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Aviation Legend Harding Among Missing Onboard Titanic Sub

Action Aviation chairman and noted adventurer Hamish Harding is among those missing during a submersible trip to the Titanic.
Action Aviation chair Hamish Harding
Aircraft

Piaggio Claims 18 Potential Buyers

Piaggio's extraordinary commissioners received 18 expressions of interest for the purchase of Piaggio Aerospace and hope to sell the company by year end.
Piaggio P.180 Avanti Evo on airport ramp
Aircraft

Airlines Double-down On Fleet Expansion and Replacement

Airbus, ATR, Boeing, and Embraer all collected multiple aircraft orders on Tuesday at the Paris Airshow.
Paris Air Show 2023
Engines

GE, Clemson University Win $10M Ceramics Research Grant

GE Aerospace and Clemson University received a $10 million USAF grant to continue research on advanced ceramic-matrix materials.
GE Aerospace continues advanced materials research with Clemson University
Aircraft

Qatar Airways Bids Welcome to G700 at Paris Airshow

Qatar Airways is readying for deliveries of 10 Gulfstream G700s it has on order, unveiling the model during the Paris Air Show to Qatari dignitaries.
Gulfstream president Mark Burns (left) shakes hands with Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker at Paris Air Show static display with Gulfstream G700 business jet in background
Aircraft

Eve's eVTOL Order Book Swells to 2,850 Aircraft

Eve Air Mobility said it now carries the largest backlog of orders among eVTOL aircraft developers.
A digital rendering shows Eve's eVTOL aircraft with Voar branding flying over a city skyline.
Aircraft

Pratt & Whitney To Establish Engine Parts Maker in Morocco

Pratt & Whitney Maroc will manufacture detailed static and structural machined parts for various engine models in Casablanca.
Pratt & Whitney Morocco
Aircraft

Dassault: 'We’ll Build Our Own Cloud'

Dassault Aviation and Dassault Systèmes will collaborate on a sovereign cloud for Europe that will have particular relevance to defense projects.
Eric Trappier and Bernard Charle
Environment

Boeing Launches Dashboard to Monitor SAF Production

A new Boeing tool tracks potential SAF availability, underscoring the need to close the supply-demand gap.
Boeing SAF dashboard
Aircraft

Boom Adds Suppliers, Addresses Progress on Overture SSJ

Boom added Aernnova, Leonardo, and Aciturri as aerostructures suppliers for its Overture supersonic airliner.
Blake Scholl Boom CEO
Environment

Airbus Reports ‘Great Progress’ on H2-powered Aircraft

Airbus has also started to trial in-flight auxiliary power entirely generated by hydrogen.
Airbus hydrogen chart
Aircraft

Daher Targets New Hybrid Propulsion System

A new partnership with French start-up Ascendance is likely to spur Daher’s decarbonization drive.
Daher booth

Tackling the Hypersonic Threat to Europe

MBDA has been studying the technological challenges associated with countering maneuvering hypersonic missiles.
MBDA
Aircraft

D328eco and Nordam Advance Sustainable Flight Options

Nordam will contribute engine nacelles for Deutsche Aircraft's D320eco twin turboprop.
Nordam and Deutsche Aircraft
Aircraft

Wisk's eVTOL Air Taxi To Navigate with Safran's SkyNaute

Safran's SkyNaute inertial navigation system will support Wisk's plans to operate its eVTOL aircraft autonomously, with no pilot on board.
Wisk Aero
Engines

Monte Secures First Deliveries from ZeroAvia

Monte Aircraft Leasing has secured the first production slots of ZeroAvia's ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell conversion kits for regional turboprops.
ZeroAvia

India Underscores Commitment to European Collaboration

Members of the Indian delegation highlighted Paris Airshow 2023 as advantageous for displaying technologies and developing cross-border partnerships.
Neeraj Gupta
Engines

H2Fly Launches Higher Performance Hydrogen Fuel Cells

German propulsion pioneer H2Fly says the H175 family of fuel cells could power both new and existing aircraft carrying between 20 and 80 passengers.
H2Fly's H175 hydrogen fuel cell systems will power regional airliners.
Rotorcraft

The Helicopter Company Completes Rotortrade Acquisition

Saudi Arabia's The Helicopter Company has acquired global helicopter brokerage Rotortrade.
Company representatives from The Helicopter Company and Rotortrade shake hands
Maintenance and Modifications

Pratt & Whitney Signs with Awiros on AI Engine Inspection Tool

Pratt & Whitney launched an artificial intelligence-based aircraft engine analysis tool for GTF and V2500 powerplants.
Pratt & Whitney
Environment

Parker Aerospace Emerges Even Stronger Post-merger

Parker Aerospace has a broader aircraft systems portfolio after the combination of Parker-Hannifin and Meggitt.
Parker Aerospace
Rotorcraft

Billings Acquires Surplus Netherlands Chinooks

Montana-based Billings Flying Service has purchased six surplus CH-47D helicopters from the Netherlands for heavy lift and aerial firefighting.
Netherlands CH-47D Chinook helicopter in flight
Aircraft

Supernal Adds eVTOL Manufacturing Partners

Supernal will work with GKN and Qarbon to boost manufacturing rates for its SA-1 eVTOL air taxi.
Supernal GKN
Avionics

Canada Denies Ligado Operating Permission

Citing GPS interference, U.S. aviation groups hope Canada's Ligado ban prompts the FCC to reverse its 2020 approval.
Article image
Aircraft

Aura Aero Scores New Orders for Hybrid-electric Airliner

The order book for Aura Aero's ERA hybrid-electric airliner has grown to more than 330 aircraft.
Aura Aero
Aircraft

Tamarack To Install SmartWing Winglets on SkyAlps Q400s

SkyAlps plans to field a fleet of 14 Q400 turboprops modified with Tamarack winglets and upgraded avionics.
Tamarack Eco-SmartWing winglets
Training and Workforce

CAE Teams with Boeing To Elevate Pilot Training

CAE is now the first authorized Boeing competency-based training and assessment provider.
Boeing and CAE ink pilot training agreement
Aircraft

Washington State Invests in Hydrogen Propulsion

Washington state just made its second $350,000 investment in ZeroAvia's hydrogen propulsion R&D facilities at Paine Field.
At the Paris Airshow on June 19, 2023, Governor Jay Inslee (left) and ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov (right) announced a new investment by Washington state into ZeroAvia's facilities in Moses Lake, Washington. (Photo: Hanneke Weitering)
ATC

Honeywell Wins More SESAR Research Work

Honeywell will lead two research and development consortiums to modernize and digitalize European air traffic management.
Honeywell cockpit
Engines

MTU Will Produce Hydrogen Fuel Cells For Regional Airliners

German aircraft engine maker MTU is working with its new electric motor subsidiary EmoSys to bring its Flying Fuel Cell powertrain to market in 2030.
MTU’s EmoSys unit