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2020
7 October

ReleaseuAvionix receives patent for UAS remote identification

7 October

ReleaseElement secures 6+6 year framework agreement with Saab for calibration and material testing

7 October

ReleaseHAPSMobile's Sunglider succeeds in stratospheric test flight

7 October

ReleaseDe Havilland Canada chooses IFS to integrate its value chain

7 October

ReleaseReliable oxygen monitor for titanium welding in aerospace applications

7 October The ACJ TwoTwenty is based on the A220-100.

Airbus reimagines the A220-100 as 'xtra large' business jet

Since acquiring the A220 program earlier this year Airbus has wasted no time throwing its weight behind the project, with a new production line in Alabama, and now a fully-featured long-range business jet variant.

7 October

ReleaseSharp Tooling Solutions recognised by Lockheed Martin as an Elite Supplier

7 October

Potez builds expertise in doors with Eviation's Alice

The first set of passenger access doors, baggage doors and emergency doors for the all-electric Alice are due for delivery in the first quarter of next year. They will be lightweight carbon fibre.

7 October Boeing has selected Raytheon Intelligence & Space to provide the APG-82(V)1 active electronically scanned array radar for the F-15EX.

Raytheon's proven AESA radar selected for the F-15EX

The APG-82(V)1 radar is combat proven, having flown in multiple theatres around the world. Eight systems will be delivered for the F-15EX by 2022.

7 October The maiden fan case for the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000.

Malaysia's UMW celebrates first fan case for Trent 7000

Three years after delivering the first fan case for the Trent 1000, UMW Aerospace is dispatching another milestone unit to the Rolls-Royce factory at the Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore.

7 October

CESA supplies actuation for the Boeing commercial range

Heroux-Devtek Spain has won its largest contract since the acquisition of CESA in 2018, including full qualification by Boeing of its design capabilities and special processes, enabling further opportunities.

6 October

ReleaseUMS Skeldar performs first automatic flight of V-150 VTOL platform

6 October

ReleaseAMtrinsic: spherical powders for additive manufacturing from Taniobis

6 October

ReleaseAvantus Aerospace acquires California Screw Products

6 October

ReleaseRockwood Composites celebrate 10 years of growth and 10-fold increase in sales in the face of economic turbulence

6 October

ReleaseBritten-Norman and Blued Bear join forces to build the future of British Air Transport

6 October

ReleaseSuccessful flight test of unmanned compound helicopter "K-RACER"

6 October

ReleaseAVIC Cabin Systems announces global sales organisation

5 October

ReleaseQueensland to assemble Boeing's first Australian-designed, developed unmanned aircraft

5 October

ReleaseMTU Aero Engines: hydrogen puts the future at our fingertips

5 October

ReleaseBeechcraft King Air 360/360ER achieves FAA type certification; ushering in new era of turboprop leadership and paving the way for customer deliveries

2 October

ReleaseGulfstream launches fourth G700 test aircraft

2 October

ReleaseUSAF adds WSU-NIAR to elite list of Skyborg program vendors

1 October

ReleaseTIGHITCO receives Special Process Approval Qualifications from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company

1 October

ReleaseStelia Aerospace launches 'OPERA', its new Business Class seat, offering outstanding long-range comfort on single-aisle

1 October

ReleaseBoeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina in 2021

1 October

ReleaseEnsinger commissions new prepreg facility

30 September The GE9X engine has been certified by the FAA.

Newly-certified GE9X engines delivered to 777X program

Eight GE9X test engines and two spares have been delivered to Seattle for Boeing's four 777X test aircraft. Several production engines have been assembled, and GE Aviation is now completing factory acceptance tests.

30 September

ReleaseEHang unveils heavy-lift AAV for short-to-medium-haul aerial logistics

30 September The Protector will be handed over to the UK's Royal Air Force in 2021.

MQ-9B takes first flight as the UK's Protector

GA-ASI's remotely piloted system has been selected by Belgium and Australia, as well as the UK. It is built for adverse-weather performance with lightning protection, a damage tolerant airframe and a de-icing system.

30 September New landing gear noise reduction technology by Safran is being evaluated on a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. (Photo: Paul Weatherman)

Boeing expects 20% less noise from landing gear airflow

Safran's devices are attached to landing gear areas shown to produce increased noise due to air flow when an aircraft is flying low before landing, reducing the noise that can be heard from the ground.

30 September Samad Aerospace has launched its Personal Air Vehicle concept, dubbed the Q-Starling.

Cranfield-based Samad unveils VTOL two-seat design

Private pilots are expected to only require ten hours of conversion training to fire up the Q-Starling's large diameter hover fan, take off vertically and cruise in a luxury saloon.

30 September

ReleaseBell APT 70 successfully completes NASA's Systems Integration and Operationalisation activity

30 September

ReleaseProtium and ZeroAvia sign Heads of Terms to support the development of green hydrogen aviation in the UK

30 September

ReleaseVolocopter will be the first industrial player to test their full-scale electrical air taxi, the VoloCity, in the Paris Region

30 September

ReleaseECG slot grinding of Castle Nuts eliminates need for secondary operations

30 September

ReleaseCORE Industrial Partners sells Prototek

30 September The Gripen E takes off from Navegantes...

Brazil's F-39 Gripen enters flight testing phase

Unique features of the Brazilian variant of the Gripen E such as weapons integration and the Link BR2 communication system will be tested in Brazil, as well as tests on the aircraft in tropical climate conditions.

30 September The Synthetic Vision Guidance System has been certified for the Praetor 500 and 600.

Synthetic vision guidance system certified for Praetor

When installed alone, SVGS allows for enhanced situational awareness, but without the investment required for a full enhanced vision system. It can be used with or without head-up-display.

29 September

Release300th ALH Dhruv rolls-out from HAL hangar

29 September

ReleaseLockheed Martin extends F-35 supply agreement with Solvay

29 September

ReleaseGE's T901 engine ahead of schedule with critical design review complete

29 September

ReleaseUncertainty over Spirit AeroSystem's acquisition of Bombardier will have negative economic impacts for both parties, says GlobalData

29 September

ReleaseThird Cessna SkyCourier test aircraft joins flight test program

29 September

ReleaseJapan Airlines and Volocopter sign agreement to develop and launch air mobility services in Japan

29 September

ReleaseSintavia acquires two additional M400-4 printers from EOS GmbH

29 September

ReleaseAvantus Aerospace acquires Fastener Innovation Technologies

28 September

ReleaseCAA approval for Flaris flights

28 September

ReleaseGalaxy Technologies and Boom Supersonic: partnering to make the future of flight

28 September

ReleaseThree Abaco sites achieve highest levels of quality certification