Pratt & Whitney discloses ‘new’ material issue on the GTF
Category Aerospace
GE NASA electric test airplane
In 2016, NASA announced its X-57 project. Then in June 2023, the project was canceled without a single test flight. NASA believes that even without any test flights, the program succeeded because it figured out how to solve numerous problems.…
Safran is keen to add Collins Aerospace actuators to its business
Safran Group expects that the acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control division from RTX will generate €1.5 billion in additional sales and contribute some €340 million to the pre-tax operating result (EBITDA). Safran and RTX, formerly known as Raytheon…
Airbus single-aisle MoM advantage shrinks
Vertical Aerospace VX4 makes untethered flight
Vertical Aerospace has recently conducted the first untethered flight of its VX4 eVTOL, flying on its own battery power. The flight was done at Cotswold Airport, where the start-up is based for all initial flight tests. Vertical Aerospace VX4 makes…
India Update with Sarin & Co.
It’s been about two months since our last call. During the interim, there has been a lot of Indian aviation news. We discuss the following items: Mega orders placed by India’s airlines at the Paris Air Show; Insolvency of Go…