparing the Aero2 for commercial applications.

5 September 2024
More news – Dufour Aero-200, Airframer

Diehl Aviation begins construction in Mexico

The first product that Diehl Aviation will produce in Mexico is extra-spacious luggage compartments for the Airbus A220. The A220 is assembled in Mirabel, Québec and Mobile, Alabama, USA.

5 September 2024
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Edition of 29 August 2024

DLR successfully tests VoloCity vibration

The Göttingen-based institute previously conducted a vibration test on a predecessor model of the VoloCity in 2021. The findings from that test have informed the development of this improved successor model.

28 August 2024
Edition of 22 August 2024

All-new Gulfstream G400 completes first flight

The G400 departed Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 9:04 a.m. and returned 2 hours, 54 minutes later, having reached a speed of Mach 0.85 and altitude of 41,000 feet/12,497 metres.

21 August 2024