Aviation Digest - Aerospace

PLUS: Boeing unveils advanced combat aircraft manufacturing plant.

Thursday 27 June 2024

Aerospace Digest

Civil, military and space

Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble

U..S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall cast doubt on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program in an interview with Aviation Week. Listen in as editors Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble and Robert Wall break down what we know—and what we don't know. Read more.

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Boeing Unveils Advanced Combat Aircraft Manufacturing Plant

Steve Trimble

Boeing executives revealed on June 26 that construction had started on a highly secure Advanced Combat Aircraft Facility in St. Louis.

NASA Awards SpaceX $843 Million Contract For ISS Deorbit Vehicle

Irene Klotz

SpaceX will develop and build a spacecraft to drive the International Space Station out of orbit after it is decommissioned.

GE Aerospace is investing in hiring 900 new engineers. By empowering the brightest minds, we're reimagining engine design and advanced aircraft systems, developing hybrid electric engines, and technologies compatible with alternative fuels. We continue to invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. Learn more.

KLM Cityhopper May Add More Seats On Its E2s And Take Options Earlier

Kurt Hofmann

With less flights possible in the future, several airlines are now planning to increase their Amsterdam Schiphol seat capacity with larger aircraft.

Aviation Week Marketplace: Ellwood Quality Steels Company

EQS Invests in New Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace (VIM)

Ellwood Quality Steels (EQS) based in New Castle, PA, has placed a purchase order for a new vacuum induction melting furnace (VIM) to produce premium alloys, supporting applications including aerospace supply chains that have increasing demand signals. The installation will allow heat sizes from 4 Mton to 18 Mton. EQS will supply material to support customer needs using the new VIM coupled with vacuum arc re-melting (VAR) and electroslag re-melting (ESR) using our re-melting facility installed in 2019. The VIM is expected to be commissioned in 2026.

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Boeing Dims Outlook For Future F/A-18E/F Orders

Steve Trimble

Boeing executives harbor little hope for extending F/A-18E/F production beyond the last scheduled delivery to the U.S. Navy in 2027.

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Guy Norris

Liquid hydrogen (LH2) may be the promised panacea for aviation’s journey to net-zero, but getting there is going to be tough—particularly for the engine-makers.