Aerospace

Aerospace 10 Oct 2022

Clean Aviation coordinates with EASA, announces 20 new projects

Projects include new wings, integrate fuselage/empennage and H2 storage; collaboration targets evolution of industry standards and new certification methods.

Aerospace 7 Oct 2022

Volocopter conducts first crewed flight, deploys vertiport in Italy

In addition to crewed flights in France and South Korea, the company has successfully flown the Volocopter 2X, presented Italy’s first testing vertiport and explored the VoloIQ digital platform.

Aerospace 7 Oct 2022

Safran Nacelles gains Part 145 certification for nacelle repair site

Suzhou, China facility can now offer composite and metal MRO activities to Asia, Pacific and Oceania markets, including nacelles, thrust reversers and Comac 919 LRUs.

Aerospace 5 Oct 2022

Wisk unveils sixth-generation self-flying eVTOL

The carbon fiber four-seater’s autonomous flight with human oversight and simplified design sets out to meet and exceed rigorous commercial safety standards.

Aerospace 5 Oct 2022

Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket successfully reaches orbit, deploys customer payloads

All-composite Alpha FLTA002 rocket launches and reaches orbit from U.S. soil on only its second attempt, completing all important technical milestones including a two-burn maneuver.

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Aerospace 5 Oct 2022

Solvay-NIAR Manufacturing Innovation Center opens

Partnership is dedicated to enabling increased efficiencies and performance in aviation through advances in composites technologies.

Automation 3 Oct 2022

EHang progresses with type certification of autonomous EH216-S eVTOL aircraft

EHang enters a more in-depth review phase for the EH216-S with the CAAC’s approval of the Project Specific Certification Plan.

Aerospace 30 Sep 2022

Eviation’s all-electric Alice makes maiden flight

Comprising composite components and structures, the zero-emissions demonstrator provides Eviation with information that will lead it to commercial production.