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Electron charges ahead with ambitions for all-electric five-seater
Dutch electric aircraft start-up Electron Aerospace is pressing ahead with a goal of securing certification and entry into service by 2028 for its five-seater Electron 5 aircraft but concedes the timing hinges on securing additional funding.
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Lilium wins 20-unit deal from Florida start-up UrbanLink
Lilium has secured a 20-unit order for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) Lilium Jet from Florida-based start-up UrbanLink.
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Etihad engineering arm and other MRO entities absorbed by Abu Dhabi Aviation
Middle Eastern service provider Abu Dhabi Aviation has acquired Etihad Engineering as well as Advanced Military MRO Centre, plus a 50% stake in Global Aerospace Logistics, to establish an operation with broad range of capabilities. It is taking the stakes from Abu Dhabi investment holding ADQ which, in turn, will ...
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Emirates expanding cabin retrofit to cover 110 A380s and over 80 777s
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to expand a cabin refurbishment programme to cover a total of 110 Airbus A380s.
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An-2-based drone completes cross-sea flight carrying seeds
An unmanned Chinese aircraft has carried out the country’s first cross-sea flight of a cargo drone between two provinces.
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Magnix names Reed Macdonald as new CEO
Electric propulsion developer Magnix has named longtime avionics and finance executive Reed Macdonald as its next chief executive, filling a role held until recently by former Rolls-Royce executive Nuno Taborda.
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Pyka reveals militarised version of Pelican cargo UAV
Electric aircraft start-up Pyka is expanding into the defence realm, teaming with defence systems provider Sierra Nevada to offer a militarised version of the company’s Pelican uncrewed cargo aircraft.
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NetJets behind a 12-strong Challenger 3500 order revealed by Bombardier last year
Bombardier has disclosed that charter aircraft operator NetJets was the customer behind an order for 12 Challenger 3500 business jets landed by Bombardier last year.
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SecInt Group details expansion plan on back of Polish acquisition
Uncrewed systems and surveillance specialist SecInt Group is promising to introduce a range of new and upgraded products as it builds on the recent acquisition of Polish aircraft manufacturer Marganski & Myslowski Aviation (MMA).
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Joby wraps up flight testing with pre-production eVTOL prototype
US air taxi start-up Joby Aviation has concluded the pre-production flight test programme that it launched four years ago, now transitioning into a production-focused phase of development.
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Textron consolidates parts distribution operations in Wichita
Textron Aviation has unveiled a massive expansion of its distribution facility in Kansas to support thousands of Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft operating globally.
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UK MoD must find use for wing technology from axed Mosquito project, argues Spirit executive
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has so far missed the opportunity of utilising advanced manufacturing technologies developed through a cancelled unmanned aircraft demonstrator programme in future products, a leading supplier has argued. Speaking as part of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s inquiry into defence spending in the country on ...
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Blade release due to manufacturing defect doomed VX4 prototype, says UK AAIB
Vertical Aerospace’s initial VX4 prototype was written off after the failure of a propeller blade due to a manufacturing fault which led to a loss of thrust from two of the aircraft’s remaining electric motors, ultimately causing it to impact the ground with a high rate of descent, UK investigators have determined.
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Airbus Helicopters adds to H145M backlog with six-unit Brunei deal
Brunei has ordered six Airbus Helicopters H145M light-twins for operation by the Asian nation’s air force.
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Prototype ‘Russified’ SJ-100 flown to Zhukovsky for flight-test campaign
United Aircraft has transferred the prototype import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100 to Moscow’s Gromov institute for flight certification testing. The twinjet flew from the assembly plant at Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Moscow Zhukovsky airport, with an intermediate stop in Novosibirsk. United Aircraft says factory development testing has been completed. Although the aircraft is designed ...
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ExecuJet inaugurates Malaysia’s largest business jet MRO hangar
ExecuJet MRO Services has formally inaugurated Malaysia’s largest business jet maintenance facility at Kuala Lumpur’s Subang airport.
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Bombardier unlikely to develop clean-sheet jet this decade: CEO
Bombardier chief executive Eric Martel has largely ruled out the airframer developing a clean-sheet aircraft for at least the rest of the decade, saying competitive dynamics and technological advancements do not support such a move.
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Bombardier to keep jet delivery rates flat this decade as other businesses expand
Bombardier expects its aircraft delivery rate will remain largely flat for much of this decade but anticipates significant revenue gains from its defence and aftermarket businesses.
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Bombardier brings new Global production site in Toronto fully online
Bombardier on 1 May marked the opening of its new Global business jet production site at Toronto Pearson International airport, completing a transition started several years ago as part of a broader business restructuring.
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Elysian unveils advisory board drawn from across the ‘aviation ecosystem’
Dutch start-up Elysian Aircraft – which hopes to develop a battery-powered 90-seat airliner called the E9X – has added a swathe of senior executives to its advisory board.