The Covid-19 pandemic definitely hit commercial aerospace harder than other aviation segments, though the fallout on private and business aviation was not insignificant. The Covid-19 pandemic definitely hit commercial aerospace harder than other aviation segments, though the fallout on private and business aviation was not insignificant. In 2020, deliveries of private and business fixed-wing aircraft slipped about 10% year on year, with business-jet hand offs falling about 20%, according to...Continue Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring US operators to immediately conduct thermal-imaging inspections of fan blades on certain Pratt & Whitney engines after the recent PW4077 failure on a United Airlines flight. The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring US operators to immediately conduct thermal-imaging inspections of fan blades on certain Pratt & Whitney engines after the recent PW4077 failure on a United Airlines flight. The FAA’s emergency airworthiness directive (AD),...Continue Reading
Chinese urban air mobility start-up EHang has completed cold-weather test flights of its two-seater EH216 autonomous aerial vehicle over Beijing, as it embarks on a production capacity expansion. Chinese urban air mobility start-up EHang has completed cold-weather test flights of its two-seater EH216 autonomous aerial vehicle over Beijing, as it embarks on a production capacity expansion. Ehang discloses that it two EH216 prototypes flew five trial flights over Yanqi Lake,...Continue Reading
The US Air Force Research Laboratory is anticipating delivery later this month of the first major assembly of its Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator weapon. The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is anticipating delivery later this month of the first major assembly of its Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) weapon. SHiELD is an advanced technology demonstration programme within AFRL that aims to develop a directed energy laser weapon...Continue Reading
The company is under pressure to deliver improvements to the aircraft’s reliability and operating costs as the jet’s leading customer, the US Air Force, considers cheaper alternatives such as the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter or a clean-sheet 4.5-generation combat aircraft. Lockheed Martin is confident the F-35 stealth fighter’s operating cost will be cut to $25,000 per hour by 2025 if the Joint Program Office that manages the aircraft agrees to...Continue Reading
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