All aerospace news – Page 9
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NewsUS government selects contractor Peraton to lead air traffic control modernisation
The US Department of Transportation has chosen technology firm Peraton to serve as prime integrator for the Federal Aviation Administration’s comprehensive air traffic control system overhaul.
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NewsGulfstream completes maiden flight of G300 super-midsize business jet
Gulfstream has completed the maiden flight of its G300 super-midsize business jet, with the test aircraft flying for 2h 25min from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on 5 December.
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NewsUK MoD mulls funding for pair of Proteus concept demonstrators through Defence Investment Plan
UK defence procurement officials are considering investing hundreds of millions of pounds to fund the development of two Proteus uncrewed concept demonstrators for the Royal Navy’s 700X Naval Air Squadron.
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NewsUnidentified A350-1000 deal in November takes Airbus net orders to 700
Orders for eight Airbus A350-1000s from an undisclosed customer during November helped push the airframer’s net total for the year to 700. Airbus’s figures for the month formally list an additional 30 A350-900s for IndiGo – taking its total to 60 of the type – and six A330-900s for Etihad ...
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NewsJekta to begin flight testing scale model of hydrogen-electric amphibian
Swiss start-up Jekta plans to begin flight testing a 1:9-scale model of its hydrogen-electric amphibious passenger aircraft next month as it works towards bringing the PHA-ZE 100 to market by 2030.
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NewsFTC approves Boeing’s Spirit AeroSystems acquisition with Airbus divestitures
The US Federal Trade Commission has approved Boeing’s $4.7bn acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, requiring divestitures of Airbus-related operations that were already planned as part of the deal.
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NewsAvincis eyes doubling of windfarm support business as industry expansion spurs growth plan
Aerial solutions provider Avincis hopes to double the size of its wind farm support operation by the start of next decade on the back of its entry into the segment with the September acquisition of Danish operator KN Helicopters.
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NewsInquiry traces ANZ A320neo shutdown and similar incidents to fire-button pin flaw
New Zealand investigators probing an in-flight engine shutdown involving an Airbus A320neo believe the event is linked to overhead fire-control panel damage which could result in uncommanded activation of an engine-fire switch. The inquiry into the Air New Zealand incident, on 1 December last year, has highlighted five other similar ...
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In depthFAA ‘public charter’ regulatory crackdown stalls under Trump administration
US public charter carriers including JSX and SkyWest Charter appear temporarily safe from proposed FAA regulatory changes that threatened their business models, as the FAA reviews the initiative.
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NewsEve opts for two motor suppliers for production version of electric air taxi
Air taxi developer Eve has revealed propulsion details for its production aircraft, selecting motors from Beta Technologies and Nidec Aerospace in deals potentially worth $1 billion over 10 years.
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NewsAvincis and DHC partner on CL-series waterbomber support
Aerial services provider Avincis is to collaborate with De Havilland Canada on a series of initiatives to support the airframer’s CL-series family of out-of-production amphibian waterbombers.
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NewsAirbus cuts full-year delivery target by 30 aircraft
Airbus has cut its full-year delivery target to 790 commercial aircraft, down from the original figure of 820. The airframer – which had already been dealing with substantial backloading – acknowledges that a “supplier quality issue” on A320neo fuselage panels is “impacting” the delivery flow. Airbus has not detailed the ...
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NewsCanadian investigators cannot find cause of PT6 failure that prompted PC-12 ice landing
Canadian accident investigators cannot determine why a Pilatus PC-12’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B turboprop suffered catastrophic blade separation during flight, forcing pilots to execute an emergency landing on sea ice near Rankin Inlet.
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NewsBoeing CFO makes clear new aircraft development is ‘a ways out’
Boeing’s chief financial officer has firmly dismissed suggestions the manufacturer is close to launching development of a new commercial aircraft, stating that neither the company, technology nor market conditions are ready for such a programme.
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NewsSafran tasks new UK centre with electric and composite research for future single-aisle
French aerospace firm Safran is internationalising its technology research operation by setting up a centre in the UK – its first outside of France – with a view to supporting next-generation single-aisle aircraft development.
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NewsDirector of UK firm AOG Technics convicted of CFM56 engine parts fraud
UK law enforcement personnel have secured the conviction of a company director charged with fraud over the distribution of components for powerplants including the CFM International CFM56. The Serious Fraud office says the UK-based company, AOG Technics, sold the engine parts with forged documentation. Source: CFM International CFM56s ...
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NewsReaction Engines asset sale progresses as administrators continue talks with preferred bidder
Insolvency specialists handling the administration of UK firm Reaction Engines appear to be slowly closing in on the sale of the collapsed hypersonic technology developer’s assets.
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NewsEmergency flight-control modifications complete on vast majority of A320-family jets
Precautionary rectification of a suspected vulnerability on some 6,000 Airbus A320- and A320neo-family jets have largely been completed. Airbus states that fewer than 100 affected aircraft remain from the global fleet. The airframer had already indicated that most of the airframes would only require a relatively quick change of flight-control ...
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NewsUS airlines scramble to update jets as FAA prepares A320-family software order
The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing to mirror EASA’s emergency airworthiness directive requiring Airbus A320-family aircraft receive software updates before further flight, following a solar radiation interference incident that affected a JetBlue flight in October.
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NewsAirbus prepares early for A350F certification after drawing lessons from A321XLR
Airbus has embarked on early preparation for A350F certification, intending to implement lessons drawn from the approval process for the A321XLR. The airframer is aiming to secure European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification for the freighter in the second quarter of 2027. But Airbus head of widebody programme development Guillaume ...