All aerospace news – Page 284
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NewsMoscow air show MAKS to proceed despite Paris 2021 axe
Organisers of the Russian MAKS-2021 Moscow air show are pressing ahead with the event despite the cancellation of the Paris air show, due to be held a month earlier. The Russian show is scheduled to be held on 20-25 July next year at the Zhukovsky airfield. Organiser Aviasalon claims that ...
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NewsRolls-Royce continues Trent XWB blade-wear tests
Rolls-Royce has completed inspections of high-cycle Trent XWB-84 engines for premature wear on intermediate-pressure compressor blades, but has yet to fully determine the cause.
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NewsRolls-Royce restructuring efforts continue as air travel recovery stutters
Rolls-Royce is maintaining its financial guidance as it expects to turn cash flow positive in the second half of next year and reports ’good progress’ on meeting its cost-saving targets.
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NewsFalklands receive new Britten-Norman Islander
The Falkland Islands government has taken delivery of a new Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander, supplementing a fleet of decades-old BN2Bs.
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NewsEcoPulse hybrid demonstrator passes PDR milestone
Daher has been cleared to next year begin assembling the hybrid-electric EcoPulse demonstrator it is developing in partnership with Airbus and Safran after the aircraft passed its preliminary design review.
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NewsPatents signal Bell’s interest in biplane tiltrotor and variable-direction tail rotor designs
A slew of patent awards for Bell over recent months – including a biplane tiltrotor, a pusher propeller drivetrain and an anti-torque tail rotor that can be turned through 90° – highlight the range of innovations potentially being considered by the helicopter manufacturer.
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News‘Sledgehammer’ sanctions on Comac will harm US more: think-tank
A senior advisor at a US think-tank has criticised potential sanctions against Chinese airframer Comac as being more detrimental to the US aerospace industry than their intended target, China.
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NewsUK risks friction as it drops tariffs on Boeing jets in bid to end WTO spat
Boeing and Airbus’s long-running transatlantic dispute over government subsidies to their civil aircraft development industries has taken a new turn following the UK government’s unilateral decision to suspend tariffs on the US airframer’s aircraft imports. The UK’s Department for International Trade says it has opted for an “independent approach” to ...
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NewsAmpaire demonstrates hybrid-electric Cessna on flight across Maui
Electric aircraft company Ampaire has flown its hybrid-electric powered Cessna 337 Skymaster on what it calls an “actual airline route”, between two of Hawaii’s islands.
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NewsIsraeli companies to debut at IDEX in Abu Dhabi
Move comes months after signing of Abraham Accords between UAE and Tel Aviv.
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NewsLilium partners with Lufthansa training arm to meet crew needs
Lilium has selected Lufthansa’s training arm to develop a programme that will deliver a pipeline of qualified pilots for its developmental electric air taxi, as the Bavarian start-up solves another part of its pre-launch puzzle.
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NewsVolocopter eyes air taxi services in Singapore by 2023
German urban air mobility company Volocopter has committed to commence air taxi services in Singapore within the next three years, with longer-term plans for cross-border flights.
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NewsGKN Aerospace signs aerostructures joint venture with AVIC, Comac
Aerostructures and engine parts supplier GKN Aerospace has signed a joint venture agreement with Comac and AVIC for the manufacturing of composite and metallic aerostructures in China.
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NewsJoby Aviation to acquire Uber Elevate
Joby Aviation has entered a deal to acquire Uber Elevate, with Uber to also invest $75 million into the California-based developer of small electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles for taxi services.
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NewsBoeing resumes Max deliveries as United receives new jet
Boeing has resumed deliveries of the 737 Max, with United Airlines receiving an aircraft on 8 December, the carrier confirms.
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NewsBoeing needs to develop a smaller mid-market aircraft: analysts
Competitive pressure will require that Boeing move forward with developing a mid-market aircraft. But that jet must be smaller than the concept Boeing had previously been studying, aerospace analysts say.
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NewsBoeing logs more Max cancellations in November as deliveries slow
Boeing recorded 88 cancellations for the 737 Max in November, and delivered just seven jets, as the coronavirus pandemic continued hammering the commercial aviation market.
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NewsSupersonic pioneer Chuck Yeager passes away at 97
Aviation pioneer Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager passed away on 7 December at the age of 97.
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NewsGermany’s D328eco will have longer fuselage, single-pilot technology
Deutsche Aircraft’s in-development D328eco will have a longer fuselage than the baseline D328, carry 10 more passengers and be designed for eventual single-pilot operations.
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NewsViking pushes back ‘formal launch’ of CL-515 water bomber
Canadian airframer Viking Air confirms it has delayed the launch of its CL-515 First Responder aerial firefighter aircraft, citing the Covid-19 pandemic.