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2021
17 June

ReleaseThe Cassio 330 takes flight!

17 June

ReleaseMeeting the challenges of mission-critical applications on distributed execution platforms with ARCHEOS

17 June

ReleaseGKN Aerospace will build D328eco empennage

16 June

ReleaseLight & Strong deploys Plataine's AI-based solution for digital manufacturing

16 June

ReleaseRolls-Royce to lead the way in developing aviation energy storage technology

16 June The CFM Rise initiative will take a fresh look at airframe integration.

CFM sets sights on composites, additive manufacturing and hybrid electric

GE Aviation and Safran's partnership in CFM is to continue to 2050, enabling ongoing work on developments to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. The Rise program promises disruptive technologies.

16 June

ReleasePOLYRACK Aerospace certified according to EN 9100: 2018

16 June

ReleaseIntegrated Polymer Solutions acquires Swift Textile Metalizing

16 June

ReleaseThe 200th production nacelle is delivered by Nexcelle to equip Bombardier's Global 7500 business jet

16 June

Electric glider partners kick off the production process

Dassault and its partners are now ready to take the Euroglider into the first phases of production. It believes that the new glider will allow training organisations to fly three times as many training hours.

16 June Kennametal’s HiPACS is a cost effective and easy to assemble system comprised of three components: a reducer sleeve, countersinking insert and solid caribe drill. The system works with any standard hydraulic chuck.

Simple components eliminate need for custom chamfer tooling

The tool is designed to drill and chamfer holes in one operation, meeting stringent accuracy requirements, while delivering increased tool life in machining composite, titanium and aluminium aircraft skins.

16 June Honeywell will develop the 7-Seater Lilium Jet’s avionics and flight control systems.

Honeywell's dedicated UAM team steps aboard Lilium Jet

Avionics and flight control computers from Honeywell will be a key element for the Lilium Jet's electronic architecture, choreographing 36 surfaces while providing simple controls for a single pilot.

16 June The proud STELIA team.

STELIA hands over first A220 nose section on time

A brand new plant at Mirabel, which was built in just 10 months, has delivered its first major assembly to the Airbus A220 assembly line. Around 100 people already work at the site.

16 June

ReleaseHydrogen-electric passenger plane HY4 flies emission free over 240 km (150 miles)

16 June

ReleaseOpSens Solutions receives funding support to jointly develop an optical-based fuel monitoring system for aerospace applications, including civil aircrafts

16 June The ZEROe range will need hydgrogen tanks that can withstand repeated thermal and pressure cycling.

Airbus assigns sites to cryogenic tank development

The design and integration of tank structures is crucial to the performance of a future hydrogen aircraft, so Airbus has established two Zero-Emission Development Centres dedicated to this vital task.

15 June

ReleaseTeijin joins Spirit's Aerospace Innovation Centre to enhance engineering partnership

15 June

ReleaseSMAC shakes up aerospace tests abilities

15 June

ReleaseIntroducing Axiometrix Solutions

15 June

ReleaseNASA fine tunes air data system on supersonic X-plane

15 June

ReleasePCB Piezotronics, Inc. introduces ultra-high temperature pressure sensor ideal for combustion dynamics and thermoacoustic measurements

15 June

ReleaseUEC will begin testing the nodes of the promising PD-35 engine in 2021

15 June

ReleaseDornier Seawings received additional EUR 300 million bonds

15 June

ReleaseUnifrax announces SiFAB manufacturing line

15 June

ReleaseQarbon Aerospace selected by Boeing to provide complex composite components for the AEW&C program

15 June

ReleaseAeroVironment Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Arlington, Virginia

14 June

ReleaseUAV Corp (UMAV) subsidiary, Research in Flight (RIF), and Auburn University continue development of the DATT MA 600 Electric Extended Range Airship

14 June

ReleaseAscendance Flight technologies reaches a new milestone

11 June

ReleaseFirst AG50 airworthiness approval label issued

11 June

ReleaseBuehler presents webinar: Etching & microstructures of titanium alloys; setting the metallographic foundation for material analysis on June 30, 2021

11 June

ReleaseTrillium Engineering to support Martin UAV on next-generation UAS program

11 June

ReleaseMacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions announces intention to acquire Coventya

11 June

ReleaseLeidos, Paramount USA and Vertex Aerospace enter final phase of Armed Overwatch competition

10 June

ReleaseArcher unveils eVTOL aircraft

10 June

ReleaseSciaky receives Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from NASA

10 June

ReleaseGAMA and SAE International sign cooperation agreement for general and business aviation efforts

10 June

ReleaseVertical Aerospace announces intention to become publicly traded company via merger with Broadstone Acquisition Corp.

10 June

ReleaseAstro Aerospace to complete eVTOL 1:2 scale prototype by Q1 2022 - full-sized eVTOL vehicle expected Q1 2024

10 June

ReleaseECARO V-150 flight trials ready to go

9 June

ReleaseAutopilot system for Bell 505 certified in the United Kingdom

9 June

ReleaseDiab introduces Divinycell U foam, based on ULTEM resin

9 June The facility includes labs, collaborative office space, and reconfigurable testing areas.

Filton research and test centre opens for business

The facility includes labs, collaborative office space, and reconfigurable testing areas - a combination of test assets reckoned to be unique in Europe. It will be central to the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow programme.

9 June Liebherr-Aerospace’s facility in Toulouse.

Liebherr companies achieve Airbus static inverter order

Every civil Airbus aircraft model flies with Liebherr technology on board, but now this equipment list will include stand-alone power electronics alongside the current broad systems and components portfolio.

9 June Spirit Aerosystems will provide slim-line nacelles for the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine.

Rolls-Royce selects Spirit for Pearl 10 nacelles

Spirit will leverage its composite and fabrication capabilities at its Wichita facility to support the program, then provide competitive aerostructures with kits that Rolls-Royce can seamlessly install during final assembly.

9 June Electra's hybrid-electric super-short takeoff and landing aircraft has 8 electric propellers driven by a hybrid-electric powerplant. It is planned to enter commercial service by 2027.

First commercial Electra design will use 'blown-lift'

The electric motor-driven propellers will blow air over the entire span of the wing and its flaps, allowing takeoff and landing at speeds below 30mph, while cruising at high-speeds of 200mph.

9 June An F110 additively manufactured sump cover.

GE gains additive engine part approval in under a year

The ability to additively manufacture an aircraft engine part and gain military airworthiness is a significant step forward in growing the adoption of additive manufacturing, says the USAF.

9 June The EcoPulse demonstrator aircraft successfully passed its design review last year.

EcoPulse demonstrator graduates from the wind tunnel

Distributed Propulsion Systems consist of breaking down thrust generation into many small engines spread out along the span of the wing. Wind tunnel work will now reveal its final energy performance.

9 June

ReleaseXeriant announces joint venture with XTI, developer of world's fastest, longest-range commercial VTOL

8 June

ReleaseAERTEC designs an innovative detect-and-avoid system for Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone operations

8 June

ReleaseEP Systems announces its EPiC Battery Module family during VFS interview