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Lilium completes successful tests of its electric jet propulsion unit

Safran and MTU Aero Engines create EURA joint venture to power the next generation of European military helicopters

Safran Helicopter Engines and MTU Aero Engines have signed the cooperation agreement to create the 50/50 joint venture EURA (derived from EUropean Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance). This newly-created company will form the core of a larger program, which will collaborate with industrial and techn...

EHang delivers 27 EH216-S to Wencheng County and completes first passenger-carrying flight in Wencheng

EHang Holdings received full payment for the initial batch of 30 units of EH216-S passenger-carrying pilotless aircraft and has delivered 27 units to Wencheng County Transportation Development Group Co., Ltd. in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. It drives Wencheng’s comprehensive layout in the low-a...

Sirius Aviation AG and BMW Group Designworks unveil hydrogen-powered business jets

Sirius Aviation AG unveils two revolutionary hydrogen-powered luxury business jets: Sirius CEO-JET and the Sirius Adventure Jet. Developed in collaboration with BMW Group Designworks these aircraft aim to transform private air travel with eco-friendly alternatives, substantially reducing CO2 emissions. Alexey Popov, Sirius Aviation AG CEO commented: "The...

magniX launches revolutionary battery product

magniX announced the launch of Samson, its game-changing battery line. magniX Samson batteries have been designed for aviation and industries or applications that require high levels of performance, safety, and reliability. Samson batteries will be certifiable under aviation regulations, while delivering industry-leading energy density, unmatched cycle life, and patented safety features. ...

Thales obtains the first design verification report for complete drone system ever granted by EASA

Thales received the first full DVR ever granted by EASA to operate light UAS in medium risk, SAIL III. This DVR process set in place in April 2021 by the Agency aims at ensuring safe drone operations. Such a premiere strengthens the Group’s position on emerging civil drone market and represents further progress towards the certification of the Thales UAS100 in the most demanding conditions.&...

Safran enters into exclusive discussions to acquire Preligens, a leader in artificial intelligence for aerospace and defense

Safran has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire 100% of Preligens, a leader in artificial intelligence for aerospace and defense, for an enterprise value of 220 million euros. Founded in 2016, Preligens provides field-proven AI analytics solutions for high-end imagery, full motion video and acoustic signals. The company develops complex algorithms and software to analyze and automatically...

Archer planned San Francisco air mobility network connecting five locations across the Bay Area

Archer Aviation announced plans for an air mobility network that will connect five strategic locations across the San Francisco Bay Area - South San Francisco, Napa, San Jose, Oakland, and Livermore. Archer network is anticipated to provide unprecedented connectivity to communities around the region, allowing people to replace one-to-two-hour drives to cities around the bay with fl...

Skyports partners with Korea’s leading domestic carrier on vertiport development

Skyports Infrastructure has entered a partnership with Jeju Air Co., Korea’s number one low-cost airline, to support the deployment of vertiports for air taxi operations in Korea. The agreement formalised during a signing ceremony at Gimpo City, Korea, will bring together Skyports and Jeju Air’ complementary aviation operator and infrastructure expertise to facilitate vertipo...

Bell announced first flight of Royal Canadian Air Force CH-146C MK II Griffon helicopter

Bell Textron Canada announced successful first flight of one of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s modernized CH-146 Griffon helicopters, a variant of the Bell 412EP, under the Griffon Limited Life Extension project. Under GLLE, Bell will provide aircraft modifications to a series of the fleet’s aeronautical components, including its avionics systems, cockpit displays, engines, and se...

EOS-X SPACE will begin operating its space flights in Spain & Abu Dhabi in 2025

EOS-X SPACE faces the last half of 2024 in a decisive way to complete its start-up and mark a historic milestone for Spain in this incipient industry, which currently represents a market of more than 9 billion dollars in revenues. Kemel Kharbachi, company, founder and CEO, is finalizing the development of the Spaceship capsules, the necessary validation tests -which w...

French Army’s NH90 for Special Forces has started flight testing

Airbus Helicopters has launched the flight test campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being developed specifically for the French Army Aviation, to support special forces operations. The French Ministry for Armed Forces has ordered a total of 18 NH90s in the Standard 2 configuration. Flight testing will continue u...

Stratolaunch unlocks new flight capabilities for Roc launch platform

Stratolaunch has successfully completed a series of envelope expansion flights for Roc, the world’s largest flying aircraft and the company’s primary air-launch platform. The flight series occurred from mid-May to Mid-June, culminating in the achievement of a new operational altitude of 35,000 ft. and speed of Mach 0.63. All envelope expansion test objectives were completed to optimize...

Leonardo showcases AW249 helicopter next gen design and capabilities

AW249 next generation exploration and escort helicopter had its international public premiere at Eurosatory during an official ceremony attended by representatives from industry, Italian Defence and international delegations. The result of the strong collaboration between the Italian Ministry of Defence and Leonardo, the AW249 (designated AH-249A NEES - Nuovo Elicottero da Esplorazione e Scor...

Twelve launches Fuel for the Long Haul campaign setting new standard for sustainable aviation

Twelve announced the launch of its Fuel for the Long Hau brand campaign introducing a technology and company first market offering, E-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Twelve E-Jet is an e-SAF, which is a fuel made from CO2, water, and renewable energy, resulting in up to 90% lower lifecycle emissions compared with conventional jet fuel. e-SAFs use up to 1,000 times less...

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Do228 NXT launch customer announced - NGO acquires versatile turboprop aircraft for humanitarian and special mission operations

Following the successful first flight and Roll-Out of the demonstrator aircraft of the Do228 NXT series, German aircraft manufacturer General Atomics AeroTec Systems announced the sale of the first Do...