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Stellantis; Archer Collaborating On Archer Manufacturing
The last two Archer eVTOL articles JF published hinted at the current collaboration between automotive giant Stellantis and Archer Aviation but now that 2023 has emerged we are alot closer to seeing the fruits of this collaboration. Stellantis has actually been working with Archer Aviation for the last two years behind the scenes. Their work together isn't anything that just happened in the last few months. Part of Stellantis purpose is to help with funding for growth for Archer Aviation...
G1000/NXi-Equipped King Airs Approved For IS&S ThrustSense Autothrottle
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved the Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) ThrustSense Autothrottle for Garmin G1000 and G1000NXi-equipped King Airs. These King Airs now will fall under IS&S's supplemental type certificate (STC) program. That STC is covering King Airs of the 200 and 300 series that are fitted with the aforementioned Garmin avionics setup...
Horizon Aircraft eVTOL Cavorite X5 Hover Testing
Another eVTOL prototype is making its way through the early phases of test flights. You may have heard of Horizon Aircraft's eVTOL prototype named the "Cavorite X5" on JetForums before but there has not been a plethora of news coming out of their development process. However, we are now reporting on the most recent developments concerning the Cavorite X5. Horizon Aircraft have now successfully tested the prototype at hover...
Ryse Aero First eVTOL To Fly At CES
Ryse Aero will be bringing their Ryse Recon eVTOL to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January. It will also be flying at the event and is a good way for patrons to see the eVTOL personal craft from the Ohio-based startup. The craft has been developed to be flown by pretty much any person with less than an hour of training and without a traditional pilot's license...
CAA Approves Test Flights With Hydrogen-Electric Powertrain
The Civil Aviation Authority in the UK has given ZeroAvia permission to commence test flights using a hydrogen-electric powertrain. The prototype hydrogen-electric powertrain has been fitted to a testbed Dornier 228 and an actual permit has been granted to ZeroAvia to start flying the retrofitted Dornier 228. Extensive ground testing of the hydrogen-electric powertrain has been carried out so far along with full review of the development of the program so far...
Air One Demonstrator Transitions From Hover To Forward Flight
The Air One personal eVTOL has now successfully completed its first transitionary test flight -meaning it moved from hover to forward flight for the first time-. At approximately 3:00PM Israel time on December 18th, AIR's full-scale AIR ONE prototype, loaded to full capacity of 1100kg (2425lbs), took off and transitioned to its nominal cruising speed. This is a major milestone for the company as it now looks towards Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conforming testing...
Pratt & Whitney Completes First Hybrid-Electric Ground Test
This week saw the first engine run which is destined for Pratt & Whitney's hybrid-electric demonstrator. Eventually that demonstrator is expected to make its first flight on a Dash 8 regional airliner as the test bed in 2024. The test saw a 1 MW electric motor produced by Collins Aerospace along with an unnamed turbine engine for a combined power output of 2 MW which is similar in power to the PW121 turboprop engine...
Joby Halfway Through Four System Review By FAA
Joby Aviation is continuing to make progress towards their certification of their Joby eVTOL. The company recently completed the second of four System reviews required by the American-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The series of System Reviews serve to validate the overall architecture of the aircraft and ensure the Company’s development process is on track to satisfy the FAA’s safety objectives associated with complex aircraft systems...
100% SAF Powered Flight For Gulfstream G650
The Gulfstream G650/ER model has been out of the news for a while but it is now back in the spotlight thanks to an amazing achievement which presses the aircraft forward on the sustainability front. Gulfstream can now attest that it has flown a G650 model on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Normally, jets that use SAF use it as a blend with traditional fuel -usually 50/50 ratio mix-. The aircraft is still utilizing the same BR725 powerplants by Rolls Royce...
Citation XLS/Excel Approved For Garmin G5000 Upgrade
In the last few days the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the Garmin G5000 flightdeck for the Cessna Citation Excel and XLS models. This particular avionics suite is fairly popular as an upgrade for some of these Citation jets. Honeywell Primus 1000 is what was in XLS/Excel models originally and the G5000 is quite the upgrade...
Hydrogen-Electric Airship Flight In A Few Years
A hydrogen-electric powered airship could be coming in the next few years thanks to a collaboration between H3 Dynamics and HyLight. HyLight and H3 Dynamics started working together several months ago in France. HyLight has now achieved the first successful hydrogen-electric flight test campaign in Milan, Italy...
Eviation Signs LOI With Air New Zealand
Eviation, the maker of the forthcoming all-electric aircraft the Alice has signed a deal with Air New Zealand that will likely see it deliver up to 23 of the type to the flag-carrier airline of New Zealand. The airline is starting to roll-out its Mission Next Gen aircraft program which will see the airline adopt several ways to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable...
Latest Update On BOOM Supersonic
The latest update on BOOM Supersonic is concerned with the engine and engine manufacturer of the powerplant for the new Overture jet. In our last update we provided information on the demise of the relationship between Rolls Royce and BOOM which at the time was the powerplant provider for this supersonic jet. With Rolls Royce out of the picture, BOOM was left with no major engine manufacturer to provide engines for their forthcoming supersonic jet...
Morphing Wing To Be Flight Tested On Citation VII
Airbus is continually investing in breakthrough technologies which will benefit future flight for both business and commercial aviation. The end-game here is to be as efficient as possible while being sustainable. To this end, Airbus is soon going to be testing a 'morphing wing' on a business jet demonstrator platform, a Citation VII in 2024...
Sabena Installs Leonardo Defense System on Global 7500
Normally this is perhaps news that you would expect to hear coming out of the defense industry. Countermeasure systems are usually installed on military aircraft depending on the application and some governmental aircraft also may be fitted with different systems but it is not the norm to see a Bombardier Global 7500 purpose-built executive jet have a countermeasure systems installed...
Airbus Hydrogen Fuel-cell Engine In The Works
JF published a news article on the 28th of November concerning the world's first full-scale ground engine test ran on green hydrogen which was conducted by Rolls Royce in conjunction with EasyJet. Further news has emerged regarding Airbus' efforts to develop a hydrogen-run powerplant. The commercial airframer suggests that it has been working on this technology and expects the technology to be in real-world testing by the middle of this decade. The is an Airbus A380 (MSN1) that will be utilized as the testbed...
Forthcoming Falcon 6X P&WC 812D Engine Certified By FAA
The forthcoming Dassault Falcon 6X is going to be powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D engines. This powerplant was just certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a few days ago. Naturally Transport Canada already certified it as well as the European (Union) Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The American FAA is now the third major regulatory agency to certify the engine for the Falcon 6X...
Global 8000 Flagship To Enter Service With NetJets
The Global 8000 will be the newest offering from Canadian airframer Bombardier and to kick off the new model's entry-into-service will be fractional ownership powerhouse NetJets. At this stage the company has made an order for just four of the flagship model aircraft. We say 'just' because NetJets is accustomed to ordering very large numbers especially for brand new models. Those 4 aircraft though will cost the company over 300 million dollars...
World's First Modern Aero Engine Run On 'Green' Hydrogen
Sustainable Aviation practices are continuing to ramp up and not just with the utilization of LED lighting and use of electric vehicles and equipment at airports or powering aircraft with blended SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel). Recently Rolls Royce made a test on a modern aero engine that was fed by hydrogen! It is the world's first known full-scale ground-test run on pure green hydrogen...
Latest On Lilium's eVTOL Progress
German eVTOL company Lilium has been working to bring its Lilium Jet eVTOL to market by 2025. As time progresses the eVTOL airframers need to transition from simply testing on a single technology demonstrator to expanding the test regime with multiple aircraft so the testing can be focused on different aspects across different aircraft. Lilium is currently on that trajectory with them making the push to secure nearly 120 million dollars from their existing shareholders...
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