All Aerospace articles – Page 86
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InterviewHow NTSB accident investigator Zoe Keliher shattered gender bias
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aviation accident investigator Zoe Keliher traces her aviation career to the day her father gifted her a flight lesson for her 15th birthday.
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AnalysisHow wildfire warriors are adapting to meet firefighting challenge
Aerial assets play a key role in the battle to keep forest and bush blazes at bay. From modified airframes to purpose-built aircraft, we look at what the latest specialist platforms are capable of.
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NewsEvolito powered up by ATI award and Electroflight acquisition
Electric motor manufacturer Evolito believes a recent funding boost from the UK Aerospace Technology Institute can help it maintain its technological edge in the sector.
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NewsAmpaire nets order for up to 250 electric aircraft conversions
Electric propulsion start-up Ampaire has secured a launch order from air mobility firm WingTips for an initial 25 nine-seat Eco Caravans – a hybrid conversion of Cessna’s popular turboprop – in a deal that anticipates a huge follow-on deal for up to 225 aircraft.
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NewsSix operators tentatively sign for nearly 250 of Ascendance’s Atea eVTOL
French aerospace start-up Ascendance Flight Technologies has disclosed letters of intent for 245 examples of its proposed hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft, known as the Atea. The Atea is five-seat, low-carbon aircraft which will go into production in 2025. Ascendance says the tentative agreements have come from six operators in the USA, ...
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NewsRex partners with Dovetail for zero-emission conversion programme
Australian regional airline specialist Rex Group is investing in advanced powertrain start-up Dovetail Electric Aviation and will provide an aircraft as a testbed for the company’s conversion programme.
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NewsBristow wins £1.6bn UKSAR2G contract and shakes up fleet
Incumbents Bristow Helicopters and 2Excel Aviation are to continue providing helicopter search and rescue and aerial surveillance services to the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency following the award of a 10-year contract.
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NewsDassault Systemes anticipates looming surge in widebody orders
Looming airline demand for widebody jets could leave Airbus and Boeing struggling to ramp production in the coming months.
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NewsCargolux commits to order 777-8 Freighters
Boeing has secured a commitment from freight airline Cargolux to order 777-8 Freighters, which the Luxembourg-based carrier intends to use as 747-400 replacements.
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NewsQatar orders 25 Boeing 737 Max 10, plus 25 options
Qatar Airways has ordered 25 Boeing 737 Max 10 and taken options to purchase a further 25 of the jets, throwing more momentum behind the largest variant of the narrowbody family.
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NewsAirbus broadens Liebherr A350 remit to more complex 3D-printed component
Airbus is extending its sourcing of 3D-printed components for the A350 with an agreement for complex lower cargo door actuator valves. The valve will be produced by Germany’s Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg, the firm has disclosed at the Farnborough air show. Additive layer manufacturing will be employed to produce the part, which ...
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NewsFirst prototype delivered under Wing of Tomorrow programme
A first full-size wing demonstrator developed and built under the multi-national Airbus Wing of Tomorrow programme has been delivered.
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News‘We don’t need to make a lot of noise’: Scherer on Airbus at Farnborough
Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer has defended Airbus’ aircraft order performance at this week’s Farnborough air show by highlighting its announcements across the year so far. Speaking as EasyJet firmed an order for 56 Airbus A320neo jets at the show on 20 July, Scherer insisted “it’s not a quiet ...
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NewsLilium partners with AAP Group for Nordic operations and outlines transition towards certification
Lilium is partnering with AAP Aviation Group to develop an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) network in Scandinavia that will see the Norwegian firm order up to 40 Lilium Jets.
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NewsEthiopian Airlines signals intent to convert Dash 8-400s into freighters
Ethiopian Airlines has signed a tentative agreement to purchase two Dash 8-400 Freighter – Large Cargo Door (F-LCD) conversion kits from De Havilland Canada, with two options.
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NewsEmbraer and Fokker Services to deepen co-operation
Embraer and Fokker Services are to deepen their collaboration on aftermarket support services, building on a co-operation dating back to a preliminary agreement signed last October also including Fokker Techniek.
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NewsAirbus to use hydrogen-burn gliders to analyse emissions and contrail impact
Airbus is to start test flights with a hydrogen-burning glider this winter in order to assess the potential emissions and contrail effects from a scaled-up hydrogen-fuelled engine. Two modified Schempp-Hirth Arcus-J gliders – one fitted with a bespoke gaseous hydrogen combustion engine and the other with a conventional kerosene engine ...
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NewsCollins produces 500kW motor for Airlander 10
Collins Aerospace has produced a prototype of the 500kW electric motor is it developing to power the Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 airship.
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NewsATR market outlook calls for 2,450 turboprops by 2041
ATR expects the aviation industry will require 2,450 turboprop aircraft over the next 20 years as demand for regional connections and lower-emissions air transport increases.
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NewsVertical Aerospace closes on VX4 first flight with ground tests in progress
Vertical Aerospace is readying its VX4 prototype for a first flight later this summer, having begun ground tests of the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.