https://aviationweek.com/node en Copyright © 2026 Informa PLC. All rights reserved. https://aviationweek.com/node/4740936 <span>BCA Special Edition Newsletter</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/kylee-adams" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="kylee.adams">kylee.adams@in…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-03-07T23:30:14+00:00" title="Friday, March 7, 2025 - 23:30">Fri, 03/07/2025 - 23:30</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4740936&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="5TM_h-1NEKNFv_fQchc3cwCO-qKEzHLVNSpMw7JMons"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>Business aviation is soaring, and industry events are where game-changing decisions happen. Stay ahead with the BCA Special Edition newsletter—your exclusive source for daily event recaps, executive insights, and in-depth interviews—directly from the show floor. Gain insider access to emerging opportunities, market trends, and the key partnerships shaping the future of business aviation.</p></div> <div> <div>Frequency</div> <div>Daily During Shows</div> </div> <div> <div>Email Group ID</div> <div>211</div> </div> Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:30:14 +0000 kylee.adams@informa.com 4740936 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/selected-us-military-contracts-week-march-6-march-10-2017 <span>Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of March 6 - March 10, 2017</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="email_registration_qPH4cFMVam">user+1@localho…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-03-15T01:41:00+00:00" title="Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 01:41">Wed, 03/15/2017 - 01:41</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=2657401&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="uKs-aR4svCks8smv44psPLZR6Pa14m66obSjnmyDsQQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p><strong>Selected U.S. military contracts for March 6, 2017</strong></p> <p><strong>U.S. ARMY</strong></p> <p><strong>Blue Storm Associates Inc.</strong>, doing business as Pemdas Technologies and Innovation, Alexandria, Virginia, was awarded a $49,500,000 order dependent contract for the Atmospheric Sensing and Prediction System. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the contracting activity (W911NF-17-D-0001).</p> <p><strong>Selected U.S. military contracts for March 7, 2017</strong></p> <p><strong>U.S. AIR FORCE</strong></p> <p><strong>Kelly Aviation Center LP</strong>, San Antonio, has been awarded a $1,001,978,024 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for KC-10 engine contractor logistic support. Contractor will provide engine teardown and overhaul, on-wing support/contract field teams, and engine parts and logistics. In addition, the contractor will provide all support required to fulfill this requirement, including but not limited to labor, materials, tools, equipment, parts, and transportation. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8105-17-D-0002).</p> <p><strong>U.S. NAVY</strong></p> <p><strong>Avian LLC</strong>, Lexington Park, Maryland, is being awarded an $11,402,443 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide support for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Integrated System Evaluation Experimentation and Test Department (AIR-5.1). Services provided will include flight test engineering, programmatic, administrative, design, execution, analysis, evaluation, and reporting of tests and experiments of aircraft, unmanned air systems, weapons and weapons systems. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-17-C-0049).</p> <p><strong>Selected U.S. military contracts for March 8, 2017</strong></p> <p><strong>U.S. NAVY</strong></p> <p><strong>Sierra Nevada Corp.</strong>, Rancho, California, is being awarded a $30,995,905 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00174-09-D-0003) to extend the ordering period and exercise Option Year 6 for the procurement and support of the transmitting set, countermeasures AN/PLT-5, to support explosive ordnance disposal personnel.  The AN/PLT-5 is a man-portable system in support of the Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare program. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division, Indian Head, Maryland, is the contracting activity.</p> <p><strong>Vector Planning and Services Inc.</strong>, San Diego, is being awarded a potential $17,910,070 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide cyberspace science, research, engineering, and technology integration. Support includes innovative technology assessment and development; rapid software development and prototyping; enabling capability training; security engineering; and cybersecurity risk management.  This is one of four multiple-award contracts. All awardees will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, is the contracting activity (N66001-17-D-0117).</p> <p><strong>Selected U.S. military contracts for March 9, 2017</strong></p> <p><strong>U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY</strong></p> <p><strong>Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.</strong>, Sunnyvale, California, was awarded a $53,052,807 competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a 36-month period with no options for the Multi-Object Kill Vehicle Technology Risk Reduction (TRR) effort. This contract represents part of the Missile Defense Agency’s technology risk reduction strategy to improve performance and reduce risk for a gimbaled seeker assembly, integrated avionics assembly, component integration and testing, and an advanced seeker. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity (HQ0147-17-C-0002).</p> <p><strong>U.S. NAVY</strong></p> <p><strong>ViON Corp.</strong>, Herndon, California, is being awarded a $34,790,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Capacity as a Service support to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (Spawar) Headquarters, Spawar System Center Pacific and Spawar System Center Atlantic. The Capacity as a Service acquisition model allows Spawar to more accurately scale, up and down, its information technology (IT) infrastructure to meet evolving mission requirements. Savings are realized through no up-front costs and a “pay as you go” acquisition model, reducing waste usually associated with overbuying of IT equipment to eventually meet an expectation of mission requirement. Under this contract, ViON is responsible for providing on-demand, on-premise computing, networking and storage solutions for a variety of systems and applications for the command’s research, development, testing and evaluation core infrastructures, laboratory and data center environments. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the maximum contract value to $49,990,000. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, is the contracting activity (N00039-17-D-0003).</p> </div> <div> <div>Content summary</div> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Issue</div> <div> <div><a href="/aerospace-daily-defense-report/2017-03-14" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 14, 2017</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Article type</div> <div>Article</div> </div> <div> <div>Content source</div> <div> <div><a href="/content/aerospace-daily-defense-report" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report</a></div> </div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&1=2657401&2=favorite&3=rss" token="pLlGgyq53R0srMOj64ZIVxfOgtbBlHnfceNP76nG7m8"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div> <div>Exclude from lists?</div> <div>No</div> </div> <div> <div>Article sub-type</div> <div>Article</div> </div> <div> <div>Gating</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/856" hreflang="en">AWIN</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Publication date</div> <div><time datetime="2017-03-14T21:41:00Z">Tue, 03/14/2017 - 21:41</time> </div> </div> Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:41:00 +0000 user+1@localhost.localdomain 2657401 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/product-realization-pop-quiz-0 <span class="basic-page--title">Product Realization Pop Quiz</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/3620551" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="Will.Herth">will.herth@pen…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-04-18T17:42:07+00:00" title="Monday, April 18, 2016 - 17:42">Mon, 04/18/2016 - 17:42</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div> </div> <div> <div class="accordion mb-4"> <div class="accordion__card accordion__card-no-results"> <a class="accordion__card-title collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" href="#accordion-card--1" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-1"> <span class="accordion__card-text"> </span> <span class="accordion__card-icon"></span> <span class="accordion__card-description"></span> </a> <div id="accordion-card--1" class="accordion__card-content collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-card-1"> <p><strong>How well do you understand Product Realization?</strong><br /> Aerospace and Defense companies such as yours are looking for ways to gain insight into program decisions that impact cost, timing and quality. To effectively compete and achieve program execution excellence, you need to make manufacturing a core part of the development process.</p> <p>Put your Product Realization knowledge to test with this pop quiz. Complete the short quiz and be entered to win one of two $50 Amazon gifts cards!</p> <p>To help you with the answers, please download the white paper <a href="https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/aerospace-defense/product-realization/index.cfm?stc=usiia421787#lightview%26url=/en_us/Images/Siemens-PLM-Product-realization-facilitates-a-collaborative-approach-wp_tcm1023-239120.pdf%26title=White" target="_blank">Product realization facilitates a collaborative approach</a>.</p> <p> </p> <!-- put this on the page where you wish the widget to appear --> <div class="eewidget" id="eewidget_p_57051b8a9bedf20c7263a936"><a href=" http://snapp.to/1q6lJau">Content loading...</a></div> <noscript> Please enable javascript! </noscript><!-- SEO --><noscript> <div> Test Your Product Realization Knowledge </div> <div> </div> <div> <div> What is product realization for Aerospace and Defense companies? <br> It is the final phase of the project <br> It is a process-driven approach to the entire manufacturing lifecycle starting with “Concept to build” through “Build to delivery” <br> It is the decision that a design meets all requirements of OEMs and suppliers </div> <div> How does a product realization solution support program execution excellence? <br> Through simulation of production alternatives to virtually verify the manufacturing processes and tooling throughout the entire manufacturing lifecycle – full digital twin <br> Through concurrent maturing of manufacturing processes and tooling with the design thus impacting the design prior to release <br> Through integration of advanced manufacturing technologies and automation with the ability to virtually commission robotics and CNC equipment <br> Through the ability to trace a requirement to a design feature to an inspection within the electronic work instructions – complete digital thread <br> Through the ability to easily and electronically compare the as-designed to as-built for delivery – complete digital thread <br> All of the above </div> <div> Name the product realization strategy that helps understand the manufacturing implications of multiple design alternatives. (See page 6 of the white paper.) <br> Shift left <br> Shift right <br> Shift up <br> Shift down </div> <div> Which of the following is not a benefit of implementing the shift left strategy? <br> The program team can make manufacturing decisions concurrently with the product design <br> Reduces the number of program changes and ensures smooth transition from product development to production <br> Links requirements to individual test request, test procedure and instrumentation <br> Provides the early digital twin to enable virtual verification as the digital twin matures along with product design </div> <div> Which are the benefits of an ERP-PLM-MES integration? <br> Seamless delivery of 3D work instructions from PLM to MES <br> Shop floor access to released computer numerical control (CNC) programs <br> Ability to digitally compare the as-built to as-designed in a single system <br> Ability to virtually commission robotics and automation <br> All of the above <br> None of the above </div> </div> <div> <div> Test Your Product Realization Knowledge </div> <div> Thank you for participating! Winners will be notified via email. </div> </div> </noscript><!-- put this immediately before the closing /body tag --> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:42:07 +0000 will.herth@penton.com 331246 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/node/4994461 <span>Autoflight V5000 Matrix</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/william-moore-7" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="william.moore">william.moore@…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-03-31T07:48:56+00:00" title="Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 07:48">Tue, 03/31/2026 - 07:48</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4994461&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="fpPES6vpZjwfDxRGCoczr135wEqFf-8y1NuXXMV5kQw"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>The V5000 Matrix is a lift-plus-cruise hybrid-electric/all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft being developed by AutoFlight Europe GmbH. Unveiled in February 2026, the aircraft performed a remotely piloted transition from thrustborne hover to wingborne cruise, demonstrating that flight testing is already underway. Industry commentators have suggested that entry into service could be as soon as 2027/2028, although there is no confirmation of this. Certification is to be sought from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) under powered-lift regulations.</p><h2>Structure and Powertrain</h2><p>The Matrix pushes regulations to their maximum, being a 10 seat eVTOL with a maximum take-off weight of 5,700kg (hybrid version). The aircraft could be configured in a 6-seat VIP layout, or a 9-seat business layout plus a pilot. It will also feature a lavatory, the first eVTOL design to incorporate this, an indication of its lengthier flight duration capabilities. An uncrewed cargo variant is also in development. The intended market is more regional-focused than previous eVTOL designs.</p><p>Structurally, the V5000 is an evolution of the previous Autoflight Prosperity I and CarryAll cargo variant. It features a long, aerodynamic cabin with panoramic viewing windows and skid-style landing gear. A main high wing is complemented by two smaller wings to the front and rear of the aircraft, with three booms extending across all three wings parallel to the cabin, on each side. 20 two-blade fixed propellers are mounted to the six booms to provide lift, while eight cruise propellers provide forward thrust, four mounted to the front and four to the rear.</p><h2>Specifications</h2><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="301">Aircraft Type</td><td width="301">Lift-plus-Cruise</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Seats</td><td width="301">Up to 10</td></tr><tr><td width="301">MTOW</td><td width="301">5,700kg/12,500 lbs (Hybrid version)</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Payload</td><td width="301"><p>1,500kg/3,300 lbs (Hybrid version)</p><p>1,000kg/2,200 lbs (Electric version)</p></td></tr><tr><td width="301">Wingspan</td><td width="301">20m/66 ft.</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Landing Gear</td><td width="301">Skid-style</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Range</td><td width="301"><p>1,500km/930 miles (Hybrid version)</p><p>250km/155 miles (Electric version)</p></td></tr><tr><td width="301">Entry into Service</td><td width="301">Estimated 2027/2028</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Flight Controls</td><td width="301">Fly-by-Wire</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Take-off and Landing</td><td width="301">VTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="301">Autonomy</td><td width="301">Remote piloting capabilities</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div> <div>Channel</div> <div>Commercial Aviation</div> </div> <div> <div>Program Profile ID</div> <div>471809</div> </div> <div class="slick blazy slick--field slick--field-image slick--field-image--rss unslick slick--optionset--awn slick--less" data-blazy=""> <div class="slick__dfp-ad"> <div id="js-dfp-tag-gallery" class="dfp-gallery-ad"> </div> </div> <div class="slide__content"> <div data-b-thumb="/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail_80x80/public/2026-03/chinavtol-autoflight_promo.jpg?h=ae1281eb&itok=A_Y1uH0d" data-b-token="b-ca54c1a0668" class="media media--blazy media--slick media--bundle--image media--image is-b-loading"><img alt="Autoflight V5000 Matrix Side Profile" decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2026-03/chinavtol-autoflight_promo.jpg?itok=lGQ7SblE" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E" width="800" height="450" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:48:56 +0000 william.moore@aviationweek.com 4994461 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/turkey-signs-11-billion-eurofighter-deal <span>Turkey Signs $11 Billion Eurofighter Deal</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/dan-hockensmith" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="hockensmithawin">hockensmithawi…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-27T18:19:46+00:00" title="Monday, October 27, 2025 - 18:19">Mon, 10/27/2025 - 18:19</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4953711&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="rNIVIjY3pMEX9JSayCm2G_2mJVaCfcc7QJ_QMwRnIXU"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>Turkey has signed a long-anticipated £8 billion ($11 billion) deal to acquire Eurofighter Typhoons, the first major export contract for the four-nation combat aircraft since 2017.</p><p>Twenty new-built aircraft will be purchased in the country’s first acquisition of a European combat aircraft after decades of operating new and secondhand U.S.-built fighters.</p><p>But Turkey’s Eurofighter order could more than double in size, according to Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler. He declared that Ankara would also buy another 24 aircraft second hand, 12 each from Oman and Qatar. If those sales go through, Oman would be giving up Eurofighter operations.</p><p>With deliveries of the new-build aircraft not due until 2030, delivering those second-hand aircraft—potentially as early as next year from Qatar, according to Guler—would allow Turkey to accelerate the Eurofighter’s entry into service and enable the retirement of older aircraft from its inventory, including the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom.</p><p>BAE Systems, which will produce the newly built aircraft in Warton, England, says it will receive £5.4 billion of the £8 billion deal. Included in the £5.4 billion are the aircraft and the weapons package from MBDA, including some integration work, potentially for Turkish indigenous weaponry.</p><p>The remaining £2.6 billion is support and training activity, which will be contracted later, BAE Systems officials say. It is unclear whether the deal will ultimately include offsets to enable Turkish industry to become involved in the Eurofighter program and for Turkey to have a level of freedom of action for the fleet. After decades of facing numerous arms embargoes, Turkey often demands the ability to locally perform airframe, system and engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) in-country.</p><p>The deal was struck during a meeting between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara. Starmer said the deal was a win for British workers and the wider UK defense industry. Government officials claim the order is “saving the Warton production line,” after concerns about a lack of new orders for UK-built Typhoons were expressed by workers unions.</p><p>UK industry has a 37% share in the Eurofighter program and production of major component assemblies is being ramped up thanks to orders from the other Eurofighter partner nations including Germany, Italy and Spain.</p><p>“Today’s announcement extends Typhoon production and preserves crucial sovereign skills which underpin the UK’s defense and security,” BAE Systems CEO Charles Woodburn said.</p><p>The deal is another major boost for the UK defense industry, coming just weeks after the UK’s Type 26 frigates were selected by Norway in a £10 billion deal.</p><p>UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the deal went beyond the procurement of aircraft. “It is the leading edge of the growing defense and industrial partnership between our two nations,” he said.</p><p>As part of the visit, Starmer also visited the facilities of Turkish Aerospace Industries, where he was shown the indigenous Kaan combat aircraft. He was also exposed to the Hurjet advanced jet trainer, a potential candidate to replace the BAE Systems Hawk jet trainer in the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) inventory.</p><p>The deal follows three years of negotiations, which have included lobbying of the German government for Berlin to lift a restriction on a Eurofighter sale after Erdoğan’s government arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is seen as a serious presidential rival to Erdoğan in upcoming elections. The administration of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lifted the sanctions in part because of the benefit to German industry. A memorandum of understanding between the UK and Turkish governments for a Eurofighter sale was agreed to in July.</p><p>Turkey’s interest in the aircraft is driven in part by a need for a more capable air combat platform to be available in the interim until advanced versions of the Kaan aircraft are produced in the 2030s.</p><p>Ankara’s decision to opt for a European fighter, meanwhile, will have been driven by a need to diversify sources of supply after facing sanctions from the U.S. over its purchase of a Russian air defense system and banishment from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.</p><p>The transfer of Omani and Qatari aircraft to Turkey begs questions over the future of additional Eurofighter orders from Qatar, which has long been linked to orders for a further 12 aircraft for a total of 36. Oman, meanwhile, appears to want to consolidate its fighter fleet around the Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 50. In BAE Systems’ 2023 full-year results, the company revealed that the Omani air force had chosen not to renew support arrangements for its Typhoons, and it is unclear how active that fleet now is.</p><p>Buying these additional aircraft would mean Turkey would have a mix of three configurations in its fleet. Qatar’s aircraft have the Mk.0 version of the active electronically scanned array European Common Radar System (ECRS) radar, while Oman’s feature the mechanically scanned Captor sensor.</p><p>In addition to the Eurofighter order, Erdoğan and Starmer also revealed they were working on a new trade and security pact.</p></div> <div> <div>Issue</div> <div> <div><a href="/aerospace-daily-defense-report/2025-10-28" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 28, 2025</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Article type</div> <div>Article</div> </div> <div> <div>Primary Category</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Aircraft & Propulsion</a></div> </div> <div> <div>Author</div> <div> <div><a href="/author/tony-osborne" hreflang="en">Tony Osborne</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Content source</div> <div> <div><a href="/content/aerospace-daily-defense-report" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report</a></div> </div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&1=4953711&2=favorite&3=rss" token="MYCKkHFcDaq77xcy3WpG3DIpcnlwkZmgyLTCTE9fjJ4"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div> <div>Exclude from lists?</div> <div>No</div> </div> <div> <span class="font-weight-bold">Tags:</span> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/turkey" hreflang="en">Turkey</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/eurofighter-typhoon" hreflang="en">Eurofighter Typhoon</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/bae-systems" hreflang="en">BAE Systems</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/mbda" hreflang="en">MBDA</a></li> </ul> </div> <div> <div>Gating</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/35591" hreflang="en">ASD</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Featured Image</div> <div> <div><a href="/media/image/2327296" hreflang="en">typhoon_1600px.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Secondary Categories/Subcategories</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/346" hreflang="en">Defense</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/451" hreflang="en">Budget, Policy & Operations</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Is iframe in the header?</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Knowledge Center Featured Content</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Do not render ads</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Temporarily set to AWIN Freemium</div> <div>Off</div> </div> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:19:46 +0000 hockensmithawin@gmail.com 4953711 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/project-lotus-northrop-grummans-secret-autonomous-aircraft-revealed <span>Project Lotus, Northrop Grumman’s Secret Autonomous Aircraft Revealed</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/dan-hockensmith" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="hockensmithawin">hockensmithawi…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-27T18:05:46+00:00" title="Monday, October 27, 2025 - 18:05">Mon, 10/27/2025 - 18:05</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4953701&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="MlG03c4FlgCQQM8BfoCDaOAqBmfGhZWhKjcF0Fe_WG4"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus, at the company’s Scaled Composites rapid prototyping facility in Mojave, California, a source familiar with the project tells Aviation Week.</p><p>A photo of the aircraft reviewed by Aviation Week revealed a completed, turbofan-powered aircraft parked within the Scaled Composites compound at the public airport.</p><p>The Lotus UAS design in some ways resembles features of the newly revealed Lockheed Martin Project Vectis, with a long, slender fuselage positioned forward of the leading edges of the wings, capped by a nose with swept-back edges leading to a slender point.</p><p>In many other respects, the Lotus and Vectis designs diverge. Unlike the engine inlet mounted low at mid-fuselage for the Vectis aircraft, the Lotus inlet sits high atop of the extreme aft section of its fuselage. The Lotus also sports sharply canted tails, breaking from the tailless-configured Vectis.</p><p>Project Lotus appears to represent Northrop’s candidate for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 2 program, which is finalizing requirements for competitive prototypes ahead of a scheduled acquisition process next year. The photo reveals that Northrop has already built a demonstrator, perhaps gaining a step on Lockheed’s rival design, which is not scheduled to reach first flight until 2027.</p><p>As Northrop’s rapid prototyping arm, the Scaled Composites facility frequently builds aircraft demonstrators in secret. Scaled Composites registered a turbofan-powered, fixed-wing aircraft identified only as Model 444 earlier this year with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which granted the organization the N444LX tail number. It is not clear if the registration represents Project Lotus or another undisclosed project.</p><p>Northrop also is building the XRQ-73, also known as the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiR Demonstration (Shepard), for DARPA.</p><p>In response to questions about Project Lotus from Aviation Week, Northrop avoided direct answers, but spoke generally about its internal investments in autonomous aircraft.</p><p>“Our investments prioritize production at speed and scale, without sacrificing performance or capability. The Northrop Grumman team has generated step-change advancements in production speed, weight and parts reduction, and overall cost efficiency. These advancements benefit the spectrum of autonomous capabilities we produce at Northrop Grumman for U.S. and international customers,” Northrop said.</p><p>As Lockheed’s Project Vectis design revealed in September, Northrop’s Project Lotus represents one side in a long-running debate within industry and the Air Force over the future direction of the CCA fleet between concepts that emphasize greater survivability or lower cost.</p><p>In 2024, the Air Force decided to seek a middle ground between cost and survivability with the selected competitive prototypes for the CCA Increment 1 program. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. YFQ-42 and Anduril YFQ-44 are large aircraft that feature some low-observable, or stealth, technology. But the aircraft are larger and costlier than, for example, the Kratos XQ-58, and lack the stealthier features of Project Vectis and Project Lotus.</p><p>In September, Air Force officials said they were considering the full spectrum of options for the Increment 2 CCA requirement, ranging from exquisite survivability to small, air-launched systems.</p><p>Project Lotus also lends new insight into how Northrop’s internal CCA concepts have evolved from previous, publicly released ideas. As the Air Force competition for CCAs heated up in 2023, Northrop showed off the SG-1 and SG-2 concepts, which appeared similar to the cranked-kite planform of the U.S. Navy-funded X-47B demonstrator. Around the same time, Northrop also unveiled the Model 437 concept, an autonomous spinoff from the crewed Model 401 Sierra demonstrator. The Model 437 finally emerged as a piloted demonstrator aircraft in 2024.</p><p>Earlier this year, Northrop announced that the aircraft had transitioned into the Beacon demonstrator, serving as a testbed for mission autonomy technology.</p></div> <div> <div>Issue</div> <div> <div><a href="/aerospace-daily-defense-report/2025-10-28" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 28, 2025</a></div> <div><a href="/aviation-week-space-technology/2025-11-10" hreflang="en">Aviation Week & Space Technology, Nov. 10, 2025</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Article type</div> <div>Article</div> </div> <div> <div>Primary Category</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Aircraft & Propulsion</a></div> </div> <div> <div>Author</div> <div> <div><a href="/author/steve-trimble" hreflang="en">Steve Trimble</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Content source</div> <div> <div><a href="/content/aerospace-daily-defense-report" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/1066" hreflang="en">Aviation Week & Space Technology</a></div> </div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&1=4953701&2=favorite&3=rss" token="1ivBFmu3BQe9vtfXep8ZG7255pHtMnuhOka9dzcX77w"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div> <div>Exclude from lists?</div> <div>No</div> </div> <div> <span class="font-weight-bold">Tags:</span> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/158601" hreflang="en">UAS</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/lockheed-martin" hreflang="en">Lockheed Martin</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/northrop-grumman" hreflang="en">Northrop Grumman</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/158591" hreflang="en">Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div> <div>Gating</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/871" hreflang="en">AWST-MRO</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/35591" hreflang="en">ASD</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Featured Image</div> <div> <div><a href="/media/image/2327291" hreflang="en">screenshot_2025-10-27_scaled_composites_from_gmaps.png</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Secondary Categories/Subcategories</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/306" hreflang="en">Aerospace</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/346" hreflang="en">Defense</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Aircraft & Propulsion</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Is iframe in the header?</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Knowledge Center Featured Content</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Do not render ads</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Temporarily set to AWIN Freemium</div> <div>Off</div> </div> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:05:46 +0000 hockensmithawin@gmail.com 4953701 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/second-b-21-enters-flight-test-palmdale <span>Second B-21 Enters Flight Test In Palmdale</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/dan-hockensmith" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="hockensmithawin">hockensmithawi…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-11T18:36:44+00:00" title="Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 18:36">Thu, 09/11/2025 - 18:36</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4929321&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="mMi7tqUXY4LU9U4T_qxOY-WPpyk6L2Wo01UC-lE1rcw"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>The B-21 Raider program completed the first flight of a second airborne test aircraft in Palmdale, California on Sept. 11, clearing a key milestone a month before the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force contract award to Northrop Grumman.</p><p>Witnesses posted video on social media showing the B-21 flight-test aircraft passing overhead with wheels retracted and followed by a Lockheed Martin F-16 chase plane.</p><p>“We can now expedite critical evaluations of mission systems and weapons capabilities, directly supporting the strategic deterrence and combat effectiveness envisioned for this aircraft,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.</p><p>Northrop assembles all B-21s inside Building 401 on Site 4 of the Air Force’s Plant 42 complex at Palmdale Regional Airport. New test aircraft must fly out of the public airport after they have been assembled, before they can relocate to the secure area of nearby Edwards Air Force Base.</p><p>The milestone comes nearly 22 months after Northrop completed the maiden sortie of the first flight test version of the B-21 on Nov. 10, 2023.</p><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Northrop-Grumman-s-B-21-Raider-Continues-Its-Flight-Test-Campaign_hero.jpg" data-entity-uuid="33880817-817d-4466-b4f6-c16f208bd602" data-entity-type="file" alt="File photo of the first B-21 in Air Force flight testing" width="1280" height="768" loading="lazy"><p>The company has also delivered to the Air Force two more fully assembled airframes, which are reserved for static and fatigue testing on the ground. Two more flight-test aircraft have been in some stage of assembly since at least February 2022. Air Force officials say the program remains on track to clear the initial operational capability milestone in the mid-2020s.</p><p>Northrop won the $21.4 billion contract in October 2015 for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Long-Range Strike Bomber, which the Air Force later rechristened as the B-21 Raider. The Air Force also signed orders with Northrop for the first two-year lots of low-rate initial production.</p></div> <div> <div>Issue</div> <div> <div><a href="/aviation-week-space-technology/2025-09-15" hreflang="en">Aviation Week & Space Technology, Sept. 15, 2025</a></div> <div><a href="/aerospace-daily-defense-report/2025-09-12" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 12, 2025</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Article type</div> <div>Article</div> </div> <div> <div>Primary Category</div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Aircraft & Propulsion</a></div> </div> <div> <div>Author</div> <div> <div><a href="/author/steve-trimble" hreflang="en">Steve Trimble</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Content source</div> <div> <div><a href="/content/aerospace-daily-defense-report" hreflang="en">Aerospace Daily & Defense Report</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/1066" hreflang="en">Aviation Week & Space Technology</a></div> </div> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&1=4929321&2=favorite&3=rss" token="wQONQP4Qn5lPZi8932DxZwDRJt7Ytf5L8930YPdZgSk"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div> <div>Exclude from lists?</div> <div>No</div> </div> <div> <span class="font-weight-bold">Tags:</span> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/156861" hreflang="en">B-21</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/term/lockheed-martin-f-16" hreflang="en">Lockheed Martin F-16</a>,</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/134001" hreflang="en">U.S. Air Force (USAF)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div> <div>Gating</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/861" hreflang="en">AWST</a></div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/35591" hreflang="en">ASD</a></div> </div> </div> <a href="/defense/closer-look-northrop-grummans-b-21" hreflang="en">A Closer Look At Northrop Grumman's B-21</a> <a href="/defense/aircraft-propulsion/after-b-21-rollout-us-air-force-plans-embark-test-program" hreflang="en">After B-21 Rollout, U.S. Air Force Plans To Embark On Test Program</a> <a href="/defense/aircraft-propulsion/arrival-second-airworthy-b-21-inches-closer-us-air-force" hreflang="en">Arrival Of A Second Airworthy B-21 Inches Closer For U.S. Air Force</a> <div> <div>Featured Image</div> <div> <div><a href="/media/image/2315551" hreflang="en">b21awin_usairforce.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Secondary Categories/Subcategories</div> <div> <div><a href="/taxonomy/term/346" hreflang="en">Defense</a></div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Is iframe in the header?</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Knowledge Center Featured Content</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Do not render ads</div> <div>Off</div> </div> <div> <div>Temporarily set to AWIN Freemium</div> <div>Off</div> </div> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:36:44 +0000 hockensmithawin@gmail.com 4929321 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/node/4780076 <span>EHang VT35</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/william-moore-7" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="william.moore">william.moore@…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-29T08:58:34+00:00" title="Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 08:58">Tue, 07/29/2025 - 08:58</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4780076&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="jq_VAVfzaaUBbUTHOBTVFd-uLx7TNREGq5669PoW5Vo"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>The VT35 is an autonomous lift-plus-cruise eVTOL being developed by EHang. The first prototype VT35 has completed final assembly and is now undergoing flight testing, with the first public flight occurring in December 2025. Certification will be with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), as with EHang’s EH216-S, and certification is expected to be accelerated owing to the company’s experience certifying the previous model.</p><h2>Structure and Powertrain</h2><p>The VT35 seats two passengers inside a cabin featuring panoramic viewing windows. It features eight distributed lift propellers on tandem wings for vertical takeoff and landing—four facing upward and four downward—and an aft-mounted pusher prop for cruise flight. Each fan is individually powered by it’s own electric motor.</p><p>Distributed electric propulsion (DEP) is the name given to this method of powering aircraft. No critical points of failure provide a high level of redundancy and will ensure safety onboard.</p><h2>Specifications</h2><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Aircraft Type</td><td width="301" nowrap="">Lift-plus-cruise eVTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Seats</td><td width="301" nowrap="">2</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">MTOW</td><td width="301" nowrap="">2,094 lbs./950kg</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Payload</td><td width="301" nowrap="">440 lbs./200kg</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Length</td><td width="301" nowrap="">Approx 26 ft./8m</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Wingspan</td><td width="301" nowrap="">Approx 26 ft./8m</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Landing Gear</td><td width="301">Unknown – Previous iteration featured fixed tricycle wheeled gear</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Cruising Altitude</td><td width="301" nowrap="">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Cruising Speed</td><td width="301" nowrap="">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Range</td><td width="301" nowrap="">124 miles/200km</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Endurance</td><td width="301">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Flight Controls</td><td width="301">Advanced autonomous flight control systems</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Takeoff & Landing</td><td width="301">VTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="301" nowrap="">Autonomy</td><td width="301" nowrap="">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div> <div>Channel</div> <div>Commercial Aviation</div> </div> <div> <div>Market Indicator Code</div> <div>Commercial</div> </div> <div> <div>Program Profile ID</div> <div>471806</div> </div> <div class="slick blazy slick--field slick--field-image slick--field-image--rss unslick slick--optionset--awn slick--less" data-blazy=""> <div class="slick__dfp-ad"> <div id="js-dfp-tag-gallery" class="dfp-gallery-ad"> </div> </div> <div class="slide__content"> <div data-b-thumb="/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail_80x80/public/2025-10/vt35.jpg?h=987e1c06&itok=bb7GGiLe" data-b-token="b-d5d7a283252" class="media media--blazy media--slick media--bundle--image media--image is-b-loading"><img alt="Profile view of VT35 aircraft" decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2025-10/vt35.jpg?itok=1Fz9429d" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E" width="653" height="384" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:58:34 +0000 william.moore@aviationweek.com 4780076 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/node/4773341 <span>Diamond V.MO</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/william-moore-7" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="william.moore">william.moore@…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-02T09:55:06+00:00" title="Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 09:55">Wed, 07/02/2025 - 09:55</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4773341&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="yP359sdfFkXyYFn7K_hgAverXTPeyF5vYse6wuQqvy8"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>The V.MO is a lift and cruise eVTOL aircraft being developed by Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH, a subsidiary of the Wanfeng Auto Holding Group. The aircraft design was originally developed by Volkswagen China and was transferred to Diamond following a deal between the two companies in February 2024. A subscale prototype of the V.MO first flew in 2022. The full-scale aircraft design was unveiled at the Zhuhai Airshow in November 2024. No official certification plans have been announced.</p><h2>Structure and Powertrain</h2><p>The V.MO seats a pilot and four passengers in a streamlined cabin. The aircraft features a twin-boom connected by fore and aft wings, with eight vertical lift fans distributed along the booms. The aircraft features two pusher propellers, providing propulsion during wing-borne cruise flight.<br><br>The aircraft features distributed electric propulsion (DEP), with each propeller powered by its own electric motor. This design approach provides high redundancy and reliability by eliminating critical points of failure.</p><h2>Specifications</h2><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="288">Aircraft Type</td><td width="288">Lift and Cruise eVTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Seats</td><td width="288">Pilot + 4</td></tr><tr><td width="288">MTOW</td><td width="288">2,000–2,500 kg / 4,400–5,500 lb</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Range</td><td width="288">200 km / 125 miles</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Cruising Speed</td><td width="288">200 kph / 125 mph</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Propulsion</td><td width="288">10 electric motors power 10 propellers (8 lift fans and 2 pusher propellers)</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Power/Energy Storage</td><td width="288">Battery details unknown.</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Flight Controls</td><td width="288">Fly-by-wire</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Takeoff & Landing</td><td width="288">VTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Autonomy</td><td width="288">No</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div> <div>Channel</div> <div>Commercial Aviation</div> </div> <div> <div>Market Indicator Code</div> <div>Commercial</div> </div> <div> <div>Program Profile ID</div> <div>471800</div> </div> <div class="slick blazy slick--field slick--field-image slick--field-image--rss unslick slick--optionset--awn slick--less" data-blazy=""> <div class="slick__dfp-ad"> <div id="js-dfp-tag-gallery" class="dfp-gallery-ad"> </div> </div> <div class="slide__content"> <div data-b-thumb="/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail_80x80/public/2025-07/diamond_v.mo_.jpg?h=8ad2c889&itok=teo3WHwF" data-b-token="b-5fbc875b625" class="media media--blazy media--slick media--bundle--image media--image is-b-loading"><img alt="Profile view of Diamond V.MO" decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2025-07/diamond_v.mo_.jpg?itok=lz7g90Eh" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E" width="1000" height="559" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:55:06 +0000 william.moore@aviationweek.com 4773341 at https://aviationweek.com https://aviationweek.com/node/4773331 <span>Zero Gravity ZG-T6</span> <span><span lang="" about="/users/william-moore-7" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="william.moore">william.moore@…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-02T09:51:25+00:00" title="Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 09:51">Wed, 07/02/2025 - 09:51</time> </span> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="Drupal\node\NodeViewBuilder::renderLinks" arguments="0=4773331&1=rss&2=en&3=&4" token="oyjbqCSkCBrMq_X_vpY6Cffz9fOB20mDWTlEDGgf4S8"></drupal-render-placeholder> <div><p>The ZG-T6 is a tiltrotor eVTOL concept being developed by Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry. It is designed for both passenger transport and urban air cargo missions and is set to enter into service in 2028. Certification is expected to come from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC).</p><h2>Structure and Powertrain</h2><p>The aircraft is designed to seat one pilot and five passengers inside a carbon fiber composite cabin with panoramic wrap-around windows for enhanced visibility.  It is equipped with six tiltrotors powered by six electric motors, allowing for vertical takeoff and landing, and forward flight. The tiltrotors are positioned on the ends of the V-tail, high wing, and low forewing.</p><p>Distributed electric propulsion (DEP) is the name given to this method of powering aircraft. No critical points of failure provide a high level of redundancy and will ensure safety onboard.</p><h2>Specifications</h2><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="288">Aircraft Type</td><td width="288">Tiltrotor eVTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Seats</td><td width="288">Pilot + 5 passengers</td></tr><tr><td width="288">MTOW</td><td width="288">2,500 kg (5,512 lb) (Estimated)</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Range</td><td width="288">300 km (186 miles) (Estimated)</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Cruising Speed</td><td width="288">250 kph (155 mph) (Estimated)</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Flight Time</td><td width="288">90 minutes (Estimated)</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Landing Gear</td><td width="288">Fixed tricycle wheeled landing gear</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Propulsion</td><td width="288">6 tilt-propellers powered by 6 electric motors</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Power/Energy Storage</td><td width="288">Batteries – details unknown</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Flight Controls</td><td width="288">Fly-by-wire</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Takeoff & Landing</td><td width="288">VTOL</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Autonomy</td><td width="288">Planned for future operations</td></tr><tr><td width="288">Safety</td><td width="288">Emergency ballistic parachute</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div> <div>Channel</div> <div>Commercial Aviation</div> </div> <div> <div>Market Indicator Code</div> <div>Commercial</div> </div> <div> <div>Program Profile ID</div> <div>471802</div> </div> <div class="slick blazy slick--field slick--field-image slick--field-image--rss unslick slick--optionset--awn slick--less" data-blazy=""> <div class="slick__dfp-ad"> <div id="js-dfp-tag-gallery" class="dfp-gallery-ad"> </div> </div> <div class="slide__content"> <div data-b-thumb="/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_thumbnail_80x80/public/2025-07/zg-t6.jpg?h=ab18510c&itok=8z-Oa97_" data-b-token="b-147ef1e5920" class="media media--blazy media--slick media--bundle--image media--image is-b-loading"><img alt="Above view of ZG-T6" decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2025-07/zg-t6.jpg?itok=185CUwLo" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E" width="1040" height="663" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:51:25 +0000 william.moore@aviationweek.com 4773331 at https://aviationweek.com