Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) C919 airliner aircraft. (Photo: COMAC) The conversation around China’s COMAC C919...
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Pictured is a Pratt & Whitney photo of its F135 engine for the F-35 fighter. RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney said on Sept. 22 that it is developing a new 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust class of...
Beehive Plans Altitude Testing Of Frenzy Engine For UAVs In October, Flight Tests In Early ‘26
First fire of Beehive Industries’ Frenzy engine. (Photo: Beehive.) Beehive Industries, a propulsion startup firm, said on Sept. 22 it’s ramping up testing of its Frenzy line of...
GE Aerospace, Kratos Begin Altitude Testing For New GEK800 Small Engine
The GE Aerospace-Kratos GEK800 800-pound thrust turbojet engine. (Photo: Kratos) GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800...
Boeing Moves To Relocate Super Hornet Service Life Modification Work Away From St. Louis
One of the first two Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with the first increment of Service Life Modification (SLM) improvements delivered back to the U.S. Navy. The SLM improves computing power,...
Draganfly wins U.S. Army contract to build FPV drones on-site overseas
The U.S. Army is getting serious about FPV drones. It selected Draganfly Inc., which is a publicly traded company headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada, to supply Flex FPV drone systems. But here’s...