Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Deutsche Aircraft (Deutsche) has delivered a D328 to the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), for a step-by-step conversion into a flying testbed. The procurement, conversion and use as a flying testbed is part of the UpLift project for research into technologies for the...
Boeing and Japan Airlines (JAL) have agreed a digital predictive maintenance solution that JAL helped to develop, along with extensive interior modifications for some of JAL’s 787 fleet. Insight Accelerator aims to assist airlines with predictive maintenance and...
Maeve Aerospace has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software and services, to aid in the development of Maeve 01 – its all-electric, no emissions passenger aircraft. “Maeve's experienced aviation team having the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of...
Pratt & Whitney plans to invest $206 million to expand the capabilities of its business in Columbus, Georgia, which supports commercial and military engine programs. This investment is expected to generate 400 jobs by the end of 2028, and Pratt & Whitney will...
CHC Helicopter has announced the launch of ClearSkies, the industry’s first “lowest carbon” rotary wing flight planning software, developed to enhance the sustainability of its flight operations. ClearSkies has been developed and tested in-house by experienced CHC...
Airbus UpNext has launched a new demonstrator programme to explore new architecture for the generation of non-propulsive energy by hydrogen fuel cells. Normally, the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is run by jet fuel, and this provides the energy required to power...
RTX (previously known as Raytheon Technologies, which now incorporates Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon) has announced significant progress by Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace on advancing hybrid-electric propulsion through the Scalable...
Pratt & Whitney has launched Percept, an advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-based aircraft engine analysis tool. Percept is a computer vision product that operates on top of the Awiros Video Intelligence Operating System (OS). Its interface allows users to...
Joby Aviation (Joby) has agreed to a multi-year agreement with GKN Aerospace, which will supply thermoplastic flight control surfaces for Joby aircraft. This collaboration was signed at the Paris Air Show and was described as a “big step” towards Joby’s goal of using...
Airbus and STMicroelectronics (also known as STM) have signed an agreement to cooperate on research and development about power electronics, to support lighter and more efficient power electronics, which will prove essential for hybrid-powered aircraft and...
Boeing has launched the SAF Dashboard, a tool that tracks expected sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) capacity over the next decade. The dashboard aggregates total SAF capacity announcements by suppliers on a global scale and can filter anticipated supply by production...
Guardian Agriculture, which is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming that already FAA approval to operate commercially, has launched a Series A fundraising of $20 million. Led by Fall Line...