By Jon Hemmerdinger2020-12-15T23:02:00+00:00
Eviation has tweaked the design of its Alice electric aircraft and intends to fly the model in 2021 despite a battery fire that damaged a prototype early this year.
“We expect to see the Alice in flight…” in 2021, the Israeli aircraft developer’s chief executive Omer Bar-Yohay said on 15 December. He adds that certification could come in the second half of 2023.
The company has made “a few minor modifications” to its design. As a result, the latest prototype is “slightly different than what you’ve seen at the Paris air show”, he adds.
Source: Eviation
- December 15, 2020, 1:25 PM
As Bombardier moves forward as a “pure-play” business aviation company, it will remain focused on preserving and expanding market share, increasing its customer support and maintenance reach, and continuing efforts to improve sustainability. But, speaking during an Aero Montreal International Aerospace Innovation Forum virtual session Monday, Bombardier CEO and president Eric Martel reiterated that the company’s business aviation lineup just went through a refresh. Thus, new aircraft or significant aircraft updates are unlikely in the next five years.
Beyond that timeframe, he was not ready to say where Bombardier may be investing, except to say that the venerable Challenger line might be poised for an update. Other products, however, would be dependent on technologies such as engines, Martel added.
By Garrett Reim2020-12-14T23:09:00+00:00
Saab is offering to open two new aerospace centres as part of its Gripen E proposal for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project.
The aerospace facilities, the Gripen Centre and the Aerospace Research & Development Centre, would be based in the greater Montreal region, the company announced at Aero Montreal’s International Aerospace Innovation Forum 2020 on 14 December.
Source: Saab
Gripen E
Mission system software and hardware development, as well as integration, for the proposed Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Gripen E would be done at the Gripen Centre.
The Aerospace Research & Development Centre would focus on a variety of aerospace technologies, including automation, artificial intelligence and “greening” technologies. That work may or may not be directly related to the Gripen E. Rather, the research and development would focus on next-generation aerospace technologies more generally.