News archive | Airframer

Garmin's solution for the D328eco includes touchscreen control for avionics and aircraft systems, flight path-based guidance, enhanced synthetic vision, active electronic checklists and single lever engine control.

3 June

ReleaseCollins Aerospace to provide sleek new passenger service units for the Airbus A320 Family Airspace cabin

3 June

ReleaseArcher announces global unveiling of eVTOL aircraft

3 June

ReleaseBoeing and Alaska Airlines partner to make flying safer and more sustainable

3 June

ReleaseRolls-Royce starts testing most powerful hybrid-electric propulsion system in aerospace

3 June

The Volocopter heavy-lift utility VoloDrone.

Volocopter brings autonomy experts onboard for VoloDrone

Near Earth Autonomy has conducted 3,500 flights lasting over 2,000 flight hours of their autonomy system across various aircraft types, sizes, and environments in the last eight years.

3 June

Eve and Halo’s collaboration is the first international eVTOL operator partnership of its kind.

Embraer's Eve takes order for 200 eVTOL aircraft

Established rotary operator Halo has made a major commitment to the UAM market, with its first eVTOL aircraft deliveries to take place in 2026. Product support backing from Embraer made the difference.

3 June

Testbed 80 is the global hub of Rolls-Royce aeroengine testing.

Larger and smarter, Rolls-Royce unveils £90m testbed

Larger than a football pitch, Testbed 80 was designed with distinctive technologies and systems which are more capable and complex. It has conducted its first run on a Trent XWB engine earlier this year.

3 June

GKN structures put Alice on track for flight this year

Just one year on since contract GKN has designed, manufactured and delivered wings, empennage and electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for the all-electric Alice aircraft.

3 June

UEC-Klimov kicks off work on hybrid power plant

Unmanned aerial vehicles, regional airliners and light multipurpose helicopters could all be powered by a new hybrid power unit now under development by UEC-Klimov. The company has a target date of 2028.

2 June

ReleaseGE Aviation breaks ground for new manufacturing operations in Ohio's Miami Valley Research Park

2 June

ReleaseHoneywell to provide world's smallest satcom system to Australia drones market

2 June

ReleaseUnited Performance Metals now offers custom engineered this guage stainless steel strip from new precision rerolling facility

2 June

ReleaseNovikombank arranges financing for serial production of Ka-62 for 10 billion rubles

1 June

ReleaseEmbraer and Ingenio Aerospace partner to develop table tablet holder for Phenom 300E aircraft

1 June

ReleaseFlightSafety International announces Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 MAX simulators

1 June

ReleaseEaton completes acquisition of Cobham Mission Systems

1 June

ReleaseFMC165 FPGA Mezzanine Card release

1 June

ReleaseMercury Systems acquires Pentek

27 May

The Airframer Bulletin

ReleaseMettis' assembly excellence officially recognised

ReleaseAngeles Equity Partners acquires Primus Aerospace

ReleaseRazorleaf Corporation launches strategic partnership with Eggplant, part of Keysight Technologies

ReleaseAirbus Helicopters strengthens its capabilities with the acquisition of ZF Luftfahrttechnik

ReleaseKopin receives additional $1.6 million order for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program

ReleaseSiTime MEMS timing solution to support Raytheon's precision guidance system

ReleaseAFWERX Agility Prime partners with Kitty Hawk in first medical evacuation exercise with electric aircraft

ReleaseElement Antwerp achieves Nadcap accreditation for chemical analysis

ReleaseUSMC completes first AH-1Z flight with Link-16

ReleaseAstronics introduces rugged miniature COTS avionics interface cards for ARINC 429 and 717

ReleaseNavy, Boeing make aviation history with MQ-25 becoming the first unmanned aircraft to refuel another aircraft

ReleaseUAV Navigation announces partnership with Power4Flight

ReleaseEHang 216 AAV conducted trial flights in Japan

ReleaseCurtiss-Wright delivers flight test hardware for Eviation's Alice all-electric aircraft

ReleaseZURI reveals its new sustainable interior design concept

ReleaseAirborne introduces Automated Preforming by pick and weld

ReleaseSONACA will assemble the horizontal tail of the F-35

ReleaseCollins Aerospace to provide sleek new passenger service units for the Airbus A320 Family Airspace cabin

ReleaseArcher announces global unveiling of eVTOL aircraft

ReleaseBoeing and Alaska Airlines partner to make flying safer and more sustainable

ReleaseRolls-Royce starts testing most powerful hybrid-electric propulsion system in aerospace

ReleaseGE Aviation breaks ground for new manufacturing operations in Ohio's Miami Valley Research Park

ReleaseHoneywell to provide world's smallest satcom system to Australia drones market

ReleaseUnited Performance Metals now offers custom engineered this guage stainless steel strip from new precision rerolling facility

ReleaseNovikombank arranges financing for serial production of Ka-62 for 10 billion rubles

ReleaseEmbraer and Ingenio Aerospace partner to develop table tablet holder for Phenom 300E aircraft

ReleaseFlightSafety International announces Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 MAX simulators

ReleaseEaton completes acquisition of Cobham Mission Systems

ReleaseFMC165 FPGA Mezzanine Card release

ReleaseVishay Precision Group acquires Diversified Technical Systems, Inc.

ReleaseTeijin's Tenax carbon fibre prepreg adopted for next-generation aircraft engine nacelle

ReleaseInnovaero, Insitu Pacific to collaborate on UAS platform development

ReleaseVirtek's new real-time tracking software revolutionises assembly tasks on moving parts

ReleaseGurit extends contract with Pilatus Aircraft Ltd for five years

ReleaseSolar Flight appoints Becker Avionics as avionics partner

ReleaseQuesTek awarded research projects for advanced materials development

ReleaseApplus+ acquires IMA Dresden, a leading testing laboratory in Europe

ReleaseThe EUROGLIDER autonomous electric glider project is ready for takeoff

ReleaseHenkel collaborates in sustainability study on reducing CO2 emissions through lightweight materials in aerospace

ReleaseMercury Systems acquires Pentek

ReleaseOXIS Energy Limited is in administration