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Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream To Expand St. Louis Completions Center

Gulfstream announced another expansion at its St. Louis Downtown Airport completions facitliy.
Gulfstream's St. Louis completions facility
Aircraft

Gulfstream G280 Cleared For Saint-Tropez

Super-midsize Gulfstream G280 biz jet cleared for operations at Saint-Tropez's lone, short runway.
Gulfstream G280 in Saint-Tropez (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace)

Jetquity Launches To Provide Aircraft Value Backing

Jetquity founders are looking to provide owners with certain in the residual values of their private aircraft even during economic uncertainty.
Gulfstream G650ER (Photo: Gulfstream)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Romania Firms Up First Watchkeeper UAS Purchase

The Watchkeeper X is the export version of the Watchkeeper UAS developed by Elbit and Thales for the British Army.
Elbit Watchkeeper
Aircraft

MHS Aviation Group Adds New Falcon 2000LXS

German business aircraft management company MHS Aviation acquired a third Falcon to support its growing charter operations.
Dassault
Environment

Barriers Snarl Connected Data's Full Sustainability Potential

Data is an easy way to boost airlines' sustainability efforts, but regulations and pilot unions could prevent this effort from reaching its full potential.
Brad Surak, Boeing Global Services v-p of digital aviation solutions
Aircraft

Airliner Backlogs Build Back Bigger at Paris 2023

Rising revenue flows could prompt a further wave of mergers and acquisitions activity despite supply chain strains and rising capital costs.
Avolon A330neo
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer to Open P2F Conversion Line in China

Lanzhou Aviation Industry Development Group emerged as launch customer of the Embraer E-Jets freighters in China.
E-Jet passenger-to-freighter conversion

IAI Improves Reconnaissance Radar

The ELM-2060P all-weather recon pod has proved itself in service with the Israeli air force. IAI Elta has now produced an improved-performance version.
IAI Elta ELM-2060PES
Environment

New SAF Facility Coming to Washington

Twelve Corporation will open a commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel production facility in Moses Lake, Washington.
Twelve CEO and co-founder Nicholas Flanders (left) and Washington Governor Jay Inslee toast to Twelve's new SAF production facility during the Paris Airshow
Maintenance and Modifications

AFI KLM E&M Sees Return to 2019 Revenue Levels in 2024

Job openings exist for over 1,000 new employees at the MRO concern over the next three years.
AFI KLM E&M
Aircraft

SkyDrive to Build Electric Air Taxis at Suzuki Factory

SkyDrive now intends to produce a three-seat eVTOL air taxi, which it will manufacture at a facility owned by car maker Suzuki.
A digital rendering of SkyDrive's three-seat eVTOL air taxi in flight
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

FCAS Expendable Remote Carrier On Course For 2029 Demo

MBDA leads the development of the expendable remote carrier capability for the tri-national Future Combat Air System.
MBDA remote carrier
Training and Workforce

Given the Opportunity, Women Could Fill Aerospace Skills Gap

Companies are investing in multi-pronged efforts to boost female involvement in engineering, but women still account for around one-fifth of the total.
Sophie Chittim
Engines

Honeywell Signs MoU with Aeralis for F124 Engine

Honeywell is offering its extensive product line for military applications, including non-ITAR solutions.
Aeralis modular trainer
Engines

GE Aerospace To Collaborate with Canada Research Council

GE and the National Research Council of Canada are collaborating on R&D for next-generation aerospace technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes.
NRC researcher
Aircraft

Production Red Hawk Prepares for Flight

The first engineering and manufacturing develop example of the Boeing T-7A has begun taxi trials at St. Louis as the program gets ready to take to the air.
Boeing T-7A Red Hawk
Aircraft

Embraer Engineering Facing Future Challenges

Embraer's engineering team is exploring a variety of technologies to power aircraft of the future.
Luís Carlos Affonso, Embraer senior v-p, engineering and technology

Europe Next-Gen Air Combat System Far from Settled

France, Germany, and Spain have made slow progress on their Future Combat Air System amid workshare tussles and timescale differences.
Next-Generation Fighter mock-up
Rotorcraft

Japan Signs for More Mine-Hunting Helicopters

Kawasaki Heavy Industries will produce additional MCH-101s for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Kawasaki/Leonardo MCH-101
Safety

Icare Selects Exail Simulator for A320 Pilot Training

Icare chose the EASA FTD2/FNPT II simulator to train A320 pilots and complement its future full-flight simulator
Phillipe Goetz, CEO Icare
Aircraft

First eVTOL Passenger Flights Set For Paris In 2024

Volocopter says it expects to complete EASA type certification in time for the Paris Olympic Games starting in late July 2024.
Volocopter eVTOL aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications

GE Tapped for Korea Marine Attack Helicopter Health Monitoring

Korea's new Marine Attack Helicopter will feature GE's health and usage monitoring system.
KAI MUH-1 Marineon
Engines

Wright Logs 1-MW Output With Electric Motor Generator

Wright Electric aims to produce a 2-MW powertrain that could power single-aisle airliners and will soon start new tests with NASA.
Wright Electric's motor generator
Engines

PBS and Ivchenko Sign MoU for Small Turbojet

A partnership between PBS and Ivchenko aims to build a new turbine engine for small UAVs and cruise missiles.
 AI-PBS-350
Engines

Safran To Create Four Electric Motor Production Lines

Five aircraft manufacturers have selected Safran's EngineUs electric motors to power their aircraft.
Safran manufacturing
Regulations and Government

S.S. White Tapped for Cargo Door Gearing on E-Jets Freighters

Heroux-Devtek chose S.S. White Technologies to provide flexible rotary shafts and 90-degree gearboxes for main deck cargo door drives on E-Jet Freighters
Embraer E-Jet Freighter
Aircraft

EcoPulse Hybrid-electric Aircraft Debuts at Paris Airshow

Daher, Airbus, and Safran are exhibiting their jointly-developed EcoPulse hybrid-electric aircraft at the Paris Airshow.
Daher/Airbus/Safran EcoPulse
Maintenance and Modifications

GPMS Names PHI MRO Services as Certified Installer

PHI MRO Services was selected as a certified installer for GPMS International's Foresight MX system for helicopters.
Pictured from left to right: Tom Neumann, president of PHI MRO Services; John Byus, director of sales at GPMS; and Joshua Perkins, director of maintenance Part 145 in front of helicopters in PHI MRO hangar
Maintenance and Modifications

Omni Earns Part 145 Approval for Learjet Heavy Mx

Omni Aircraft Maintenance, which has long supported Omni Air Transport's Learjet fleet, now has approval for heavy maintenance for other Learjet owners.
Omni Aircraft Maintenance technicians at work underneath aircraft wing