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2022
24 November Thompson's facilities in County Down.

Seating experts bring dynamic testing capability to Ireland

Sled testing allows engineers to reproduce the dynamic conditions of a full-scale crash event in a controlled environment. The reverse accelerator sled being installed can produce up to 100g accelerations.

24 November The GKN Aerospace facility at Lone Star Commerce Centre, Fort Worth.

Fort Worth centre will house GKN additive expertise

The 100,000 square-foot facility will initially house research and development of laser metal deposition with wire (LMD-w) additive manufacturing technology for large-scale titanium aerostructures.

24 November The Boeing 747 flying test bed.

Low-emission combustion system enters flight testing

Rolls-Royce says testing ALECSys low-emissions technology in flight will allow the verification of altitude operability performance and provides experience of operating a lean-burn system ahead of entry into service.

24 November Ampaire’s Eco Caravan, the first hybrid-electric regional aircraft, makes its maiden flight.

Ampaire flies first regional aircraft powered by hybrid-electric

The hybrid-electric aircraft preserves the range/payload capability of the Grand Caravan, and in fact can fly farther than the Grand Caravan with eight passengers. Maximum range is beyond 1,000 miles.

22 November

ReleaseMagellan Aerospace signs multi-year F-35 Lightning II contract

20 November

ReleaseCollins Aerospace awarded sole-source $700 million contract for ACES 5

18 November

ReleaseLilium announces pricing of $119M capital raise with investment from largest shareholders, key strategic partners, CEO, and board members to fund continued development of new electric aircraft

18 November

ReleaseWave Engine Corporation raises $3.5 Million in latest financing round

17 November

ReleaseBoeing reorganises Defense, Space & Security business unit

17 November

CVD chalks up order for ceramic composite system

Advanced materials such as CMCs enable increased fuel efficiency, higher strength and one third of the weight compared to conventional nickel-based superalloys. One gas turbine manufacturer is taking advantage.

17 November

Archer to build 650 Midnights a year in Covington, Georgia

The news is coming thick and fast at Archer, with an agreement to locate its factory in Georgia and to equip its Midnight eVTOL with Garmin's G3000 integrated flight deck.

17 November Inaugurated in 2008, FAL Tianjin was the first Airbus commercial aircraft assembly line outside Europe.

Asian line kicks off Airbus A321 production

Airbus says that, by the end of 2022, all commercial aircraft assembly sites will be A321-capable, as part of the industrial strategy to de-risk the ramp up and to meet the rising share of A321 production.

17 November The focus of the work was on a small scale platform.

GKN completes liquid hydrogen fuel system demonstrator

The GKN team has demonstrated fuelling and storage of liquid hydrogen, conditioning and distribution of cryogenic gas, and the use of PEM fuel cells to generate electrical power.

17 November

ReleaseForged Solutions Group, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, acquires Steel Industries

17 November

ReleaseArcher unveils its production Aircraft, Midnight™

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.

17 November The Summit team celebrates its extensive new facility.

Greensboro opens up lean manufacturing capabilities to Summit

Summit Aviation's new location in Greensboro hosts machinery including a new 4 x 12-foot 5-axis mill. It will allow technicians to machine landing gear, leading edges and wing spars up to 12 feet long.

16 November

ReleaseCurtiss-Wright acquires Keronite Group Limited

16 November

ReleaseArcher selects Molicel to supply battery cells for its production Midnight™ aircraft

16 November

ReleaseHexagon and Stratasys unlock 3D-printed PEKK's lightweighting potential for aerospace engineers with simulation

16 November

ReleaseValence Everett receives F-16 approvals from Lockheed Martin

16 November

ReleasePratt & Whitney's world-class North Carolina turbine airfoil production facility nears operational capability

15 November

ReleaseCubCrafters achieves Securities and Exchange Commision Qualification

15 November

ReleaseThe flight verification test of China-made carbon brake discs for Bermuda 737-800/-900/-8 aircraft was successfully completed

14 November

ReleaseSolar Atmospheres of California adds Sikorsky approval

14 November

ReleaseBNDES finances Embraer's aircraft production for export

14 November

ReleaseStratolaunch announces contract with U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

12 November

ReleaseBoeing-built X-37B completes sixth mission, sets new endurance record

11 November

ReleaseAVX awarded US Army contract to develop All-Electric Flight Control System

10 November The PHA-ZE 100 has a high-wing layout with 10 electric motors and batteries located in the wing.

Jekta Switzerland unveils 19-seat seaplane design

The 19-passenger aircraft should cover 150km at a cruising speed of 135 knots, take off in a wave height of 1.2m, with landing stall speed less than 50 knots. The batteries can be changed or recharged in 45 minutes.

10 November Ready for trials next year.

Rain autonomous demonstrator prepares to fight fires

After 18 months of research and development Rain Industries will set its demonstrator unmanned helicopter firefighting MK2 to work in California next year.

10 November

ReleasePratt & Whitney advances combustor technologies with NASA HyTEC Project

10 November

ReleaseEmbraer E190-E2 granted Type Certification in China

10 November Sikorsky demonstrates to the U.S. Army for the first time how an optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter flying in autonomous mode could resupply forward forces. These uninhabited Black Hawk flights occurred in October at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Photo: Sikorsky.

Partners prove more potential for the unmanned Black Hawk

Sikorsky is partnered with DARPA to develop autonomy technology to improve the flight safety and efficiency of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. Sikorsky's MATRIX technology forms the core of DARPA's ALIAS project.

10 November The WFA is the first FAA TSO certified avionics component to be developed and manufactured by a company in China.

COMAC C919 weather antenna gains FAA tick

This WFA is fully independently designed, produced and manufactured by LETRI, and has now achieved FAA TSO-C63f airworthiness certification with the support from Collins.

10 November

US Army backs LiquidPiston's heavy fuel engine for UAS

LiquidPiston's Compact Efficient Rotary Engine Program will develop the company's patented High-Efficiency Hybrid Cycle in a totally re-imagined compact rotary engine architecture.

10 November Blue Spirit Aero is using 3DEXPERIENCE.

Blue Spirit harnesses Dassault's cloud for its Dragonfly

Regulators are working on certification processes for solutions involving disruptive hydrogen technologies. Blue Spirit Aero says it will be a catalyst by using 3DEXPERIENCE to demonstrate the feasibility of these solutions.

9 November

ReleaseBlueflite announces patent granted by USPTO, strengthening company's intellectual property position

9 November

ReleaseDronamics and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to develop hydrogen-fuel technology for cargo drones

8 November

ReleaseXPENG AEROHT is granted RMB 6 Billion bank credit

8 November

ReleaseCFD Research expands Hollywood facility

7 November

ReleaseGE delivers 250th CT7-2E1 engine

7 November

ReleaseEmbraer E195-E2 'TechLion' to debut at Airshow China 2022

7 November

ReleaseEnpro completes divestiture of GGB

7 November

ReleasePCX Aerosystems acquires Timken Aerospace Drive Systems

7 November

ReleaseBearhawk Model 5 first flight of first kit-built aircraft

4 November

ReleaseHENSOLDT flight recorder: lightweight with high performance

3 November

ReleaseRe:Build Manufacturing announces the acquisition of Answer Engineering

3 November

ReleaseQnnect acquires Hermetic Solutions Group

3 November

Quadrant assembly order furthers AIG Blackhawk contracts

Air Industries has been a key supplier to the Blackhawk for many years. Since January it has received twelve new long-term agreements for the helicopter with an estimated value of over $30 million.