News archive: Boeing Company | Airframer

7 August

The piloted VX4 prototype undergoing flight testing at Vertical’s Flight Test Centre at Cotswold Airport.

Aciturri to supply entire VX4 airframe for Vertical

The company has agreed to manufacture and engineer the full VX4 airframe as part of Vertical’s wider Flightpath 2030 production and certification strategy.

4 August

ReleaseValence Surface Technologies acquires C.I.L. Metal Finishing and C.I.L. Electroplating

31 July

ReleaseATI and Boeing extend and expand titanium supply long-term agreement

17 July

ReleaseZeroAvia granted raft of new patents key to the development of large hydrogen aviation engines

18 June

ReleaseDaher strengthens its position in the rapidly expanding defense market

18 June

ReleaseNew orders for FACC at Paris Airshow

17 June

ReleaseHydrogen lift-off: Intelligent Energy secures £17m programme to scale its UK-developed aviation fuel cell tech

5 June

Safran Blades opens Marchin site for titanium blade production

The facility in Wallonia was built with regional and federal support and aims to produce 700,000 blades annually by 2026.

29 May

ReleasePyroGenesis achieves approved supplier status with Boeing

1 May

Airbus to absorb Spirit sites in five countries as Boeing deal looms

Aircraft sections built in the US, France, Morocco, Northern Ireland and Scotland will shift to Airbus, once Boeing completes its acquisition of Spirit and a buyer is found for any surplus facilities.

22 April

ReleaseBoeing to sell portions of Digital Aviation Solutions to Thoma Bravo for $10.55 billion

22 April

ReleaseLittlejohn Capital announces acquisition of 3P Processing

15 April

ReleaseAvem Partners closes acquisition of FMI Aerostructures, Inc.

9 April

ReleaseAmca, a legacy aerospace business built for the future, launches with $76M to acquire specialized suppliers and develop new products

8 April

ReleaseDEMGY Group becomes one of world's leading manufacturers of plastic components for aircraft interiors

8 April

ReleaseSTELIA Aerospace redefines business class comfort with the reinvented RENDEZ-VOUS at AIX 2025

2 April

ReleaseMtron awarded over $12 million production contract from a major supplier to Boeing and Airbus

27 March

ReleaseStratasys partners with top aerospace and defense companies in development of newly qualified materials for 3D printing of mission-critical applications

25 March

ReleaseEPI and Lockheed Martin join forces to strengthen collaboration on aerospace and defence manufacturing

12 March

ReleaseStralis secures fuel cell contract with major Japanese aircraft industry partner

6 March

ReleaseMagellan Aerospace partners with Aequs Private Limited to explore setting up a sand casting facility in India

3 March

ReleaseTechnical requirements for titanium coarse metal powder have been met by PyroGenesis’ NexGen plasma atomized metal powder for global aerospace OEM

26 February

ReleaseArgonaut Private Equity announces acquisition of Pryer Aerospace

20 February

GE uses exascale supercomputers for Open Fan engine

Access to Frontier and Aurora supercomputers has enhanced simulations for next-generation jet engine designs and fuel efficiency improvements.

5 February

ReleaseThinKom and Boeing team up for demonstration of high throughput SATCOM

4 February

ReleaseHRL’s biphasic coating sets new standard in surface pathogen protection

31 January

ReleaseSpirit AeroSystems shareholders approve acquisition by Boeing

14 January

ReleaseSpokane-Coeur d’Alene Aerospace Tech Hub announces over $50M in funding

13 December

ReleaseRolls-Royce holds successful F130 engine Critical Design Review for the U.S. Air Force B-52J

27 November

ReleaseUltralight "dream material" makes safer batteries, better bulletproof vests, and lighter airplanes

26 November

ReleaseNew AMRC innovation facility completes construction work

21 November

ReleaseSamson Sky brings advanced eco-friendly composite manufacturing to Switchblade Flying Car

19 November

ReleaseGE Aerospace, Boeing and NASA to study performance of installed Open Fan engine design for future of more efficient flight

12 November

ReleaseHoneywell and Curtiss-Wright develop cockpit voice recorders to help Boeing, Airbus meet new 25-hour safety mandate

7 November

Enhanced body design shortens path to production for Switchblade

The new design improves performance and shortens the pathway to production by transferring much of what worked well in the test vehicle that flew, into the new streamlined design.

4 November

ReleaseSocomore & 3Chem sign a license & distribution agreement for coatings

23 October

ReleaseNatilus debuts its new passenger aircraft "Horizon" to decarbonize global commercial aviation

18 October

ReleaseHermith GmbH announces certification of one more production site in China by DNV under the standards ISO 9001 and EN 9100