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2023
5 January

ReleaseHighlander Partners announces the acquisition of DZYNE Technologies, a leading designer and developer of advanced Unmanned Aircraft Systems

5 January

ReleaseNMG Aerospace expands capabilities to new market segment with Matco Manufacturing acquisition

4 January

ReleaseTriMech acquires Adaptive Corporation and Forward Vision

4 January

ReleaseASKA unveils world's first drive & fly eVTOL - ASKA A5 at CES 2023 Las Vegas

4 January

ReleaseGeorge Industries combines with Alexander Machine & Tool Company

3 January

ReleaseHyundai Motor Group's Supernal collaborates with Microsoft to advance critical technology for air mobility

2022
23 December

ReleaseF135 Engine Core Upgrade receives additional funds in FY23 omnibus appropriations bill

23 December

ReleaseUASystems eZELOS are on course for first flight in Spring 2023

23 December

ReleaseEve Announces BNDES approval of $92.5 million line of credit to support eVTOL development program

23 December

ReleaseEHang announces strategic partnership and investment with Qingdao West Coast New Area

22 December Innovation is the name of the game.

CFM's next generation features FADEC for controls

RISE will prove concepts for a next-generation CFM engine for the mid-2030s using technologies like open fan architecture, hybrid electric capability, electrified engine accessories and hydrogen propulsion.

22 December The Pratt & Whitney F100 engine.

Hermeus builds F100 into hypersonic engine

Chimera II is a hypersonic turbine-based combined cycle engine - a hybrid between a turbine engine and a ramjet. This allows for both low-speed and high-speed operation.

22 December New Generation Fighters will team with Remote Carriers and connect through a Combat Cloud.

Contract sets FCAS on course for first flight in 2028

France, Germany and Spain have given the go-ahead for the Future Combat Air System's next phase of development in which Dassault Aviation, Airbus, Indra and Eumet build a demonstrator.

22 December Leidos has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop an air-breathing hypersonic system. (AFRL/Leidos rendering)

US tasks Leidos with air-breathing hypersonic development

The Mayhem system will use a scramjet engine to generate thrust, propelling the vehicle across long distances at speeds greater than Mach 5.

22 December

ReleaseIntegrated Polymer Solutions acquires AkroFire

22 December

ReleaseFalco Xplorer completes first flight campaign, a decisive step towards the certification of the drone

22 December The demonstrator engine has been transported from the build workshop and into Testbed 80 in Derby.

UltraFan takes shape ahead of first test run

The UltraFan demonstrator has a fan diameter of 140 inches and offers a 25% fuel efficiency improvement compared with the first generation of Trent engine.

22 December

ReleaseVIPC awards Commonwealth Commercialisation Fund grant to Advanced Aircraft Company

22 December Safran Blades will produce titanium compressor blades at a new plant in Walloon, Belgium.

Safran plans compressor blade plant in Liege

Plant 4.0 will produce more than 2,000 blades and vanes a day, with innovative, autonomous real-time quality control at every critical stage of production. It will be operational in 2025 and will employ around 100 people.

21 December

ReleaseCubCrafters acquires Summit Aircraft Skis

20 December

ReleaseArcher's Airworthiness Criteria for its Midnight Aircraft published in Federal Register

20 December

ReleaseAIR's eVTOL aircraft successfully completes first full transition to cruise flight

20 December

ReleaseRaytheon Technologies completes first engine run of regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator

20 December

ReleaseGA-ASI flies new multi-use NATO Pod on MQ-9

20 December

ReleasePacket Digital awarded an $8.5 million contract to develop smart batteries, chargers, and power systems for the United States Naval drone fleet

19 December

ReleaseDayton T. Brown extends acoustic capabilities with Siemens Digital Industries Software

19 December

ReleasePratt & Whitney's PW4000-94 engine marks 35 years and 150 Million flight hours

19 December

ReleaseBeechcraft King Air 360 turboprops get even "cooler" with new standard electric air conditioning feature

18 December

ReleaseL3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne

15 December

ReleaseEmbraer E195-E2 and E190-E2 Receives Type Certification in Canada

15 December

ReleaseAvio Aero launches hybrid electric technology demonstration program in Europe

15 December

ReleaseH3 Dynamics adds hydrogen-electric propulsion to unmanned airships built in France by HyLight

14 December The proposed supersonic engine design.

Boom brings FTT onboard for supersonic engine design

Symphony will be a conventional medium-bypass turbofan engine, but with a Boom-designed axisymmetric supersonic intake, a variable-geometry low-noise exhaust nozzle, and a passively cooled high-pressure turbine.

14 December

First customer takes delivery of China's C919

On arrival at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport it passed through a water gate and was officially commissioned into the fleet of CEA. It is expected to be put into commercial use in the spring of 2023.

14 December Conceptual images of the next-generation fighter.

UK, Italy and Japan combine for future fighter development

The programme will build on progress already made by BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA UK, Rolls-Royce and the UK Ministry of Defence as Team Tempest, as well as MHI's proposed future fighter aircraft (F-X).

14 December H3 Dynamics and Australia's Carbonix are to develop Australia's first hydrogen long range VTOL UAS.

Carbonix UAV range potential boosted by hydrogen

H3 believes Australia will be the first to use commercial electric-powered drones that use hydrogen instead of batteries, in order to fly for many hours at a time and reach remote locations.

14 December Stork-STM is an autonomous, heavy lift parafoil designed to carry heavy cargo weighing 135kg up to 400km.

Orbital and Animal join forces for engine development

As well as powering Stork-STM vehicles, which are being developed for the UK, USA and other allied countries, this engine work will also power a sovereign Australian vehicle, Pelican, being developed in Sydney.

14 December The horizontal tail assemblies produced by Magellan are used on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant of the F-35.

BAE continues Magellan contract for F-35 tail assemblies

The horizontal tail assemblies produced at Magellan's facility in Winnipeg, MB, will be used on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant of the F-35. The company hopes eventually to produce more than 1,000 ship sets.

14 December

ReleaseJoby completes second of four system reviews with the Federal Aviation Administration

13 December

ReleaseSolar Atmospheres Michigan and Solar Atmospheres of Western PA receive Nadcap 24-month merit status

12 December

ReleaseNew fighter jet deal to create jobs in south and south-east

12 December

ReleaseWall Colmonoy Limited (UK) vacuum brazing furnace upgrade

9 December

ReleaseLeonardo: industrial partner of the international programme GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme)

9 December

ReleaseForged Solutions Group, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, acquires Continental Forge

9 December

ReleaseAmpaire wins NASA award for innovative hybrid powerplant system research

8 December

ReleaseKaman announces next phase of transformation

8 December

Release60 million euros for Customcells

8 December

ReleaseCollins Aerospace opens new engineering and global operations centers in India to accelerate innovations in R&D and manufacturing

8 December

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

8 December

ReleaseGreenbriar Equity Group announces acquisition of Applied Aerospace Structures Corporation