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2023
19 July Lift off for the second G800 test article.

Second Gulfstream G800 joins the flight test fleet

The second test aircraft is dedicated to environmental control systems, avionics and flight controls and builds on the more than 1,600 test points already accomplished by the first G800 flight test article.

19 July The UAS would be able to launch and recover from ship flight decks and small austere land locations in adverse weather without additional infrastructure equipment.

DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with naval VTOL design

Northrop Grumman has been entrusted with the task to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving Navy ship at sea.

19 July

ReleaseAirbus Helicopters H175 granted CAAC certification

17 July

ReleaseAeros announces opening of new engineering and corporate facility

14 July

ReleaseGA-ASI's unmanned aircraft cross 8 million flight hours

13 July The Skyworks Hawk 5 aircraft is a bi-product of decades of incremental improvement protected by numerous patents.

Fresh finance advances Hawk gyroplane flight demonstrator

The Hawk that Skyworks is upgrading and preparing for flight demonstrations has flown previously, including an eight week long security mission for the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command during the Winter Olympics.

13 July

Longer-range HondaJet will boost Greensboro investment

North Carolina provides a rich talent pool, says Honda, and facilities located right next to the Piedmont Triad International Airport provide an ideal location to develop and produce its new light jet.

13 July Final assembly line innovations include digital production control using tablets and smartphones to reduce paper consumption, automated logistics for parts distribution and light-weight robots for joining sections.

Airbus celebrates its second A320 assembly line in Toulouse

The new facility is one of two final assembly lines in Toulouse, alongside four in Hamburg, Germany; two in Mobile, United States; and two in Tianjin, China, all them capable of assembling the A321.

13 July

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft and ASE S.p.A. announce agreement for AC Primary Power Generation & Distribution System for the D328eco™

12 July

ReleaseDoroni Aerospace makes history with first manned personal eVTOL test flight in the United States

9 July

ReleaseSeaflight Technologies Inc. awarded competitive SBIR funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation

8 July

ReleaseRapidFlight announces acquisition of Local Motors intellectual property portfolio

7 July

ReleaseAerospace sector recovery: over $32M invested in Quebec

6 July

ReleaseJoby completes submission of stage three certification plans to the FAA

6 July

ReleaseLilium completes final audit in major step towards achieving EASA Design Organization Approval

6 July California Governor Gavin Newsom (right) and JoeBen Bevirt, Joby Aviation’s Founder and CEO (left), standing in front of the first aircraft to come off Joby’s Pilot Production Line in Marina, CA. (Photo: Joby Aviation)

Joby set to fly first S4 production prototype

The aircraft will now undergo initial flight testing before being delivered to Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it will be used to demonstrate a range of potential logistics use cases.

2 July

ReleaseSuccessful ApusDuo HAPS solar aircraft test flight

29 June

ReleaseGAC unveils industry-first innovations at GAC TECH DAY 2023

29 June The DHC-6 Twin Otter Classic 300-G offers a Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck, a completely redesigned cabin interior, more payload and range, lower operating costs, enhanced dispatch availability, and two engine options.

DHC woos buyers with more efficient Twin Otter

The lighter weight Classic 300-G will deliver increased payload range and decreased operating costs, along with an all-new cabin interior and flight deck featuring the Garmin G1000 NXi.

29 June

ReleaseASKA A5 drive & fly eVTOL advances FAA type certification process - prototype earns Special Airworthiness Certification

29 June Plana CEO Braden J. Kim (right) and DUC Hélices Propellers CEO Duqueine Vincent formally marked their collaboration partnership in a signing ceremony at the Paris Air Show.

Hybrid eVTOL developer commits to prop partnership in France

Plana believes that a close cooperation with DUC Hélices Propellers throughout will speed the progress of its CP-01 HeVTOL aircraft towards certification.

29 June

ReleaseJoby welcomes $100 million investment as it expands partnership with SK Telecom

27 June

ReleaseAlef becomes the first car certified to fly

26 June

ReleaseFAA issues G-1 for Lilium Jet, making Lilium only eVTOL manufacturer with EASA and FAA certification basis for a powered lift eVTOL aircraft

26 June

ReleaseAeros achieved the design freeze of variable buoyancy airships cargo handling system

22 June

ReleaseCircularity of battery cells for eCTOL aircraft

22 June

ReleaseANCILLARY project selects teams to develop initial concepts for VTOL X-Plane

22 June

ReleaseCooperation on high performance electric drives for aircraft propulsion

21 June

ReleaseDaher, Safran and Airbus exhibit EcoPulse, a hybrid-electric distributed propulsion aircraft demonstrator, at the Paris Air Show

21 June

ReleaseDovetail Electric Aviation to develop electric propulsion system with Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell system

21 June Alex Vlielander, Chief Customer Officer, Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS and Maximilan Fahr, Vice President Supply Chain at Deutsche Aircraft.

Deutsche teams up for key components on the D328eco

Liebherr's centre of competence for air and thermal management systems in Toulouse will provide a modern air management system, while NORDAM will develop the nacelles in the US and Mexico.

21 June Hidetoshi Kumashiro, Managing Officer and Executive General Manager, Suzuki and Tomohiro Fukuzawa, CEO, SkyDrive.

Japanese eVTOL developer harnesses Suzuki production facility

SkyDrive will establish a wholly owned subsidiary which will use a production facility owned by the Suzuki Group in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and aims to start building the Skydrive eVTOL by spring 2024.

21 June The HondaJet 2600 light jet concept.

Honda commits to production of light jet model

Spirit will provide an innovative build-to-print composite fuselage and a composite bonded frame for the new HondaJet 2600, with engineering designs currently being finalised.

21 June

ReleaseEmbraer and GKN Aerospace to collaborate on potential hydrogen flight demonstrator

21 June The P2012.

Tecnam adds Continental engine option to P2012

Both engine options are rated for 375 HP, with the Continental coupled to a three blade MT-Prop propeller and the Lycoming coupled to a four blade prop.

21 June

ReleaseAERALIS partners with Honeywell JV International Turbine Engine Company to develop light jet propulsion system at Paris Airshow

20 June

ReleaseLockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries & Red 6 announce initial augmented reality integration work for T-50 platform

20 June

ReleaseInternational launch of revamped all-electric aircraft design by Maeve Aerospace at the Paris Air Show

20 June

ReleaseBoeing T-7A Red Hawk completes taxi tests

20 June

ReleaseDestinus unveils hydrogen-powered supersonic demonstrator Destinus 3 at Paris-Le Bourget Air Show, sets course for sustainable hypersonic aviation

20 June

ReleaseWisk Aero selects Safran's SkyNaute inertial navigation system for its Generation 6 autonomous air taxi

20 June

ReleaseA new step towards decarbonizing light aviation: AURA AERO and Carole DELGA, President of the Occitanie Region, reveal INTEGRAL E, the full-electric version of the new-generation two-seater

20 June

ReleasePiaggio Aerospace, 18 expressions of interest submitted for the purchase of the company

20 June

ReleaseBoom Supersonic announces significant Overture program advances

19 June

Releasethyssenkrupp Aerospace and Deutsche Aircraft sign long-term agreement for end-to-end materials supply chain solution

19 June

ReleaseTCab Technology E20 eVTOL prototype officially released

19 June

ReleaseStellantis, Archer move partnership from ‘Concept Phase’ to ‘Execution Phase’

19 June

ReleaseA response from Canadian based eVTOL company Horizon Aircraft to the statement today on sustainable aviation from The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, at the Paris Air Show

19 June

ReleaseChanges to specification of SkyDrive's eVTOL aircraft

19 June

ReleaseSupernal and GKN Aerospace announce agreement for eVTOL vehicle aerostructures, electrical wiring systems and manufacturing innovation