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Stratolaunch Talon-A To Boost Capabilities With New Ursa Major Contract
JF has covered the efforts of Stratolaunch with their Talon-A hypersonic vehicle. Earlier this year the company had already notched 2 hypersonic flights with the Talon-A. However, with hypersonic competition coming from places like China the United States has to bolster and boost its hypersonic endeavours. To this end, Ursa Major was awarded a 32.9 million dollar contract to develop and deliver 16 upgraded Hadley H13 engines to Stratolaunch...
Joby Achieves Its First Piloted Flight Between Two Public Airports
As Joby Aviation continues on its path to maturity of the commercial operations of its business and then Joby eVTOL, the company completed a major step in that direction. Recently, Joby conducted and achieved its first piloted eVTOL flight between two public airports. You might remember not too long ago, BETA Technologies had its ALIA CX300 fly to the JFK Airport in New York...
Phantom 3500 By Otto Aviation To Be Built In Florida
Otto Aviation has been in the news alot recently and this time it is regarding where they plan to build the aircraft. It is suggested that the Phantom 3500 will be built in Florida as the airframer is set to move its operations to Florida from Texas...
TriFan 600 By XTI Aerospace
The TriFan 600 has been under development since 2013 and it is now 2025 and there has not been that much tangible information on the progress of this project. However, recent news from the airframer has shed new light on the progress of this aircraft. Just this past Friday in a quarterly financial report XTI Aerospace suggested the program is having 'steady' progress...
U.S Aircraft Deliveries Halted By Pilatus Aircraft
As United States tariffs take grip, some airframers are having to reconsider how they conduct specific business. Pilatus Aircraft is one of those companies and as a reconsideration, the airframer has decided to halt delivery of aircraft to the United States as a temporary measure. This naturally affects their turboprop single, the PC-12 and their versatile executive jet, the PC-24 as there is now a 39% tariff on Swiss imports...
Epic E1000-Line Now Can Install Garmin GWX8000 StormOptix Radar
Recently, JF published an article on the FAA certification of the newest variant of the E1000 from Epic Aircraft, the E1000AX. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-epic-e1000-ax-receives-faa-certification.5094/ ...
Interior Revamp For Cessna Grand Caravan EX
Last month Textron Aviation announced a revamped interior for its workhorse Grand Caravan EX. The aircraft is mainly known for its use as a utility or commuter aircraft. In its commuter style-arrangement the interior is relatively basic. Textron are now offering the option to have a more executive style interior especially relating to the seat finishing and styles...
Newest Technical Training Center Opened By Gulfstream
Gulfstream not only manufactures the latest in executive aircraft but they also provide the service support as well as training for its specialized workforce. To this end, the company has been building out its Technical Training Centers (TTC). Earlier this month the airframer announced that it had opened its latest TTC in Mesa, Arizona which represents its second facility...
First Joby Aviation TIA Aircraft Being Assembled
In another step that brings Joby Aviation closer to getting their eVTOL certified and into service, the airframer has now their first conforming aircraft that will serve as a Type Inspection Authorization specimen. This is highly important to commence conforming certification testing. Joby expects to start flying the TIA aircraft later this year ahead of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilots who are expected to fly the aircraft early in 2026...
'Year-End' For First Prototype Flight From Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility is continuing to push ahead with its eVTOL ambitions for fielding the Eve-100 with its first flight. It appears they are targeting the end of 2025 for the first flight but the road has not been easy with the company posting second quarter losses that have jumped from $36.4 million to $64.7 million. The Embraer-backed company will actually aim to fly an engineering prototype by the end of the year. This aircraft will not have the updated wing and propeller designs...
Textron News From 2025 LABACE
The Latin America Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition is currently underway in São Paulo, Brazil running from the 5th of August to the 7th. Textron Aviation is one of the many manufacturers and OEMs that are attending the show this year and here are some of the news coming out of the show from Textron. The Cessna SkyCourier has made its show debut at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE) in São Paulo. Cessna announced the first order from Brazil for the Citation Longitude...
Falcon 10X First Flight A Mystery; Falcon 6X Expands Performance Capabilities
JF has not published any news regarding the future Dassault Falcon 10X and its 10X powerplant in a while. Rolls Royce, the manufacturer of the Pearl 10X that has been developed for the Falcon 10X suggested that it has filed all data related to the certification of the engine. Rolls Royce completed their testing work nearly since this same time last year...
Beechcraft M-346N Fielded For U.S Navy Trainer Request
The United States Navy is currently looking for trainer aircraft for the UJTS Program. The U.S. Navy Undergraduate Jet Training System is the target institution. The Navy has released several Requests for Information related to an upcoming Request for Proposals for a new aircraft for the UJTS program. Textron has therefore fielded their Beechcraft M-346N as a "Ready-Now" trainer for the program...
Horizon Aircraft; ZeroAvia Collaboration To Spawn Hydrogen-electric Powered Craft
We know ZeroAvia and Horizon Aircraft in their respective exploits in the Hydrogen propulsion and electric eVTOL spaces respectively. These two companies have now agreed to join forces in the creation of hydrogen-electric vertical take off and landing aircraft. Horizon already have their Cavorite X7 eVTOL and ZeroAvia has been actively testing a Dornier 228 testbed...
SLI Signs For BETA Technologies CX300
SLI or Space Leasing International, part of the Libra Group is best known for their work in the space industry particularly in the provision of asset financing solutions for satellites and ground stations. However, the company is looking to broaden its leasing portfolio and none better than purchasing 25 CX300 electric planes from BETA Technologies...
World's First Tonne-Class eVTOL Delivered By AutoFlight
The Chinese once again have been first in regards to the eVTOL race. You might have heard about eHANG and their EH216-S autonomous 2 passenger eVTOL. They have certified that aircraft since October 2023. Now another Chinese startup has not only certified but also delivered its first specimen to a customer. AutoFlight now boasts of having certification for the CarryAll cargo aircraft. They said that it completed all certification testing back in February 2024. The testing involved 156 flights, exceeding a total flight distance of 10,000 kilometers...
Gulfstream's G800 About To Enter Into Service
With dual certifications from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) a few months ago, Gulfstream has turned their attention to finishing and preparing the first set of customer-bound examples for delivery. The G800 is the latest stablemate aircraft in Gulfstream's lineup coming to market after the G700...
TBM 700 Soon To Have Optional Powerplant Upgrade
Blackhawk Aerospace are known as the modification specialist and one of their recent projects has been working to upgrade the power for the TBM 700. If the PT6A-66D they are working on is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) then it would be an option to replace the factory 700-shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64. This would give the TBM 700 850-shp powerplant that would essentially bring it more in-line with the TBM 850 model...
FAA Certification Granted For Epic E1000 AX
Earlier this year, JF alerted you to the Epic E1000 AX variant from Epic Aircraft. The company previously had the GX variant of the E1000 and the AX variant now represents the latest and best from this flagship model. Epic Aircraft just announced that the latest variant has now been granted Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification...
Taxi Trials Have Commenced For NASA's X-59
The last time JF explored the latest news that was happening with the NASA X-59 Quesst project it was related to the prototype concluding its Ground Engine testing. This was a major hurdle in pushing the program towards the first flight. However, before the first flight can be achieved, they have to conduct first, slow taxi trials and then work their way up to high speed taxi runs...
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