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LATEST NEWS
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Monday, December 5th, 2022
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Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Air Force have unveiled the B-21 Raider, the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft which has been designed to meet the most complex of missions. Its sixth-generation capabilities include stealth, information advantage and open architecture and the aircraft will form the backbone for the future of U.S. air power, delivering a new era of capability and flexibility through advanced integration of data, sensors and weapons.
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“The Northrop Grumman team develops and delivers technology that advances science, looks into the future and brings it to the here and now,” said Kathy Warden, Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President, Northrop Grumman. “The B-21 Raider defines a new era in technology and strengthens America’s role of delivering peace through deterrence.”
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The B-21-Raider will form one third of the U.S. nuclear triad, a three-sided military-force structure consisting of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear-missile-armed submarines, and strategic aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles. The B-21 is capable of networking across the battlespace to multiple systems, and into all domains. Supported by a digital ecosystem throughout its lifecycle, the B-21 can quickly evolve through rapid technology upgrades that provide new capabilities to outpace future threats.
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The B-21 Raider is named in honour of the Doolittle Raids of World War II when 80 men, led by Lt. Col. James “Jimmy” Doolittle, and 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers set off on a mission that changed the course of World War II. The designation B-21 recognizes the Raider as the first bomber of the 21st century.
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The Swiss Air-Rescue Service Rega has ordered a second batch of 12 five-bladed H145 helicopters to be operated from its mountain bases. They will replace the current fleet of AW109SP helicopters. This new order follows an initial contract for nine H145s, announced in March of this year. By 2026, Rega will operate an all-Airbus fleet consisting of 21 five-bladed H145s.
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“To effectively operate life-saving air rescue services in Switzerland, we understand that the ability to perform optimally at altitude is paramount,” says Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters. “The five-bladed H145 landed on the Aconcagua in Chile, a mountain that is nearly 7,000 metres high - no other twin-engine helicopter has ever achieved this feat. That is why we are especially proud that Rega has put its faith in the five-bladed H145 and decided to make it the only helicopter type in its fleet to perform such critical missions.”
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Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has signed a six-year extension of rate-per-flight-hour engine services agreement that covers the airline’s GEnx-2B engines on its Boeing 747-8 freighter fleet.
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“The rate-per-flight-hour engine services agreement between NCA and GE strengthens our partnership and will ensure our GEnx engines are covered into the new decade,” said Toshiaki Kobori, Managing Director of Engineering & Maintenance at NCA.
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NCA and GE have a long-standing relationship that began with the CF6 engine. Today, NCA operates an extensive fleet of aircraft powered by GE’s CF6 and GEnx.
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The rate-per-flight-hour engine services offerings incorporates an array of GE capabilities and customisation across an engine's lifecycle. Each Rate Per Flight Hour Engine Services offering is underpinned by GE's data and analytic capabilities and experience to help reduce maintenance burden and service disruptions for customers.
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JetBlue has confirmed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Fidelis New Energy (Fidelis) to provide JetBlue with at least 92 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Fidelis’ Grön Fuels GigaSystem™ at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge in Louisiana. This SAF is expected to be delivered over a five-year term with a targeted start date of 2025.
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Designed to be the largest and highest-efficiency purpose-built renewable fuels facility in North America, the Grön Fuels GigaSystem will produce an estimated 1 billion gallons per year (65,000 barrels per day) of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and other low carbon products. Grön Fuels further enhances its efficiency and industry-leading carbon intensity by capturing waste process heat to generate power, producing biogas from by-products and using its highly flexible processing capabilities to produce carbon negative SAF from a wide array of existing and emerging low carbon intensity feedstocks.
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“Carbon Negative SAF accelerates the goals of aviation industry participants genuinely committed to decarbonisation like JetBlue in a pragmatic and timely manner.” said Dan Shapiro, Fidelis Co-Founder and CEO. “We are excited to partner the Grön Fuels GigaSystem with JetBlue for the provision of carbon negative SAF to achieve its environmental goals.”
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Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of Pratt & Whitney, has released that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified the PW812D engine, designed to power the Dassault Falcon 6X business jet.
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The PW812D engine has shown exceptional performance during testing with more than 6,100 hours of engine testing, including 1,150+ hours of flight testing and 20,000 hours on the engine core. With the total PW800 family, more than 240,000 hours of testing and field experience have been conducted, including 42,000+ hours of flight testing. The PW800 engine shares a common core with the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine which has flown 15M+ million hours since its launch in 2016.
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Embraer has confirmed that Spanish airline Binter is the customer of the new firm order for five E195-E2 aircraft announced last week to be delivered in 2023 and 2024. These aircraft will be added to the fleet of five jets already incorporated as of 2019 when Binter became the first European customer of the E195-E2. The list price value of the contract is US$389.4 million, which will be added to Embraer’s Q4 backlog.
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Binter's current fleet consists of 24 ATR 72-series aircraft and five Embraer E-195 E2 jets, to which it will add the newly ordered five E195-E2 jets in 2023 and 2024. It is based at Gran Canaria Airport (or Gando Airport) in the municipality of Telde on the island of Gran Canaria and on the island of Tenerife, at Tenerife Norte Airport in La Laguna, Spain.
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Boeing has appointed Dr Brendan Nelson as new President of Boeing International (BI), who will lead the company's international strategy and corporate operations.
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The former Australian diplomat and government minister will succeed Sir Michael Arthur when he retires from Boeing in early 2023 after five-decades of service in the public and private sectors, including the past four years at the helm of Boeing International.
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Nelson, the second non-U.S. citizen to lead the organisation, will report to Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun and join the company's executive council. The Australian citizen has been President of Boeing Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific since February 2020. He will move to London to take up his new role, effective January 12, 2023.
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Maria Fernandez PSM will become President of Boeing Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific effective December 20, 2022. She will be the senior company leader in the Oceania region and board chair of Boeing Australia Holdings. In this role, Fernandez will coordinate Boeing Australia activities, lead government relations and direct the implementation of the company's strategy to expand its local presence and grow the business.
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Jet Aviation Basel is now approved for heavy maintenance on the Boeing 777 up to and including 15-year checks. The work scope extension required the company to invest in additional specialized tools and training for the Boeing 777 and was approved in late 2022.
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"The Boeing 777 is an important platform and we are delighted to be able to offer heavy maintenance on this aircraft to our customers across the region and beyond. I look forward to welcoming more 777s to Basel in the future,” commented Cyril Martiniere, VP MRO Europe and GM Basel.
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Jet Aviation Basel holds maintenance approval for over 50 aircraft types and is an authorised service centre for Airbus Corporate Jets, Boeing Business Jets, Gulfstream and Embraer. The facility comprises six hangars totalling over 36,700 m², with an additional 13,500 m² of workshops, and can accommodate aircraft up to Airbus 380 and Boeing 747s.
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