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Russian Helicopters Successfully Develops Helicopter Ditching System
Specialists at Kazan Helicopters have completed testing of an Ansat light helicopter equipped with a ditching system or emergency flotation system (EFS). The Ansat’s...
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J-10B Fighter Aircraft Debuts Chinese Thrust Vectoring Technology
A Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group (Chengdu) twinjet J-10B multirole fighter equipped with a Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (Shenyang) WS-10G thrust vectoring turbofan...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
China to Require 7,400 New Aircraft Valued at $1T Through 2037
China will require more than 7,400 new passenger aircraft and freighters, with a total market value of $1,060 billion (U.S.) or $1.06 trillion, through 2037 to meet growing...
News Test & Measurement
First Airbus A330-800 Airliner Goes Airborne in Maiden Flight, Enters Flight Test Phase
The first Airbus A330-800 commercial jet, flight test aircraft MSN1888, took off today from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on its maiden flight over...
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Air Mobility Innovations Take Center Stage at Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference
Hundreds of aerospace executives, engineers, scientists, and academics are gathering in London this week for Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference...
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NASA to Test Quiet Thump Supersonic Propulsion Technique, Measure Sound Levels and Community Response
NASA officials and engineers are prepping to fly the agency’s F/A-18 research aircraft over Galveston, Texas, using a “quiet thump”...
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GE Aviation and DM3D to Ramp up 3D-Printed Fan Blade Production for GE9X Engine
GE Aviation’s next-gen GE9X high-bypass turbofan engine is poised to be the most fuel-efficient jet engine ever produced by the company. Designed to power...
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Honeywell Wins $1.04 Billion U.S. Air Force Power Systems Contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace with an exclusive $1,036,726,575 performance-based sustainment contract to provide end-to-end logistics support...
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2018 Create the Future Design Contest: Aerospace & Defense Category Winner
DETECTING PLASTIC LANDMINES Hidden PFM-1 anti-personnel landmines are unexploded ordnance (UXO) devices that pose a difficult challenge to conventional landmine...
News Propulsion
Jetoptera, GE Aviation Collaborate On, Demonstrate Hover with Fluidic Propulsion
Engineers at Jetoptera in Edmonds, Washington, and GE Aviation in Evandale, Ohio, are collaborating on a 500 pound-force (lbf) class fluidic propulsion system...
News Design
GE Aviation Enhances Digital Thread with Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPEREINCE Platform
Creating a digital thread throughout the extremely complex process of developing aerostructures and engines can optimize an original equipment...
News Unmanned Systems
New Zealand Will Become a Testbed for Airbus Unmanned Aircraft and Space Technology
Airbus has entered into an agreement with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to develop capability in the country’s...
News Manned Systems
Aerion and Honeywell Collaborate on Revolutionary Flight Deck for Supersonic Bizjet
Aerion Supersonic in Reno, Nevada, and Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix are collaborating on a revolutionary, connected cockpit for the Aerion AS2, regarded...
News Manned Systems
Phase Three of DARPA’s ALIAS Aircraft Automation System Continues
United States Army pilots directed an optionally-piloted helicopter (OPV) through a series of missions to demonstrate technology developed by Lockheed Martin Corporation...
News Design
MBSE Is Transforming Aerospace Engineering, Systems Integration
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is taking off in aerospace engineering and systems integration workflows worldwide. Editors in SAE International’s Aerospace Product...
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GE Aviation Debuts Affinity, First Civil Supersonic Engine in 55 Years
GE Aviation engineers have completed the initial design of the first supersonic engine purpose-built for business jets. GE’s Affinity turbofan engine class integrates...
News Automotive
Early Growing Pains Have Not Stopped Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Engine Orders
Qingdao Airlines, a Chinese airline startup based out of Qingdao Liuting International Airport, is the latest airline to received aircraft powered by Pratt &...
News Power
Aerion AS2 Supersonic Bizjet on Track for Trans-Atlantic Crossing in 2023
The AS2 industry team – comprising Aerion in Reno, Nevada; Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, Maryland; GE Aviation in Evendale, Ohio; and Honeywell in Morris Plains,...
News Automotive
2050 Aircraft Engine Designs Go Radical, Part 2
The search for ever-lower emission technology for future generations of aircraft engines is actively progressing on both sides of the Atlantic. Tucked away on a modest-size stand at this...
News Propulsion
Researchers Work to Uncover Turboelectric Propulsion’s Unknown Challenges
The NASA STARC-ABL – or “single-aisle turboelectric aircraft with an aft boundary-layer propulsor” – concept is under consideration as one of the...
Technology Report Energy
New Four-Chamber Rotary Engine Could Supplant Wankel and Piston Engines for UAV Applications
The Wankel rotary engine has been an ideal choice for many owners and operators of small, propeller-driven aircraft. Compared to conventional...
News AR/AI
Maintaining the Data-Rich Pratt & Whitney GTF Engine
While telemetry has always played a crucial role in aviation, the volume of data that engine makers used to collect was relatively small. When Pratt & Whitney debuted its first engine...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
2050 Aircraft Engine Designs Go Radical, Part 1
The search for ever-lower emission technology for future generations of aircraft engines is actively progressing on both sides of the Atlantic. Tucked away on a modest-size stand at this...
News Manned Systems
Airbus, U.S. Airline Flight Test GKN Aerospace Hydrophobic Coating for Cockpit Windows
Officials at an as-yet-unnamed airline in the U.S. is assessing a new hydrophobic coating developed by GKN Aerospace materials science and engineering...
News Imaging
Curtiss-Wright Upgrades AVDU Rugged LCD Touchscreen Display Software for Greater Flexibility, Reliability
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division in Ashburn, Va., has enhanced its range of Advanced Video Display Units (AVDU)...
News Software
SES to Outfit Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopters with Unitech Composites Weapons Pylons
Unitech Composites, a Unitech Aerospace company in Hayden, Idaho, is providing its Lightweight Armament Support Structure (LASS) composite weapons...
News Energy
Zwick Roell Provides Flexible Materials Testing over a Wide Temperature Range
Materials research and development frequently require materials to be tested at different temperatures, in line with their eventual area of use. For aerospace...
News Imaging
Airbus Aerial Harnesses Satellites, UAS, Helicopters, Data Analytics, and AI to Support Hurricane Recovery Efforts
As the third strongest storm in the U.S. was striking the East Coast, Airbus Aerial technology was providing around-the-clock...
News Regulations/Standards
Ensuring Aircraft Safety Requires Right Wheel Inspection Equipment
To ensure safe aircraft takeoffs and landings, one of the most vital areas to inspect for possible fatigue cracking and heat damage is the wheel bead seat. Comprehensive...
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