The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has identified 313 aerospace businesses to be awarded $482.3 million in funding, with Spirit Aerosystems garnering the lion’s share at more than $70 million.
The grant supports an A$8 million program that will run to December 2023 which involves development and optimization of a quiet, efficient and lightweight propulsion system that increases the range and reduces the noise and cost of the Vertiia.
High-profile electric air taxi startup Lilium will become a publicly traded company Sept. 15 when its Class A ordinary shares and redeemable warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbols “LILM” and “LILMW” respectively.
Airbus Helicopters says it has achieved much of what it wanted to get out of its flight test campaign of its CityAirbus advanced air mobility demonstrator.
A series of large-scale urban air mobility demonstrations are beginning in Europe under projects funded by the EU’s SEAR air traffic management research program.
The FAA has issued research contracts worth more than $100 million to six aerospace partner companies and teams under the third phase of its long-running Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) Program.
VoltAero plans a second crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft on Sept. 13, flying its Cassio 1 demonstrator from Calais in France to Cranfield in England for a presentation at Cranfield University.
The RedTail Flight Academy celebrated the opening of a flight academy at New York Stewart International Airport and a partnership with Wheels Up, a private aviation provider, on Sept. 10.
Volato, a new entrant into the fractional ownership industry, is offering shares of HondaJet Elite S aircraft, with a focus on one-to-four-passenger regional flights.
For years, Wichita State University’s research and development arm, the National Institute for Aviation Research, has tried to recruit a large maintenance, repair and overhaul facility to Wichita.
Through its partnership with Western Technical College in El Paso, Texas, students will be able to transition directly from the school to the bizjet MRO provider's workforce.
European flight-training provider Bartolini Air has taken delivery of the first new CAP10C NG as launch customer of the re-introduced aerobatic airplane, which it uses for upset-recovery training.
Safran has successfully run one of its helicopter engines on 100% sustainable aviation fuel in a first step toward making the rotary-wing industry more environmentally sustainable.
Germany’s Becker Avionics and drone detect-and-avoid system developer Iris Automation have entered into an agreement to jointly develop a collision avoidance system for general aviation aircraft.
