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The Airframer Bulletin

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Edition of 12 September Published every Thursday
Lead story

Olsen provides flight control actuation for prototype eVTOL

The systems comprise a modified high-capacity servo roller screw actuator with a precision BISS-C position encoder, high-capacity parking brake and D38999 connectors coupled with high strength stainless main rods.

12 September 2024
Piers Olsen, CEO and Adam Bargh, Technical Director, Olsen Actuators and Drives.
Piers Olsen, CEO and Adam Bargh, Technical Director, Olsen Actuators and Drives.
The eFlyer 2 mould.

Bye Aerospace begins initial build of first eFlyer 2

The outcome will be a full-scale aircraft that will undergo extensive aerodynamic testing, derisking the remaining certification compliance tasks. Work is under way in Denver, Colorado.

12 September 2024
The successful flight campaign demonstrates Merlin’s ability to integrate safety-critical technology on Part 23 aircraft.

Merlin begins flight testing of certification-ready aircraft

The company says that it is validating takeoff to touchdown advanced automation, which for pilots, represents a system that is truly 'set it and forget it.'

12 September 2024
Quarterhorse Mk 1 in the hush house, one of several buildings at HEAT.

Hermeus breaks ground on hypersonic test facility in Jacksonville

The HEAT facility will provide continuous high flow rate, high enthalpy and low-pressure conditions required for high-supersonic and low-hypersonic flight modelling.

12 September 2024
ARES is a modular multi-mission tilt-duct VTOL vehicle that can be operated as an unmanned aerial system (UAS) or with an optional manned flight module.

Piasecki takes first tethered flight of tilt-duct VTOL

Two one-minute tests demonstrated the ability of its triplex fly-by-wire flight control system to sustain a stable hover in multiple configurations and a dynamic ground environment.

12 September 2024
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AMRC and Dassault Systemes refresh 10 year partnership

The partners have developed a new approach to the Factory of the Future, including the DELMIA Factory of the Future Showcase at AMRC Cymru in North Wales and the Airbus DAWN and Smarter Test Programmes.

12 September 2024
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Edition of 5 September 2024

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
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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