Content Archive: July 2024

Aircraft

Air Show Lineup Channels Global Tensions

1,500 exhibitors and 80,000 trade visitors converge in Farnborough
Airbus A321XLR at Farnborough
Engines

RTX Pools Power Expertise to Accelerate Propulsion Breakthroughs

Collins and Pratt & Whitney push for progress with multiple hybrid-electric applications
Pratt & Whitney engineer tests propulsors for the STEP-Tech program
Maintenance and Modifications

Mammoth Freighter Launches First 777-200LR Conversion in UK

Full certification of the 777-200LRMF expected later this year
Mammoth Freighter
Engines

GE Aerospace Boosts Global MRO Capacity

Investments support growing demand for CFM Leap engines
CFM Leap engine
Aircraft

Germany to Build Brimstone Missiles

The precision-strike weapon will arm the Luftwaffe’s Typhoon fleet.
MBDA Brimstone 3 missiles
Aircraft

Boeing Ups Expected Demand for Commercial Airplanes

Market outlook calls for 44,000 new commercial jets by 2043
Boeing Market Outlook 2024
Training and Workforce

RAF Tests Inflight Augmented Reality Training

The trial involves Red 6’s ATARS system in a Hawk T.Mk 2
Representatives of BAE Systems and Red 6 pose with RAF officers in front of a Hawk T.Mk 2 during the Royal International Air Tattoo event held at RAF Fairford on July 19-21, 2024.
Aircraft

Harlow Aerostructures Bags Turkish Contracts at Farnborough

Turkish Aerospace and Harlow sign a letter of intent
Harlow Aerostructures
Engines

New U.S. Air Force Ops Platform Will Get Upgraded Engines

GE Aerospace Defense & Systems is pursuing new opportunities for its engines in military applications
The U.S. Air Force's Survivable Airborne Operations Center Boeing 747-8 aircraft
Engines

Trent Engine Upgrades Cover Fuel Efficiency and Reliability

The A350-900's new Trent XWB-84 turbofans will burn 1% less fuel
Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine