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Major events in aerospace and defense during 2023.

Hydrogen is conspicuous by its absence from ATR's latest product development strategy that looks out over the next decade and beyond.

Ecojet has selected ZeroAvia’s ZA600 and ZA2000 hydrogen-electric powertrains to power its future fleet, ahead of the startup’s planned launch in 2024.

The bank joins Airbus, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and Saudi Arabia’s Neom Investment Bank as co-leads in the funding round.

The award by the innovation arm of the Air Force Research Laboratory supports testing of the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System and a hydrogen fuel cell.

Fan-in-wing high-speed VTOL; JAL eyes hydrogen-electric; China’s firefighting eVTOL; Wright hybrid-electric testbed; and Islander to fly 5G.

Japan Airlines is working with startups H2Fly, Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAvia to explore the retrofit of its regional aircraft with zero-emission powertrains.

Continuing airworthiness management organizations are adding new aircraft types and regulatory approvals to their capability lists.

Beta Technologies has applied for a $150 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to finance its electric aircraft manufacturing facility.

The MRO provider is developing maintenance training and support for advanced air mobility aircraft.

The panel discussion was held at the Air Charter Expo on Sept. 12.

Airbus and ZeroAvia have agreed to collaborate on certification approaches for hydrogen power systems and work together on key technologies.

Germany’s H2Fly has completed the first flights of a hydrogen-electric aircraft using cryogenic liquid-hydrogen storage.

Startup begins converting 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 to test a 2-megawatt-class hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.

Zero-emission propulsion developer ZeroAvia has partnered with UAE renewable energy company Masdar to explore the production and supply of green hydrogen.

ZeroAvia's radial compressor will support up to 900-kW power systems, the hydrogen-electric powertrain solutions company says.

Battle Creek Unlimited has secured $7 million in state funding to support development of an AAM park at Battle Creek Executive Airport in Michigan.

Both Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAvia are developing hydrogen-electric retrofits for the ATR 72.

The company will now finalize the design for certification of the powertrain and its installation on the initial application, Cessna’s Caravan.

Aging fleets, cargo conversions and sustainability initiatives are driving life-extension MRO work for older turboprops.

Dufour Aerospace has selected Switzerland’s Connova to supply the composite airframe for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft.

Propulsion developer ZeroAvia and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet Aviation completed a study that identified an initial CRJ700 retrofit entry point.

Lift Aircraft has delivered the first cargo module for the Hexa ultralight electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle to the U.S. Air Force.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week. Primary Category: AEROSPACE

Natilus has selected ZeroAvia to supply its hydrogen-electric powertrain as an option for the autonomous, blended-wing-body (BWB) Kona aircraft.