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2022
17 October

ReleaseGE Honda Aero Engines completes testing of HF120 engine using 100% low carbon Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

17 October

ReleaseHyundai Motor Group's Supernal and Honeywell announce Advanced Air Mobility avionics collaboration

17 October

ReleaseDarkAero 1 benefitting from Marsh Brothers Aviation polymers bearings

17 October

ReleaseDassault EASy IV flight deck to enhance situational awareness and aircraft operations for new and in-service Falcons

13 October Markus Dirscherl, KEBA Industrial Automation; Dr. Michael Haidinger, Boeing; Dr. Anna Christmann; Norbert Steinkemper, Broetje-Automation; Michael Ernst, 3D.aero; and Tobias Weber, Boeing, in Renton where the 737MAX is assembled.

Germany approves shimless assembly automation project

High-precision measurement will be combined with innovative process technology and end-to-end digitisation such that manual compensation of component tolerances (so-called "shimming") can be consigned to history.

13 October

Sikorsky tasks Magellan with King Stallion assemblies

The CH-53K achieved initial operating capability in 2022 and is on track to deploy to the fleet in 2024. The Marine Corps plans to deploy the first CH-53K Marine Expeditionary Unit detachment in fiscal year 2024.

13 October

ReleaseInvestment support for unmanned helicopter and kamikaze

13 October The first Light Civil Helicopter will fly EMS missions.

Korea's LAH on track for certification soon

Building on the completion of the LAH, Airbus and KAI are preparing new joint development programmes. These will leverage Airbus' technical know-how in helicopter drive systems and flight control systems.

13 October

US Marines orders logistics UAS prototype from Kaman

The KARGO UAV is optimised for expeditionary employment. Compact form-factor of the system fits in a standard CONEX shipping container and is designed to be unloaded and operated by as few as two people.

13 October Rolls-Royce's concept for a gas turbine running on hydrogen.

Twenty research projects gain EU clean aviation funding

Seven hundred million Euros will be available to innovators looking for the technological breakthroughs that could help deliver net zero carbon by 2050.

13 October The EH216 AAV conducting flight demonstrations in Spain.

EH216 flies traffic integration tests in Spain

The ultimate goal is to perform large-scale demonstrations of UAM services with air vehicles, and the safe integration of different types of UAS operations in urban environments.

13 October

ReleaseProposed aviation standard supports hybrid-electric powerplant design

12 October

ReleaseTextron Aviation Defense delivers 1,000th Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, global fleet surpasses 5M flight hour milestone

11 October

ReleaseRTX Ventures invests in H55

11 October

ReleaseXPENG X2 completes first global public flight in Dubai

10 October

ReleaseSikorsky continues progress On RAIDER X Helicopter For U.S. Army

10 October

ReleaseAMETEK Abaco Systems graphics and video processing card delivers SOSA-aligned, NVIDIA Ampere 4500 performance

10 October

ReleaseAMETEK Abaco Systems releases VP461 dual RFSoC, dual FPGA card aligned to SOSA standard

10 October

ReleaseGE readies second T901 engine for testing

10 October

ReleaseAMETEK Abaco VP891 SOSA-aligned 3U VPX Virtex UltraScale+ FPGA carrier card offers performance I/O and processing

10 October

ReleaseAMETEK Abaco Systems boosts processing performance and bandwidth in new SBC3513 single board computer

10 October

ReleaseSNC advances new vertical takeoff & landing platform

10 October

ReleaseTrillium Engineering announces launch of unprecedented camera system for tactical UAS

7 October

ReleaseEmbraer advances in the production of the first KC-390 Millennium for Hungary

6 October

ReleaseKorean Air partners with Airbus Helicopters on vertical unmanned aerial systems

6 October

ReleaseZeroAvia acquires leading fuel cell stack innovator HyPoint

5 October

ReleaseDufour Aerospace and RUAG to begin cooperation on unmanned aerial vehicles

5 October

ReleaseNIAR unveils new ATLAS facility and Solvay Manufacturing Innovation Center

5 October Blainjett's hemi-rotor drone cruising by a runway with main rotors halted in an outward fixed position.

Initial Blainjett testing shows promise in hemi-rotors

Blainjett's "hemi-rotor" design situates familiar vertical lift rotors (as seen on helicopters, UAM or drone aircraft) partially inside opposite sides of an enclosed fuselage.

5 October The Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage engine has taken flight on an Airbus A320neo aircraft.

GTF Advantage takes to the air on the A320neo

Engine certification will continue through the first half of 2023, including flights currently under way on the P&W flying test bed in Mirabel, as well as endurance testing to ensure product maturity at entry into service.

5 October

ReleaseAutoFlight launches in the US with two senior aviation industry-leading appointments

5 October Cleared for commercial service.

China issues type certification for the COMAC C919

The C919 features an integrated propulsion system, bringing the Nexcelle joint venture-supplied nacelle, thrust reverser and exhaust system together with CFM International's LEAP-1C powerplant.

5 October

Automation partners lined up for Boom's Greensboro factory

AIT will provide an end-to-end system for the factory, creating transportation and positioning tools for fuselage assembly, wing assembly, wing-to-fuselage joining, and final assembly.

5 October

ReleaseZeroAvia and PowerCell sign deal for serial delivery of LTPEM hydrogen fuel cell stacks

5 October BAE Systems has opened its new $150 million engineering and production facility in Austin, Texas.

BAE Systems expands US footprint with Austin investment

Work at the site will also focus on new and existing programs including the design, development, and manufacturing of RF and electro-optical/infrared countermeasures, as well as aircraft electrification technology.

5 October The STOL variant will move onto the certification phase in 2023.

Tecnam reveals plans for a STOL variant P2012

Following the successful completion of the preliminary P2012 STOL flight test campaign in early 2022, the aircraft has entered its final configuration moving on to the certification phase in 2023.

4 October

ReleaseGKN Aerospace acquires additive systems leader to make a step change in industry sustainability

4 October

ReleaseL3Harris chooses ZMicro rugged computers for its Sky Warden planes for USSOCOM Armed Overwatch Program

4 October

ReleaseDavid Baczewski joins LMS as Senior Business Development Specialist

4 October

ReleaseStratolaunch Talon-A to integrate with SkyRange Hypersonic Program

3 October

ReleaseWisk unveils world's first self-flying, four-seat, all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing air taxi

30 September

ReleaseParker Aerospace congratulates development partner Eviation on first flight of groundbreaking all-electric Alice commuter aircraft

30 September

ReleaseEHang announces progress in EH216-S Type Certification process as it enters into more in-depth review phase

29 September Yamaha Motor and ShinMaywa conduct an early-stage test flight of their small aircraft.

Japanese partners' first prototype is airborne

The aircraft tested was an R&D aircraft owned by ShinMaywa, the XU-L, which was equipped with an existing 499cc engine manufactured by Yamaha Motor.

29 September

ReleaseSTELIA Aerospace launches RENDEZ-VOUS, the new staggered Business Class seat offering passengers the utmost “at home” feeling

29 September Officially opening the doors at Créteil.

French centre brings Safran electrical engineers together

Bringing together teams that were previously spread across several sites, the new facility will promote cooperation and should ensure the best working conditions for the 430 employees involved.

29 September Eviation’s Alice achieves first flight.

Eviation's all-electric Alice makes maiden flight

Alice lifted off from Grant County International Airport, flying for eight minutes at an altitude of 3,500 feet. This trailblazing flight of the technology demonstrator provided Eviation with invaluable data.

29 September Preparing for take-off.

Vertical's full-scale piloted eVTOL takes off

Chief test pilot Justin Paines took to the controls for the VX4's maiden take-off which saw the eight sets of propellers lift the aircraft from the ground at hover-thrust, while tethered to the ground for safety.

29 September We have lift-off.

Climate observation project sees Electra's Dawn One fly

This solar-battery aircraft is part of Electra's ongoing development of reduced and zero-carbon aircraft propulsion technologies, which also include turbine-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell based hybrid systems.

29 September

ReleaseEmbraer delivers 1700th E-Jet