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2021
17 May

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

14 May

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

14 May

ReleaseNew three-year contract extension

13 May Safran Landing Systems will provide the landing gear system for the Bell Valor 280.

Safran is selected for V-280 Valor landing gear and braking

Experience with the V-22 Osprey will be invaluable now that Safran has been selected to provide landing gear and braking systems for the V-280 Valor program. Four sites in Europe and North America will play a part.

13 May 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

ReleaseMoog Australia celebrates the official opening of its expanded facility in Heatherton

13 May

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

13 May

ReleaseAerospace firms End State Solutions and Near Space Corp. announce joint agreement

13 May 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.

13 May

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 The modernised Toulouse facility will house the final assembly line for the A320 family.

Work restarts on upgraded final assembly line in Toulouse

A huge backlog of orders for the A320 series means that Airbus is prioritising further work on final assembly lines. The latest, in the former A380 Lagardere facility, should be operational by the end of 2022.

13 May The X-59 is fitted with Quiet Supersonic Technologies (QueSST).

NASA's quiet supersonic research aircraft could fly in 2022

Innovative features on top of the X-59 wing should re-shape the shock wave pattern, substantially reducing the sonic boom to more of a sonic "thump" when it reaches the ground. Collins is onboard for the avionics.

12 May

ReleaseCAE to accelerate the design and development of Jaunt Air Mobility's eVTOL aircraft by leveraging the latest simulation technologies

12 May

ReleaseNew M599 rugged XMC from Aitech offers double the performance of previous model

12 May

ReleaseCollins Aerospace breaks ground on $18M Ram Air Turbine wind tunnel test facility in Rockford, IL

12 May

ReleaseATR 42-600S moves from design to industrialisation

12 May

ReleaseKeysight enables customers to test performance of millimetre-wave innovations in 5G, aerospace/defense and satellite communications

12 May

ReleasePiper Aircraft now offering AeroMech RVSM on M500/M600 aircraft

12 May

ReleaseRostec to present modernised Ka-32A11M at MAKS

11 May

ReleaseUS Navy unmanned aircraft program to utilise MPU5 radios

11 May

ReleaseGamma Aerospace completes $10 million in capabilities expansion at two locations

11 May

ReleaseSECO/WARWICK to deliver a technologically advanced rapid quench production line for Tata Advanced Systems Ltd

11 May

ReleaseCrane Aerospace & Electronics to collaborate with BAE Systems on power electronics for Jaunt Air Mobility

11 May

ReleaseHENSOLDT to deliver radar electronics for 'Quadriga' Eurofighters

11 May

ReleaseIncora opens new global corporate headquarters in Fort Worth

11 May

ReleaseTeledyne CML Composites makes significant investment in thermoplastic processing capability in conjunction with the National Composites Centre

11 May

ReleasePS-28N Cruiser EASA type certified

11 May

ReleaseKOSDAQ-listed Kencoa Aerospace partners with SyncFab to digitally streamline and secure manufacturing supply chain with MFG blockchain

11 May

ReleaseNew Robinsons include enhanced audio alerts

11 May

ReleaseBell announces delivery of 300th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

10 May

ReleaseITP Aero integrates Hucknall site into global industrial footprint

10 May

ReleaseX-57 high-voltage testing continues

10 May

ReleasePowerful enhancements in Volume Graphics' industrial CT software version 3.5 help detect and correct design flaws and manufacturability issues

10 May

ReleaseELG Carbon Fibre becomes Gen 2 Carbon

10 May

ReleaseArlington Capital Partners closes the acquisition of Triumph's composites business, forming Qarbon Aerospace

10 May

ReleaseBombardier celebrates 15-year anniversary of its Queretaro, Mexico, site as facility delivers the 100th Global 7500 aircraft rear fuselage

10 May

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman to advance Triton sense and avoid development

10 May

ReleasePanasonic Aviation unveils exciting new features for it's ARC in-flight map platform

10 May

ReleaseLithium-ion battery power for the Pilatus PC-24

7 May

ReleasePowerCell Sweden AB receives new follow-on order for fuel cell systems from ZeroAvia

7 May

ReleaseGKN Aerospace delivers first Intermediate Compressor Case for UltraFan engine

6 May

ReleaseIncap Corporation invests in a third factory in India

6 May How the Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) will look in flight.

Engine experts team up for Europe's future fighter

Within EUMET, Safran will lead the engine's design and integration, MTU will lead the engine service activities and ITP Aero will develop the low-pressure turbine and the nozzle amongst other items.

6 May

Aeronautics pitches Orbiter 4 for maritime patrol duties

With advanced image processing, automatic takeoff and recovery, and the ability to navigate with or without GPS/datalink, Orbiter 4 can take-off and land on any type of vessel and is operated by only three personnel.

6 May A recent flight demonstration in North Dakota using the uAvionix SkyLine C2 infrastructure and ping200X transponder.

uAvionix claims world first with certified drone transponder

Airbus SE's High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) flight testing article, Zephyr, is first to use a ground-breaking transponder produced by uAvionix. The device is expected to find applications in drones and general aviation.

6 May

ReleaseL3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor announce Sky Warden ISR strike aircraft

6 May The flight test crew prepare to take number two airborne.

Falcon 6X testing on track with second aircraft airborne

On the brink of a major product announcement, Dassault continues to make progress with its Falcon 6X. Three test aircraft will eventually complete the certification process during next year.

6 May

Dassault unveils ultra-long range Falcon 10X

With a non-stop range of 7,500nm or more than 15 hours, Dassault has ensured that its future Falcon will have the most comfortable cabin possible - large, exceptional pressurisation, and with pure filtered air.

6 May

ReleaseReliable Robotics selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory to evaluate autonomous aircraft capabilities for government missions

6 May Stratolaunch Talon-A separation article.

Stratolaunch carrier aircraft completes second flight

Talon-A is a fully reusable, autonomous, liquid rocket-powered Mach 6-class vehicle which can provide over 60 seconds of hypersonic flight test conditions. It needs a monster carrier aircraft to get it airborne.