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All News

June 22, 2019

Rolls-Royce Accelerates Electrification Strategy

Acquires Siemens' Electric And Hybrid-Electric Aerospace Propulsion Business

Rolls-Royce has entered into an agreement to acquire the electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion activities of Siemens (the eAircraft business) in a move that will accelerate the delivery of our electrification strategy and boost our ambition to play a major role in the ‘third era’ of aviation. The acquisition is expected to complete late 2019, following a period of employee consultation.

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Airbus And The Hauts-De-France Region Team Up For UAV Deliveries

First Assessment Of The Operational Potential Of This Type Of Delivery On A Regional Scale

Airbus and the Hauts-de-France region have signed a framework partnership agreement to assess the economic development potential of air deliveries on a regional scale. This agreement was signed in the presence of Xavier Bertrand, president of the Hauts-de-France region, Antoine Bouvier, Head of Strategy at Airbus, Alain Storck, president of the Hauts-de-France regional innovation and development agency, Jana Rosenmann, Head of Unmanned Aerial Systems at Airbus, David Taieb, president of the e-valley project, and Nicolas Askamp, CEO of Survey Copter.

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Qantas Backs The A321XLR With An Agreement For 36 Aircraft

Converts 26 A320neo Orders To The Newer Variant

Australia’s Qantas Airways Limited is backing Airbus’ new extended range A321XLR with an agreement covering 36 aircraft. This includes the conversion of 26 existing A320neo Family orders plus a new firm order for 10 A321XLRs.

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Boeing To Expand Investment In Brazil’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Industry

Will Collaborate With World Wide Fund For Nature And The Roundtable On Sustainable Biomaterials

Boeing has announced a $1 million investment in Brazil’s efforts to establish a sustainable aviation fuel industry. The investment will focus on initiatives that maximize social, economic and environmental benefits to local communities engaged in the development of feedstock that can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). In 2018, the company provided an additional $1 million to the industry’s efforts in Brazil.

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Corgan Design For Uber Air Skyports Adds Third Dimension In Transportation

Scalable, Integrated And Sustainable Design Provides A Look Into The Future Of Urban Air Mobility Architecture

At the Uber Elevate Summit, Corgan, a leading architecture and design firm, revealed their concept for the Skyport Mobility Hub, a modular, connective, and sustainable infrastructure for Uber’s eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) flying taxis.

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NGC Introduces LCR-350B Attitude And Heading Reference System

Joins The Product Family For The Civil Market

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Germany-based navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH, announced it is introducing the LCR-350B, a new Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)-based Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS). The LCR-350B joins the product family in the civil market that includes the well-established LCR-100.

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Boeing May Deliver First F-15EX Airplanes To The USAF Next Year

Would Be Engineering, Manufacturing And Development (EMD) Variants Of The Airplane

Boeing may be able to deliver two Engineering, Manufacturing And Development (EMD) variants of the F-15EX fighter to the U.S. Air Force as early as 2020, according to company sources.

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CAE Awarded Contract To Train U.S. Navy UC-12 Huron Aircrews

U.S. Navy UC-12 Aircrews To Join Army And Air Force In Training At CAE Dothan Training Center

CAE USA has been awarded a contract to provide classroom and simulator training for United States Navy UC-12 aircrews. Training will be delivered at the CAE Dothan Training Center in Dothan, Alabama, in addition to CAE training centers in Dallas, Texas and Morristown, New Jersey.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.22.19)

"We are at the dawn of the third era of aviation, which will bring a new class of quieter and cleaner air transport to the skies.” Source: Rob Watson, Director – Rolls-Royce Electrical.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.22.19): Unassociated

A radar target that does not display a data block with flight identification and altitude information.  

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.22.19)

Forest Service Aviation

The U.S. Forest Service uses aircraft for a variety of roles and missions, including personnel transport, research, forest rehabilitation, law enforcement support, aerial photography, infrared detection, and fire prevention and suppression.

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