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25 May 2021

ReleaseHanwha Aerospace signs a contract for supplying aircraft engine parts worth $3.2 billion (equivalent to KRW 36 billion in Korea) with GE in the United States

25 May 2021

ReleaseMarotta Controls confirms Lockheed Martin Control Actuation System is moving into high volume production

25 May 2021

ReleaseNew findings reveal future combat air programme Tempest is poised to drive productivity, innovation and skills development right across the UK

25 May 2021

ReleaseSukhoi has implemented a smart warehousing system in Novosibirsk

25 May 2021

ReleaseVK-1600V fully designed in 3D

25 May 2021

ReleasePratt & Whitney Canada celebrates 100th PT6 E-Series engine

25 May 2021

ReleaseTsAGI presents research on helicopter taxi at conference

25 May 2021

ReleaseNano Dimension launches DragonFly LDM 2.0 update

25 May 2021

ReleaseStatement on behalf of Aerion Corporation

24 May 2021

ReleaseCristex Composite Materials invest in additional slitting capacity

24 May 2021

ReleaseTSI Seats' Epianka seat is available to Boeing customers

24 May 2021

ReleaseFirst delivery in sight for the ACJ320 staircase

21 May 2021

ReleaseRostec will "grow" parts for the Ka-62 engine

20 May 2021 Roei Ganzarski (left) and Omer Bar-Yohay (right) shake hands as the electric propulsion units are delivered to Eviation's facility in Arlington, Washington.

Power is in hand for first flight of Alice

Following the arrival of the first magniX engine Eviation expects to fly its Alice electric aircraft later this year. The aircraft will carry nine passengers up to 440nm.

20 May 2021 Boeing T-7A Red Hawk aircraft mechanic Will Helton examines the surface of the first spliced advanced trainer being produced in St. Louis as part of the U.S. Air Force contract for 351 of the new jets. (Photo: Randy Jackson)

Boeing completes first production digital splice of Red Hawk

It took just half an hour to join the front and aft sections of the T-7A trainer, with a 98% reduction in drilling defects. The latest digital techniques are delivering an improvement of 50% in production quality.

20 May 2021

Release3D printed resin helps deliver advanced manufacturing for the UK combat air sector

20 May 2021 The first XA100 adaptive cycle engine has successfully completed tests.

Adaptive cycle engine tests prove efficiency and thrust benefits

It was the most heavily instrumented engine test in both GE and U.S. Air Force history, and showed that the XA100 can deliver both high thrust and high efficiency for future combat aircraft programs.

20 May 2021 The IL-76MD-90A is submitted for testing.

First Il-76 rolls off Aviastar's latest laser-guided line

The new assembly line will reduce labour overhead in aircraft assembly by 38 per cent. It has ten work stations for docking the fuselage, wing and tail sections, and is equipped with a laser positioning system.

20 May 2021 Toray Advanced Composites has installed a high heat laminate press at its Nijverdal facility.

Toray expands thermoplastic composite capabilities

Toray's latest press allows additional functionality to be integrated into the laminate at the point of consolidation, such as anti-galvanic corrosion and lightning strike protection.

20 May 2021 Rohde & Schwarz was awarded a contract by Boeing to deliver radio communications for the T-7A Red Hawk.

Rohde & Schwarz makes the grade for T-7A radio communications

Airborne transceivers from the SOVERON radio family provide excellent RF characteristics suitable for applications in harsh military environments, making the software-defined radio ideal for Boeing's T-7A.

20 May 2021

ReleaseAntonov completed assembly of a fuselage of the first AN-178 for MoD of Ukraine

20 May 2021

ReleaseAMETEK Abaco's newest XMC graphics output card

20 May 2021

ReleaseA&M develop new UAS propulsion system

20 May 2021

ReleaseSubaru new helicopter Subaru Bell 412 EPX starts delivery

20 May 2021

ReleaseTanking goes automatic

20 May 2021

ReleaseContinuous Composites receives $750k Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Department of Defense

19 May 2021

ReleaseNASA tests system for aircraft positioning in supersonic flight

19 May 2021

ReleaseATI obtains ISO9001 certification

19 May 2021

ReleaseTeijin Carbon produces new thermoplastic PPS-Tape

18 May 2021

ReleaseGeven launches the new economy class seat SuperEco

18 May 2021

ReleaseDiamond Aircraft wins iF DESIGN AWARD 2021 for the DA50 RG

18 May 2021

ReleaseDaedalean and EASA conclude second project 'Concepts of Design Assurance for Neural Networks'

18 May 2021

ReleaseUEC assembled the first prototype gas generator of the PD-8 engine for the SSJ-NEW airliner

18 May 2021

ReleaseVoltAero's Cassio 1 demonstrator aircraft will make its public debut at France Air Expo

18 May 2021

ReleaseCaracol first in Italy to manufacture large scale aerospace tools in composite materials with its additive manufacturing technology

18 May 2021

ReleaseBETA Technologies closes $368 million funding round led by Fidelity and backed by Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund

18 May 2021

ReleaseTriumph and Boeing restructure and extend systems contracts

17 May 2021

ReleaseVoloConnect: expanding Volocopter's coverage of the urban air mobility ecosystem

17 May 2021

ReleaseAirbus welcomes first ACJ TwoTwenty section in Mirabel / Canada

17 May 2021

ReleaseHamilton introduces all-new endurance caster series

17 May 2021

ReleaseThe strategic cooperation ceremony of Airbus and Appotronics was successfully held in Shenzhen, China

17 May 2021

ReleasePratt & Whitney GTF engines now power more than 1,000 aircraft

17 May 2021

ReleaseSouth Korea advances local UAV technology for autonomous intelligent future, says GlobalData

17 May 2021

ReleaseFaradair adds Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to its growing list of partners

14 May 2021

ReleaseNew three-year contract extension

14 May 2021

ReleaseThe MC-21-300 wing panel, made of Russian composite materials, delivered to the Irkut Corporation plant

13 May 2021

ReleaseHexcel to build new Centre of Excellence for advanced composites innovation in Utah

13 May 2021 Hermeus will build its first aircraft in the new factory in Atlanta.

Hermeus secures factory for Mach 5 aircraft manufacture

A large facility in Atlanta will allow Hermeus to manufacture in an urban environment, while being just a few miles from Dekalb-Peachtree airport. It will house assembly, manufacturing and testing operations.

13 May 2021

Pegasus scales up flight testing for vertical business jet models

Pegasus expects to fly a full-scale unmanned hover model of its proposed vertical take-off business jet by the end of the year. Its cool-air fan technology should make it suitable for all manner of take-off sites.

13 May 2021 Liebherr-Aerospace will supply the integrated air management system, supplied to Dassault and landing gear components supplied to Héroux-Devtek, for the new Falcon business jet.

Dassault draws on supplier experience for key 10X systems

STELIA Aerospace, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse and Héroux-Devtek are all valued suppliers to Dassault Aviation, so the airframer has had no hesitation bringing them onboard their latest new program.