The RA4500 radar altimeter will provide 'extreme accuracy' for the L-39NG including at low altitudes from 2,500 feet to 10 feet below ground level in challenging operational conditions.
By creating a Joint Research Virtual Lab, Leonardo and Solvay aim to develop new thermoplastic materials and new manufacturing processes so as to attain higher performance and manufacturing efficiency.
Plataine's technology will provide an improved picking process leading to optimised utilisation of inventory, such as the selection of remnants for production wherever possible. This could generate 5% material savings.
Targeting 2026 for the entry-into-service of hydrogen-powered aircraft, GKN is taking part in a £54 million collaborative H2GEAR programme to push hydrogen technology and accelerate decarbonisation.
Airflow will take its eSTOL project to the next level by adapting a Cessna 210 with its distributed propulsion system to make it capable of slow speeds and short takeoffs.
Drive System Design is an engineering consultancy specialising in the engineering, development, test and control of electrified driveline systems. It has joined the team developing the InCEPTion propulsion module.
A wheel made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic will offer enhanced mechanical properties at about half the density of metal wheels. It will be made with tailored fibre placement, braiding and out of autoclave processes.
Replacing that solid trooper, the Black Hawk will not be easy. But Sikorsky and Boeing have built 90 percent of the U.S. Army's current military rotorcraft, and believe their candidate, the DEFIANT X will meet the challenge.
Three conforming eFlyer 2 aircraft will be used in the test program to achieve final FAA certification, and the first is now being built by experimental aircraft experts Composites Universal Group.
Airbus intends to test hybrid and electric propulsion technologies with its Flightlab, as well as exploring autonomy, and other technologies aimed at reducing helicopter sound or improving maintenance and safety.
In Malawi, Wingcopter recently started a long-term COVID-19 response project named Drone + Data Aid to improve healthcare supply chains - and it sees potential for drone-delivery-as-a-service worldwide.
Autonomous ‘loyal wingman’ aircraft create the opportunity to expand, diversify and rapidly upgrade combat Air Forces in a cost-effective way - so the UK has committed funding for a new prototype.
The new version Superjet will use the PD-8 engine, with planned certification in 2023, and dozens of foreign systems and components will be replaced with domestic Russian ones.
Eviation, magniX's sister company and maker of an all-electric commuter aircraft, set up base in Arlington, Washington late last year. Now magniX electric aircraft engines will also be manufactured in the state.
The Seaspray enhances the capabilities of GA-ASI's MQ-9B and builds on a close partnership with Leonardo. Initial integration work of Leonardo's SAGE electronic surveillance onto SeaGuardian was recently completed.
Ten more startup businesses will now benefit from a possible £100,000 equity investment from Boeing HorizonX Global Ventures and access to ATI, Boeing, GKN Aerospace and Rolls-Royce experts.
The new facility houses the wing assembly process for the HondaJet Elite, comprising an exterior skin made of machined one-piece aluminium alloys backed by alloy ribs. It will enable the concurrent assembly of more wings.
The latest versions of the VK-2500 engine have a protective system that restores the normal operation of the engine when it stops, when powder and exhaust gases get in and when surge occurs. Production is under way.
