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2021
24 March Insitu engineers worked with researchers from Washington State University and Protium to conduct successful testing of a hydrogen supply tank last July. The event marked one of the company's many recent efforts to advance fuel cell technology for unmanned platforms.

Boeing's Insitu makes hydrogen fuel cell progress

Insitu has completed the first liquid hydrogen fill test for its Liquid Hydrogen Flight Tank for the ScanEagle3 UAV. Fuel cell-powered platforms could have greater endurance, more power and lower noise footprints.

24 March The four-seat single-engine piston Il-103.

Hungary to host production of upgraded Ilyushin Il-103

The Il-103 project is intended to be just the first example of the export of Russian aircraft-building technologies to a European country, allowing aircraft to enter new markets with improved models.

24 March

ReleaseAeroVironment earns ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management System

24 March

ReleaseExperimental MC-21-300 aircraft flew to Arkhangelsk for testing under natural icing conditions

24 March Jérémy Caussade, President and co-founder of Aura Aero; Jean-Luc Moudenc, Mayor of Toulouse; Carole Delga, President of the Occitanie region, Romain Gareau, Sub-prefect of Occitanie in charge of recovery, Wilfried Dufaud, co-founder of Aura Aero; Fabien Raison, co-founder of Aura Aero.

Aura Aero unveils assembly line and electric aircraft line-up

Aura Aero plans to use its historic Dayde-Jeumont type hangar to assemble up to 30 small aircraft in 2022 and 50 in 2023. An electric 19-seater is planned to make its first flight in 2024.

18 March The upgraded V-BAT 128.

Martin upgrades V-BAT for expanded mission variety

The V-BAT is designed to make transportation and rapid tactical deployment easier for both defence and commercial application, assembled by two personnel in less than 30 minutes.

18 March

ReleaseAmpaire leads team to demonstrate electric aviation transport system under UK future flight challenge award

18 March

SE deploys super-thin wings for green airliner concept

The design is made of one solid-moulded piece of fuselage that is reckoned to be many times stronger than existing aircraft. The fuel is not stored in the wings but in self sealing bladders on top of the fuselage.

18 March

ReleaseAstro Aerospace announces Horizon Aircraft's 200th successful eVTOL flight

18 March

ReleaseHermeus teams with NASA on development of the fastest commercial aircraft

18 March

ReleaseHill Helicopters unveils online configurator and options for new HX50

17 March

ReleaseFalco invests in Electric Aviation Group

16 March

ReleaseAerovel raises $2.5 million to support continued development of its Flexrotor UAS

16 March

ReleaseVinata Aeromobility plan to raise funds for futuristic urban air mobility

11 March Dassault's Falcon 6X takes to the air. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)

Dassault achieves on-time departure for Falcon 6X

Serial number 01’s next flight will combine test activities with a hop to Istres, near Marseilles, where the Dassault flight test centre is located and the bulk of the testing program will take place.

10 March

ReleaseBeechcraft King Air 260 achieves FAA Type Certification as the newly upgraded aircraft begins new era of flying

9 March

ReleaseGeneral Atomics Europe consolidates position on the aviation market

9 March

ReleasePiaggio Aerospace for the Italian armed forces: a significant step forward in the P.180 Avanti EVO Plus and P.180 Avanti II Plus design

9 March

ReleaseArcher announces commitment to launching its Urban Air Mobility network in Miami by 2024

8 March

ReleasePiaggio Aerospace receives four offers to buy the company's business complexes

4 March

ReleaseAmerican Express Ventures makes strategic investment in Boom Supersonic to fuel the future of travel

4 March

ReleaseVenus Aerospace closes on $3 million in seed funding

4 March

ReleaseAeroMobil reaches a key milestone in the airworthiness testing of its latest model flying car

3 March The Loyal Wingman completed a successful take off, cruise and landing on its first flight.

Boeing Loyal Wingman uncrewed aircraft completes first flight

Leveraging Boeing's innovative processes, including model-based engineering techniques, such as a digital twin to digitally flight-test missions, the Australian team took the aircraft from design to flight in three years.

3 March ACCEL, the world’s fastest electric-powered aeroplane.

Speedy electric Spirit of Innovation taxis out

Rolls-Royce expects its Spirit of Innovation to break world electric flight speed records, flying at over 300mph. Its power system is likely to land the company a central role in future UAM programs.

3 March

ReleaseVolocopter raises €200 million in Series D funding round

3 March Turboprop engines make the Dash 8 suitably versatile for special missions applications.

DHC teams with PAL Aerospace for special mission Dash 8

The companies believe strongly that the Dash 8 P-4 will prove to be a market leading MPA and ISR solution. Based on the Dash 8-400, the concept has already attracted interest from Malaysia.

3 March

ReleaseGA-ASI's Avenger ER receives FAA Experimental Certificate

3 March An Idaho-based Bearhawk Model B with IO-540 Lycoming engine.

Bearhawk celebrates first flight and delivery milestones

The Model 5 is the only 6-seat purpose-built kit aircraft on the market, and the first in the line-up of Bearhawk aircraft to use a 300-horsepower engine. Its first customers have started construction.

2 March

ReleaseThree more Loyal Wingman aircraft to advance uncrewed teaming

1 March

ReleaseeFlyer 2 Serial #001: assembly underway

1 March

ReleaseRUAG International completes sale of RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH to General Atomics Europe

25 February

ReleaseC919 aircraft completed its first flight certification test

25 February

ReleaseEH216 completed its first trial flights over the Sea of Southern China to explore new scenarios for coastal urban air mobility

24 February The PAL-V flying car has become the first to finalise its certification basis with EASA.

EASA agrees roadmap for flying car certification

More than 10 years of analysis, test data, flight tests, and drive tests, have led to this important milestone for PAL-V Europe. In parallel, the company has started compliance demonstration to obtain the type certificate.

24 February

ReleaseJoby Aviation expects to see its air taxis flying above America's most congested cities in the coming decade

24 February

Pandemic sees aircraft billings down around 15%

GAMA's numbers for 2020 are not pretty. Its members' aircraft deliveries were worth about $4 billion dollars less than the previous year, with North America accounting for the majority of sales.

24 February

ReleaseJoby Aviation to list on NYSE through merger with Reinvent Technology Partners

24 February Work under way at Boeing's St. Louis, Mo., facility.

Boeing begins T-7A Red Hawk trainer production

Just four months after Triumph Aerospace Structures Red Oak loaded the first wings parts into an assembly jig, production of the advanced trainer has begun at Boeing's St. Louis facility

22 February

ReleaseSteadicopter expands the RUAV Black Eagle family

22 February

ReleaseAeroVironment, Inc. completes acquisition of Arcturus UAV

22 February

ReleaseThe newest unmanned complex ZALA VTOL is presented at IDEX 2021

19 February

ReleaseAgility Prime supports Metro Hop to deliver a safe, simple, and virtually silent aircraft without the runway

18 February

ReleaseAstro Aerospace announces the acquisition of Horizon Aircraft to propel itself as a leader in the eVTOL market

17 February

Leonardo flies Italy's first electric drone for heavy goods

The latest experiment in the advanced air mobility domain, “Sumeri: Si Salpa!” (Sumeri sets sail) project saw a 130kg drone transporting 25kg of goods via Extended Visual Line of Site (EVLOS) controls.

17 February From the range, the Dash 8-400 aircraft remains in production.

De Havilland Canada ponders new home for paused Dash 8 line

The Dash 8's site lease at Downsview ends this year, so an alternative facility will be required if production is to resume after the pandemic downturn passes. 500 employees are affected by the hiatus.

17 February The G700 has been put through its pces in the high-altitude environment at Telluride, Colorado.

Gulfstream's G700 passes key flight test milestones

The flight-test program will include a fully completed production test aircraft to evaluate the interior elements throughout the aircraft’s up to five living areas, including all-new seating and circadian lighting system.

16 February

ReleaseSpike Aerospace and Tech Mahindra sign collaboration MOU for supersonic flight

12 February

ReleaseEmbraer Praetor 600 earns Canadian type certificate

11 February

ReleasePipistrel makes significant progress with Miniliner designs for a new generation of zero-emission aerial mobility