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2024
26 June

ReleaseQuickstep announces Structures Business Unit restructuring

24 June

ReleaseAIG gains license for manufacture of UAV Corp advanced air vehicles - optimizing design with artificial intelligence

24 June

ReleaseLeonardo meets Italian trade unions and announces the consolidation of the process of diversifying its Grottaglie production site

18 June

ReleaseSpecial Aerospace Services breaks ground on new SAS Campus facility in Huntsville, Alabama

17 June

ReleaseBAE Systems honors East/West Industries with a ‘Partner 2 Win’ Gold Tier Award

4 June

ReleaseLeonardo celebrates the opening of PZL-Świdnik’s production line for the AW149 helicopters of the Polish Armed Forces

31 May

ReleaseBAE Systems names 'Partner 2 Win' Supplier of the Year award winners

14 March Staff in Iwata-city, Shizuoka, mark the occasion.

SkyDrive begins production of eVTOL aircraft with Suzuki

The establishment of Sky Works Inc., its manufacturing arm, and the partnership with Suzuki are significant steps towards producing up to 100 eVTOLs per year.

7 February Malloy's uncrewed, heavy lift quadcopters are capable of lifting payloads from 68kg to 300kg over short to medium range missions.

BAE Systems acquires UAS expert Malloy Aeronautics

Last year the companies announced the successful demonstration of T-600 electric uncrewed demonstrator aircraft achieves significant milestone at NATO exercise during a large NATO exercise, known as REPMUS.

30 January

ReleaseLoganair and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions set sights on debuting world's first operational hydrogen-electric Britten-Norman Islander in Kirkwall by 2027

18 January

ReleaseAirbus boosts ‘Make in India’, awards additional manufacturing contracts to Tata Advanced Systems Limited, Mahindra Aerospace Structures Private Limited

2023
13 December

ReleaseAIDC completes 2023 delivery of 17 Brave Eagle jet trainers

27 November

ReleaseDoD awards $3.7 million to enhance advanced thermoplastics production

22 November Boeing delivered the final Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to the U.S. Air Force. Boeing will now begin delivering the first production aircraft in 2024.

Boeing shifts towards production of MH-139A Grey Wolf

Delivering all of the RDT&E aircraft to the Air Force enables them to continue critical operational testing and allows Boeing to focus on building the first production aircraft.

15 November Herve Grosdemange (AIT/Nova-Tech), Valeria Vasquez (Deutsche Aircaft), Sebastian Böhnl (Deutsche Aircraft) and Dominik Hammer (Deutsche Aircraft).

Deutsche selects AIT/NTE for D328eco fuselage section handling

With this new deal, Advanced Integration Technology/Nova-Tech Engineering will support the final assembly line at Leipzig/Halle airport, where the 40-seater D328eco regional turboprop will be built.

18 October

ReleaseTIGHITCO LATINOAMERICA celebrates 15 years of service to the aerospace industry

2 October

ReleaseTrexon acquires C.E. Precision Assemblies, Inc.

28 September William Hynett CEO of Britten-Norman and Bob Seely MP for the Isle of Wight open the new production line.

UK production of Islander begins at Britten-Norman

The company is planning for new aircraft production to increase fourfold by 2027 with strong economic performance and increased revenue projected.

30 August

ReleaseAirbus opens new A321XLR equipment installation hangar

30 August

ReleaseCFD Research expands Hollywood facility

28 August

ReleaseQuickstep signs drone product development agreement

3 August The Cranfield crew make themselves at home.

Refurbished Cranfield hangar provides space for R&D

CAeS says a newly refurbished hangar will be a 'classroom of possibilities', where it will deliver the intricacies of zero emissions propulsion and also pioneer maintenance procedures for hydrogen-powered aircraft.

1 August

ReleaseEnact acquires Accrofab and Bromford Industries

13 July

ReleaseQuickstep announces location for first US engineering & manufacturing facility

7 July

ReleaseAerospace sector recovery: over $32M invested in Quebec

20 June

ReleaseOerlikon and MTU Aero Engines sign development cooperation agreement

14 June New manufacturing jigs are in place at Britten-Norman's Bembridge facility in preparation for production output increase.

Britten-Norman brings production back to Bembridge

The move is in response to intensified interest in the planned launch of an OEM, zero-emissions Islander aircraft in 2026 as well as wider interest that has resulted from the introduction of finance and leasing options.

8 May

ReleaseElbit America officially opens newest facility in South Carolina

8 May

ReleaseFirst C295 for India completes its maiden flight

27 April The new offerings complement the extensive line of military helicopters already produced by Airbus, including the H125M.

Airbus builds military variant H125 in Columbus

Completed by MAG Aerospace, the AH-125 Ares will be the armed variant of the helicopter, while the MH-125 Ares will be configured as a multi-role helicopter capable of a wide range of operations.

25 April

ReleaseMiddleGround Capital completes first add-on for its Megatech platform with acquisition of Advantage Metal Products

21 April

ReleaseAveo Engineering continues global facilities expansion

20 April The Islander test aircraft.

Evolito brings axial-flux experience to Project Fresson

Evolito's motor is a compact solution that has allowed CAeS to integrate and package the technology efficiently as part of the 240kW Fresson fuel-cell propulsion system within the Islander engine nacelle.

30 March Airbus has delivered the first A321neo aircraft assembled at its Final Assembly Line Asia (FAL Tianjin) to China's Juneyao Air.

Airbus hands over first A321neo assembled in China

With the conversion of the Tianjin facility last year, and with the newest facility about to complete its transformation in Toulouse, the Airbus global industrial system will be fully A321-capable.

15 March Production is under way with a handshake.

US Air Force gives go-ahead for MH-139A production

The initiation of low-rate production will yield the first operational aircraft set to replace the U.S. Air Force's current fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters, with first delivery slated for 2024.

9 March Magellan was the first in the industry to optimize 3D sand printing technology for production.

Collins keeps faith with Magellan's complex castings

In addition to F-15, F-16, and F-18 castings for Collins legacy programs, the extended LTA also encompasses the supply of castings to support F-35 Lightning II, KC-46, Airbus A320neo, Boeing 787 and 777X programs.

7 February

ReleaseBAE Systems delivers 1,000th F-35 Lightning II fuselage to Lockheed Martin in major milestone for the world's largest defence programme

31 January

ReleaseMiddleGround Capital announces acquisition of Megatech

30 January

ReleaseQuickparts adopts Materialise CO-AM software platform

19 January

ReleaseQuickstep announces $11.3M purchase order for F-35 vertical tail components

17 January

ReleaseIncap Estonia opened new production machinery at the Kuressaare factory

12 January

Qarbon completes electro-thermal deicing tests

The Helios test articles utilised Teijin carbon fibre materials and Web Industries' Precision BiasPly technology. The graphite's superior thermal conductivity produces heat significantly faster than legacy systems.

4 January

ReleaseGeorge Industries combines with Alexander Machine & Tool Company

2022
14 December The horizontal tail assemblies produced by Magellan are used on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant of the F-35.

BAE continues Magellan contract for F-35 tail assemblies

The horizontal tail assemblies produced at Magellan's facility in Winnipeg, MB, will be used on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant of the F-35. The company hopes eventually to produce more than 1,000 ship sets.

8 December

ReleaseCollins Aerospace opens new engineering and global operations centers in India to accelerate innovations in R&D and manufacturing

27 November

ReleaseTurkish Aerospace receives 'success partner' award from Spirit AeroSystems

18 November

ReleaseWave Engine Corporation raises $3.5 Million in latest financing round

17 November Inaugurated in 2008, FAL Tianjin was the first Airbus commercial aircraft assembly line outside Europe.

Asian line kicks off Airbus A321 production

Airbus says that, by the end of 2022, all commercial aircraft assembly sites will be A321-capable, as part of the industrial strategy to de-risk the ramp up and to meet the rising share of A321 production.

8 November

ReleaseCFD Research expands Hollywood facility

3 November

ReleaseQnnect acquires Hermetic Solutions Group