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Aura Aero Prepares An Electric Regional Transport Aircraft
Aura Aero is another relatively new company to the scene of electrified aircraft and while what they are seriously proposing isn't an eVTOL it is an electric (or even hybrid) regional transport aircraft. They are developing a 19-seat regional electric aircraft which sits just on the threshold as being a commercial light aircraft. The company with 50 employees will create an electric aircraft development center this year, increasing its workforce to 80 people by December. Its leaders believe that there is a market for electric planes with an hour's endurance for pilot training...
Lilium; ABB Partner On Charging Infrastructure For Lilium Jet
Finally there is news about vertiport infrastructure for the eVTOL sector. ABB and Lilium is collaborating to ensure charging facilities at vertiports are established for Lilium's seven-seat Lilium Jet. The eVTOL space is moving and growing with new a cadre of proposals and concepts being constantly added. Hoewever, there has not been enough emphasis on the infrastructure needed to support these aircraft when they are eventually certified. ABB and Lilium are striving to get their infrastructure up and running by 2024 which is when the Lilium Jet is earmarked to enter service...
New Upgrades Coming To The G280
A few days ago Gulfstream announced that the super-midsize category G280 executive jet will be getting some much needed upgrades. Competition has continually been stiff in this segment and Gulfstream is ensuring their offering in-segment is top class. The G280 model has over 220 examples in service flying around the world and that in itself is testament to the product Gulfstream has fielded. However, Citation Longitude, Citation Latitude, Challenger 3500 (upgraded Challenger 350), Praetor 600 by Embraer all give the G280 competition...
Cessna Announces Citation M2; XLS Updates At NBAA
Textron Aviation brand Cessna announced at the NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Nevada some upgrades and updates to two more of its Citation models, the Citation M2 and the XLS. Before you would have heard of the Updates given to the Citation CJ4 which resulted in the name CJ4 Gen2 well, similar ethos is being followed with the M2 and XLS. With the upgrades these models are now known as the M2 Gen2 and the XLS Gen2...
eDA40 Unveiled By Diamond Aircraft
Diamond Aircraft is looking to get in on the electric aircraft market. They announced that they will be offering the eDA40. Yes, that is an all-electric trainer from Diamond Aircraft. The company suggests that it has been researching electric and hybrid platforms since 2011 with aircraft such as the DA36 eStar and eStar 2 which were hybrid platforms. They also had a project called 'HEMEP' which was the world’s first hybrid-electric multi engine with lower fuel consumption (higher efficiency) and decreased noise pollution. Therefore the unveiling of the eDA40 should not be a surprise...
New HondaJet 2600 Concept Unveiled At NBAA-BACE
The Honda Aircraft company has unveiled something new at the NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas. The HondaJet 2600 is at the show in the form of a cabin mockup and at first glance it looks just like their current HondaJet and iterations. It is just a larger aircraft following the breakthroughs and technologies fielded for the HondaJet. We should note, the HondaJet 2600 is a concept and nothing that is going to go in production... just yet. Honda Aircraft Company is feeling the market out for response to the new concept before throwing money behind a certification program...
Honeywell Unveils Its Latest Avionics Flight Deck
Honeywell just unveiled their latest avionics flight deck for a myriad of cockpit types. It is called Anthem Avionics and it is their next-generation avionics platform designed for aircraft as small as eVTOLs in the Advanced Air Mobility segment to executive jets to as large as cargo transports. Anthem has a touchscreen interface and is connected to the cloud. A few eVTOL manufacturers have expressed interest to have this flight deck in their cockpits, namely VA-X4 of Vertical Aerospace and Lilium Jet of Lilium...
Gulfstream G400 Executive Jet Unveiled
Gulfstream just unveiled two new executive jets, the new future flagship G800 and the new G400. Most of the attention went to the future flagship but the G400 deserves some recognition as well. In fact the G400 is still part of Gulfstream's large cabin segment which pushes it to six aircraft (G400, G500, G600, G650/ER, G700 and G800)...
NBAA-BACE To Feature Advanced Air Mobility Section
The Advanced Air Mobility segment which covers aircraft like eVTOL type aircraft is set to have a starring role in this year's NBAA-BACE show. Before there might have been a scattering of concept aircraft but this year there is a concerted effort to bring more focus and attention to this sector. Quite a few manufacturers are expected to display their products such as XTI Aircraft, Bell, Honeywell, Jaunt Air Mobility Kitty Hawk etc. The NBAA-BACE show is to start on the 12th of October and run to the 14th...
Dassault Underscores Large-Cabin; Long-Range At NBAA-BACE
With the large-cabin and long-range segment of the industry heating up between competitors, Gulfstream, Bombardier and Dassault, the latter is underscoring its efforts in the segment with the Falcon 6X, 8X and 10X at this year's NBAA-BACE. The show will kick off next week, the 12th of October in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) and the company will have cabin mock-ups of the in-test Falcon 6X, the newly announced in-development new future flagship Falcon 10X as well as a full 8X aircraft to round out its large cabin offering at the show...
New Flagship G800 Unveiled By Gulfstream
The competition at the top of the large-cabin, long-haul segment between Gulfstream, Bombardier and Dassault Falcon has been heating up. Gulfstream is aiming to set itself apart from the competition with the latest announcement made by the General Dynamics company of a new ultra-long-range executive jet called the Gulfstream G800. Yes, their previous flagship, the G700 which is still in certification testing, isn't expected to enter service until 2022 and the company has already poked its nose back in front of the race with the announcement of the all-new G800. In fact, they also announced the G400 but that will be covered in another article...
SAMAD Electric Starling Cargo eVTOL
Samad's eStarling Cargo eVTOL has been receiving considerable attention especially since it has started testing flights towards certification. The aircraft is a fully electric vertical take off and landing cargo platform that promises 100 kgs of payload flying at 120 miles per hour with an expected range of approximately 220 kilometers. Samad is suggesting the aircraft can carry up to one person as well but this is going to be mainly for small cargo movements of precious and important goods like gemstones from the mining sector, medicines, mail, oil and gas field work...
eVTOL Aircraft From Honda
Honda is the latest to jump into the ring of the eVTOL for urban mobility/air taxi market. They did not say much about the craft actually but it will be an electric vertical take off and landing type. Based on the renderings we can see an eight-prop setup distributed across two booms and two ducted fans/props at the rear of the fuselage. It appears that the aircraft may well be a hybrid with the ability to run on hybrid electric as well as purely electric...
Comac Unveils Bizjet Version Of ARJ21
Comac is looking to cash in on the business jet market-share with the unveiling of a business jet version of the ARJ21 commercial airliner. They call it the CBJ, Comac Business Jet and an example will be on display at the Chinese Airshow in Zhuhai this week. It is not the first this manufacturer tinkered with the idea of creating a business jet. In fact at the Paris Air Show in 2019 it displayed a model which would have been the first time they showcased the jet outside of their domestic boundaries...
Airbus Launches High Performance Wing Demonstrator
Airbus has launched a new project which will be investigating technologies that improve and optimize wing aerodynamics and performance for any future aircraft. They will be using a Cessna Citation VII business jet platform in representative flight conditions. The demonstrator is another product that is being boosted by the Airbus 'UpNext' program. This is a wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary that allows for the fast-tracking of new technologies by building demonstrators at speed and scale, in order to quickly evaluate, mature and validate potential new products for future use on new planes...
ACJ Teams Up With Cyril Kongo On Special Edition ACJ220 Interior
A new interior concept for the ACJ Two Twenty is available thanks to a collaboration between Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and well-known urban designer/artist Cyril Kongo -who is otherwise known as 'Mr. Colourful'-. It would be no surprise then to expect this interior concept would have splashes of colour and vibrancy as part of the decor language. Remember this interior cabin is a special edition and not the regular cabin the average client would normally choose...
Explorer Concept Cabin Unveiled By Lufthansa Technik
Normally the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) is typically reserved for all things marine related in the superyacht industry. Often times you do see displays of helicopters and maybe amphibious aircraft designs intended for use with superyachts. Generally big widebody VVIP jets are not the norm however, at this year's Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) Lufthansa Technik unveiled a new concept for longhaul flying of widebody executive jets like the Airbus A330-based 330neo. In its VIP form as the ACJ330 the interior square-footage offers opportunities to tinker with new ideas...
GOL Signs LOI With Avalon For Up To 250 eVTOL Aircraft
GOL (Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.) with Grupo Comporte is making an order through a non-binding Letter of Intent for up to 250 eVTOL aircraft from lessor Avalon (for the VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft). Once the aircraft passes the certification hurdle GOL expects to receive eVTOL planes starting in 2025...
Airbus Unveils CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL
Airbus has used the Airbus Sustainability Summit to unveil a new larger eVTOL called the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL. The aircraft has been carded to first flight with a prototype in 2023. That would be followed by type certification in 2025 if all goes according to plan. The aircraft is a V-tail fixed wing airplane with eight electric motors and propellers. The cabin will take four passengers on journeys up to 50 miles at 75 miles and hour. "We are on a quest to co-create an entirely new market that sustainably integrates urban air mobility into the cities while addressing environmental and social concerns...
First Flight By 'Spirit of Innovation' All-Electric Aircraft
Rolls Royce has announced that the 'Spirit of Innovation' aircraft made its maiden flight. This aircraft is an all-electric aircraft but one that has the most densely power-packed battery setup of any all-electric aircraft. This has big-implications for electric aircraft going-forward. Warren East, CEO, Rolls-Royce said, "The first flight of the 'Spirit of Innovation' is a great achievement for the ACCEL team and Rolls-Royce. We are focused on producing the technology breakthroughs society needs to decarbonize transport across air, land and sea, and capture the economic opportunity of the transition to net zero...
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