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10 September

A common landing gear architecture will be shared across the D328 and D328eco platforms.

Deutsche Aircraft completes landing gear taxi testing

The D328 flying testbed has completed its first five development flights, accumulating over 15 hours of test time since flight testing began on 5 August 2026.

10 June

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft presents integrated uncrewed capability to support multi-role missions

19 May

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft advances disciplined supply chain strategy for the D328eco programme

25 March

Deutsche Aircraft adopts model-based engineering for D328eco

Earlier simulation and shared data are helping to keep development on track while laying the groundwork for efficient production in Leipzig.

10 February

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft and Kepner-Tregoe announce strategic capability development partnership to strengthen leadership excellence and organizational performance

22 January

Deutsche Aircraft CEO Nico Neumann with Mafelec Team president Gilles Heinrich.

Comtronic wins D328eco overhead panel contract

The scope includes illuminated panels, custom keypads and optical engineering, with support provided throughout development and ramp-up.

14 November

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft celebrates Richtfest for new Final Assembly Line in Leipzig – a milestone for German aviation

14 October

ReleaseJungheinrich automates the logistics centre for Deutsche Aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport

2 October

ReleaseExpleo and Deutsche Aircraft sign strategic agreement for engineering services

30 September

ReleaseAkkodis and Deutsche Aircraft sign strategic agreement for the next generation of future-ready regional aircraft

23 September

ReleaseVaeridion and Deutsche Aircraft join forces to advance sustainable regional aviation

21 August

Cesar Silva, CEO of Akaer, meets and Nico Neumann, CEO of Deutsche Aircraft, at the inauguration of the D328eco forward fuselage assembly line.

Akaer and Deutsche open D328eco fuselage assembly line in Brazil

The D328eco turboprop aircraft has entered its industrialisation phase as Akaer begins producing its forward fuselage at São José dos Campos.

22 July

ReleaseRasakti selected to supply precision tooling and ground support equipment for Deutsche Aircraft’s D328eco aircraft

3 July

Daniel J. Crowley, chairman, president and CEO of Triumph Group, with Nico Neumann, CEO of Deutsche Aircraft.

Triumph to deliver Gust Lock system for D328eco

The contract follows earlier work on the D328eco’s precooler system and reinforces a long-term collaboration between the companies.

26 June

Deutsche Aircraft CEO Nico Neumann with Aernnova CEO Ricardo Chocarro following the empennage supply agreement at the Paris Air Show.

Aernnova secures D328eco empennage work

The company has been selected by Deutsche Aircraft to deliver the D328eco’s empennage assemblies, completing the aircraft’s roster of primary structural suppliers for serial production.

16 June

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft unveils new Garmin G5000 PRIME flight deck for the D328eco at Paris Air Show

5 June

Deutsche Aircraft’s first D328eco test aircraft, TAC 1, lines up outside its Oberpfaffenhofen facility.

Deutsche Aircraft unveils D328eco test aircraft

Over 500 guests attended the Oberpfaffenhofen rollout as Deutsche Aircraft prepared to begin flight testing for 2027 certification.

30 April

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft lays cornerstone for D328eco Final Assembly Line at Leipzig/Halle Airport: first regional aircraft built in Germany in 20 Years

20 February

Deutsche Aircraft leaders Wolfgang Kuhl, Olaf Lawrenz, Patricia Ferrari and Nico Neumann at the Supplier Summit.

Deutsche strengthens the chain as D328eco rollout approaches

The first Deutsche Aircraft Supplier Summit gathered over 100 representatives from more than 60 suppliers, reinforcing the company’s supply chain strategy and production plans.

20 January

ReleaseCyient expands strategic partnership with Deutsche Aircraft, secures multi-year deal for D328eco technical publication

28 November

Deutsche Aircraft plans to manufacture up to 48 D328eco aircraft per year at its state-of-the-art Final Assembly Line at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

Honeywell's HF radio system earns a place aboard the D328eco

As a high-frequency system, the HF-1050 enables communication over vast distances with built-in technology that reduces background noise, ensuring clearer transmissions between pilots and air traffic controllers.

3 October

Yves Weerts (CEO and President of Weerts Group) and Nico Neumann (COO of Deutsche Aircraft).

Deutsche Aircraft partners with Weerts for D328eco's assembly line

The line will incorporate cutting-edge technologies and processes, ensuring a 100% digital and paperless production environment. Automated and driverless transport systems will streamline operations.

21 August

Nico Neumann (COO at Deutsche Aircraft) and Joseph Mundiger (Crane Aerospace & Electronics VP/GM, Sensing & Power Systems).

Crane supplies proximity sensing system for D328eco

More than 30 years ago, Crane was selected to provide a similar Proximity Sensing System for the D328 turboprop. Now the latest model will feature on the D328eco, offering Deutsche Aircraft a low-risk solution.

31 July

A specifically developed precision tool was used to cut the fuselage.

Deutsche starts construction of first D328eco test aircraft

Deutsche has also granted Triumph Group's Thermal Systems Division, located in Forest, Ohio, a long-term-program contract to design, manufacture and support the precooler system for the D328eco.

10 July

Service date for D328eco slips back to 2027

Several new features and capabilities are being evaluated, including a further improvement of STOL performance, specifically in non-benign operational environments, combined with advanced avionics capabilities.

13 June

D328eco assembly line construction ramps up

The line, together with the flight readiness hangar, logistics centre and administration building, will cover an area of around 62,000 square metres. The intention is to produce forty-eight D328eco aircraft per year.

27 March

ReleaseCyient partners up with Deutsche Aircraft for the design of rear fuselage section of the D328eco

14 March

Nico Neumann (COO at Deutsche Aircraft) and Udayant Malhoutra, (CEO and Managing Director of Dynamatic Technologies).

Dynamatic and AKAER will build fuselage for D328eco

Deutsche Aircraft has spread the manufacturing workload all around the world, appointing D328eco fuselage manufacturing partners in India and Brazil.

29 January

ReleaseA brand new flight deck has been introduced for the D328eco™

29 November

ReleaseThe virtual flight experience for the D328eco™ takes off at Deutsche Aircraft

15 November

Herve Grosdemange (AIT/Nova-Tech), Valeria Vasquez (Deutsche Aircaft), Sebastian Böhnl (Deutsche Aircraft) and Dominik Hammer (Deutsche Aircraft).

Deutsche selects AIT/NTE for D328eco fuselage section handling

With this new deal, Advanced Integration Technology/Nova-Tech Engineering will support the final assembly line at Leipzig/Halle airport, where the 40-seater D328eco regional turboprop will be built.

8 November

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft honours top-performing suppliers

18 October

The first doors will be delivered to Deutsche Aircraft by mid-2025.

Latecoere steps aboard D328eco through door contract

Latecoere will manufacture all six doors for D328eco regional turboprop for the duration of the programme. This will include the passenger door, service door, cargo door, two emergency doors and hatch door.

11 October

Deutsche's 328ALPHA technology demonstrator completes wind tunnel testing

The objective of this powered-model test was to validate the overall aerodynamic integration of a next-generation electric propulsion system that is being developed with our project partners.

13 July

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft and ASE S.p.A. announce agreement for AC Primary Power Generation & Distribution System for the D328eco™

21 June

Alex Vlielander, Chief Customer Officer, Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS and Maximilan Fahr, Vice President Supply Chain at Deutsche Aircraft.

Deutsche teams up for key components on the D328eco

Liebherr's centre of competence for air and thermal management systems in Toulouse will provide a modern air management system, while NORDAM will develop the nacelles in the US and Mexico.

19 June

Releasethyssenkrupp Aerospace and Deutsche Aircraft sign long-term agreement for end-to-end materials supply chain solution

25 May

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.

8 December

ReleaseOHB SE and AFK Enterprise agree to acquire stake in Deutsche Aircraft Holdings: focus on climate-neutral flying!

17 November

Deutsche's announcements were made at the Aircraft Supplier Summit in Leipzig.

Deutsche brings suppliers onboard for the D328eco

Deutsche Aircraft took advantage of the Aircraft Supplier Summit in Leipzig to celebrate the appointment of suppliers for galleys, partitions, floor panels and flight test services.

11 August

The team celebrates, left to right: Maximilian D. Fahr, director of procurement & supply chain quality and Nico Neumann, vp operation & programmes at Deutsche Aircraft, with Christian Howe, director of engineering and Sven Breusted, cco at Heggemann AG.

D328eco landing gear moves into production phase

The certification of the new D328eco landing gear, retrofittable to the whole current in-service fleet of D328 turboprops and jets underpins Deutsche Aircraft's ongoing effort to support the global fleet.

29 June

ReleaseTwo milestones for the D328eco program - Deutsche Aircraft, umlaut and Heggemann AG have jointly created a digital twin and a physical prototype of the wing spar box

17 June

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft selects Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW127XT-S engine to power the D328eco regional turboprop

5 April

ReleaseOn the way to climate-neutral flying: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action funds development of hydrogen fuel cell technology

16 March

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