Welcome to our second issue of the year, following our switch to a quarterly publishing schedule.
Our cover choice of a UK-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B highlights one of the major decisions still facing London after the release of its eagerly-awaited Strategic Defence Review. While no firm decision has yet been taken, the report hints that follow-on commitments could include the conventional take-off and landing – and potentially nuclear-armed – A-model version of the stealthy type.
We discuss how Boeing’s business recovery efforts appear to be paying dividends, although the airframer still has several certification hurdles to overcome on its commercial 737 Max and 777X programmes.
A pair of ambitious start-ups – JetZero, and Aeralis – are pitching their innovative designs amid efforts to attract fresh investors and launch customers, respectively, for their all-wing airliner and modular trainer products. And: why the US Army wants to accelerate its newly named Bell MV-75 tiltrotor programme.
With the Paris air show on the near-horizon as we went to press, our feature package includes updates on Boeing’s new safety drive, Airbus’s A350-1000F freighter, the Deutsche Aircraft D328eco, sixth-generation fighter programmes, and the Embraer KC-390.
Plus, we have environment and sustainability reports on aerial firefighting developments, and on a slowing of plans by developers to adopt hydrogen propulsion.
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The UK government has published its eagerly-awaited Strategic Defence Review (SDR), but provided only limited detail about many key future investment decisions.
JetZero executives say the start-up is ready for the challenges that come with building a large, radically different-looking composite airframe at scale to compete against the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers.
The service’s head of procurement for the tiltrotor says the service will make some programmatic adjustments intended to get the new MV-75 into service a year or two sooner.
An Airbus Helicopters H175 parked on an oil platform had four main rotor blades snapped off in strong winds after a malfunctioning rotor brake left the crew unable to tie down the still-rotating blades, UK investigators have disclosed.
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) is closing in on fresh investment from existing shareholders that should secure its immediate future and allow the start of ground tests of its hydrogen fuel cell powertrain.
Leonardo has outlined its ambition for the M-346 to evolve into a common training platform for Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) partners Italy, Japan and the UK, as it advances work on a major Block 20 upgrade for the in-service type.
Aeralis stands ready to drive forward with its groundbreaking modular aircraft programme, with the UK start-up saying that securing a first customer commitment in the coming months will enable it to deliver an operational advanced jet trainer early next decade.
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Broad efforts to improve Boeing’s safety culture are showing signs of taking hold, according to an internal report from the airframer’s chief aerospace safety officer.
Airbus is making progress on its dedicated A350 freighter, with workstations in Toulouse now adapted and deliveries scheduled to take off in just over two years.
Germany has a new commercial aircraft manufacturer which has now rolled out its first flight-test vehicle, but can Deutsche Aircraft deliver on its promises?
Europe’s three-nation Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme continues to make solid progress, according to senior French officials involved in the activity.
Changing weather patterns mean burning forests present an ever-bigger threat to communities around the world. What new platforms are coming on stream to help firefighters hit back from above?
The collapse of Universal Hydrogen – and Airbus pushing back work on its ZEROe concept – have seen hydrogen’s potential as a fuel source move to the fringes of aviation’s 2050 net-zero target.
Sarah Talucci, founder and president of 315 Aviation – a brokerage that specialises in high-end aircraft transactions – is working to expose more young women to potential career pathways in the aerospace industry.
The lighter side of Flight International.
With ‘sixth-generation’ fighter programmes advancing amid a drastically changed combat environment, old assumptions are being challenged, meaning NATO nations in Europe must move fast – and spend a lot more money.
