Textron has been able to keep the vision of the Silvercrest alive after Dassault’s descion to haul the production of its Falcon 5X. The Falcon 5X that was in speculation of being produced was a 10,000lb thrust turbofan powered aircraft. According to an article from Airsoc.com it has been stated that the cancelation of the Falcon 5X was caused due to malfunctions with the oil fuel heat exchanger along with clearance controls in the high-pressure core of the engine.

SpaceX designs, a company who manufactures and launches advanced spacecraft and rockets, launched its first static fire test on its brand-new Zuma Falcon 9 rocket. The firing occurred at the Kennedy space center, located in Florida. This scheduled test launch was working towards the actual launch of the Zuma Payload for Wednesday the 15th. The test took place just outside the pad gate LC-39A. This particular Falcon 9 is under contract with NASA and was used the Dragon mission to ISS. Scientist from NASA will review the test launch that the rocket passed before its upcoming launch back into orbit. The falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket that is reliable and safe to transport satellites into orbit. This rocket is the first orbital class rocket that is capable of reflight. The reusability of rockets is one of the key breakthroughs that SpaceX created. With reusable rockets the cost of space accessibility will decrease drastically, allowing the possibility of humans to live on different planets.

GE has opened America’s first silicon carbide plant in Huntsville Alabama, where its product will be used to produce ceramic matrix composites used in aerospace manufacturing. The facility is estimated cost $200 million and will employ approximately 300 people. GE has diversified its hiring profile for the plant with engineers coming from a variety of backgrounds including petroleum engineering and consumer goods.

Over the years many new parts of the world have been able to obtain means of aircraft travel creating the need for MRO services. With all new required services, they are the many airlines have been able to capitalize on the idea. From previously only manufacturing parts OEMs have begun to venture off into the MRO industry to gain a new source of profit. Sources say that with the rise continuing to occur the market is expected to be worth over 95 Billion US by the year 2023. In the year 2013 it was recorded that the OEMs gained 50 % of their revenue from only manufacturing while the other half came from MRO services.

Airbus has its origins in Europe and the company designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aviation products worldwide. It is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally.

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) is an American leading aircraft established 7 years ago and its purpose is purchasing commercial aircraft through direct orders from Boeing, Embraer Aircraft and ATR and leasing them to its valued airline customers worldwide. Operating on average 2500 flights a week to 87 different destinations, TAP Portugal is the flag carrier airline of Portugal. The company owns 86 airplanes, 66 of them are manufactured by Airbus, and the rest of 20 by Embraer and ATR, operating on behalf of TAP Express. Therefore, Air Lease Corporation (ALC) and TAP Portugal have signed a long-term lease agreement for four new Airbus A330-900neo and one new A320-200neo aircraft.

Blue Air, the largest Romanian airline, has ordered six 737 MAX aircraft from Boeing Aircraft during the 2017 Paris Air Show. In addition, Blue Air has also plans to lease six Next Generation 737-800s from the Air Lease Corporation.

Avionics experts Rockwell Collins have teamed up with Airbus to apply their newest form of security system. The system is being said to be applied from here on out on the A350 and A380 model.  This innovative security system has been created to send messages automatically to grounded authorities in case of a malfunction of the aircraft. Sources at Rockwell have stated that if the system where to be triggered their position frequency would be enhanced up to every 60 seconds appose to the standard 15-minute period. The system will be transmitted with ACARs aircraft equipment to the ground “receivers.” Not only will the system be able to track the aircrafts position but other important stats that pertain to their exact location such as airspeed, altitude, and engine performance.

There was an article on Aerospace Technology which talks about how XTI Aircraft Company has a utility patent for the TriFan600 vertical take off plane which was issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Embraer aircraft announced today that their Legacy 450 mid-light business jet has just set the speed record on a recent flight between California and Hawaii. According to the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), the Hawaii trip hosted by AirSprint. AirSprint is a Calgary-based operator with Canada’s largest fractional aircraft fleet and was the Legacy 450’s launch customer.