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  8 juin 2021

  StartAéro 360 | Nouvelles du 07 juin 2021

  Innovation Rolls-Royce (4 juin) Rolls-Royce has commenced testing components of a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system at a UK facility. The tests will support development of a 2.5-megawatt power generation system. Boeing ecoDemonstrator (3 juin) Boeing will continue its” ecoDemonstrator” programme in 2021, using a 737 Max 9 to evaluate new cabin sidewalls, 3D-printed cabin air vents, noise-reducing engine nacelles and a new firefighting chemical. The aircraft will also be used to evaluate flight-control technology, atmosphere-measuring equipment, and the use of biofuel. Pangea Aerospace (2 juin) Pangea Aerospace, startup espagnole, développe un moteur entièrement fabriqué en 3D et réutilisable. Elle a récemment achevé une levée de fonds de 3 millions d'euros, et a levé plus de 6 millions d'euros de fonds depuis sa création en 2018. La startup développe un concept de tuyère aerospike fabriqué en impression 3D en métal et qui utilise des carburants cryogéniques. NASA (28 mai) NASA has launched its Sustainable Flight National Partnership to advance the development of hybrid-electric propulsion for single-aisle commercial aircraft, including building a "full-scale technology demonstrator X-plane, to test and validate integrated systems and their benefits." Spatial Canadarm3 (2 juin) The government of Canada has announced that MDA will “design, manufacture, test, and deliver robotics interfaces” so that the Canadarm3 can operate on the NASA led Lunar Gateway. This component of Canadarm3 is referred to as the Lunar Gateway External Robotics Interfaces. Association européenne des industriels de l'espace (1 juin) Selon une étude de l'association européenne des industriels de l'espace, durant les dix dernières années, la construction européenne de satellites a dégagé́ un surplus net de 640 millions de dollars par an, 300 millions pour les services de lancement et 150 millions pour les ventes d'équipements et de systèmes spatiaux. Les industriels du spatial (satellites, lanceurs, équipements) ont exporté pour 23,1 milliards de dollars au cours de la dernière décennie. US Space Force (1 juin) The Space Force plans to award contracts this year for development of next generation launch capabilities. The Space Force's 2022 budget requests $221 million in research, development, test and evaluation funding for Next Generation Launch System (NSSL) investment. EarthDaily Analytics (31 mai) The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded EarthDaily Analytics, formerly UrtheCast, a $2 million Space Technology Development Program (STDP) contract to develop Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite on-board processing technology. Drones- Advanced Air Mobility Drone detection pilot project (3 juin) Ottawa International Airport has published an update on its drone detection pilot project that is due to end in December of this year. It is demonstrating two types of technology, radio frequency (RF) detection and micro Doppler radar. RF drone detection is provided by Indro Robotics and Remote Sensing and micro Doppler radar by QinetiQ. Embraer /Halo Aviation (1 juin) Halo Aviation has ordered 200 Embraer Eve electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft for future air taxi networks in the US and UK. Prior to the arrival of the Eve aircraft, Halo will rely on its Leonardo AW109 and AW169 helicopters, and Associated Aircraft Group's Sikorsky fleet. Aevum (30 mai) La startup Aevum a dévoilé le Ravn X, un drone de 25 tonnes mesurant 24 mètres de long pour une envergure de 18 mètres. Avec ses deux moteurs de fusée, il pourrait placer en orbite basse, via un lanceur de 150 kilogrammes de petits satellites, et ce, en moins de 3 heures. 95% des composants du Ravn X seraient réutilisables. Il effectuera sa première mission opérationnelle en 2022 avec la mise en orbite du satellite ASLON-45 au profit de la Space Force. Industrie Aérospatiale Boeing – China (3 juin) Boeing's CEO David Calhoun is again calling on the US government to normalise trade relations with China, which accounts for a vast portion of Boeing's historic and potential aircraft sales. Between 2010 and 2015, Boeing delivered nearly 600 aircraft to Chinese customers, or about 15% of its total deliveries during the period. GKN Aerospace (3 juin) GKN Aerospace has delivered the first fully integrated wings, empennage and EWIS for the Eviation Alice all-electric aircraft. The build and assembly took place at the GKN Aerospace Global Technology Centre in Bristol. Products were manufactured in the UK and Holland. Boeing /B777-9 (3 juin) Several airlines that ordered the Boeing 777-9 (777X) have voiced concerns over its promised performance. Emirates warned Boeing last week that it will reject the aircraft if it does not fully meet specification. The issues centre around the GE Aviation GE9-X engine which should deliver 10% lower fuel consumption compared to previous versions. GE Aviation (2 juin) GE Aviation recently broke ground in Beavercreek, Ohio on its new lean engine component manufacturing facility for aviation and aero derivative applications. The 280,000 square foot facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2022. It will consolidate manufacturing and technology development into one facility from the current seven. Pratt & Whitney (2 juin) Pratt & Whitney has said that its near-term focus is “improving the architecture” of the geared turbofan (GTF) engine, and possibly developing larger variants, while waiting for future low-emission technologies to mature. This may include the introduction of materials such as Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) in the turbine section. It and other Raytheon Technologies companies are also developing electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel technologies. The objective is to offer a clean-sheet powerplant when Airbus, Boeing and other airframers request it. IMA Dresden /Applus+ (27 mai) Barcelona based testing and certification company Applus+ has bought the materials testing laboratory IMA Dresden which works closely with the aerospace sector in structural and materials testing and has a comprehensive list of accreditations. Mecachrome (26 mai) Mecachrome has recently completed a fundraising round. It has benefited from a State guaranteed loan from its banks with a financing of €60 million. The transaction will be performed by the main shareholder Ace Management through a dedicated fund combining the holdings of the Aerofund funds and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ (« Fonds »), as well as by Bpifrance, the group's longstanding shareholder. They will together bring €50 million in equity to Mecachrome alongside the financing provided by its banking partners under a PGE (prêt garanti par l'Etat ).

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  8 mars 2021

  Investing in Canadian Solutions for COVID-19//Investir dans les solutions canadiennes pour combattre la COVID-19

  Investing in Canadian Solutions for COVID-19 In the spring of 2020, IDEaS pivoted to capitalize on the novel ideas of Canadian innovators in the fight against COVID-19. We are proud to report that 48 contribution agreements were awarded in the past few months, valued at $8.64 million, and were recently announced by Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan. The new contribution agreements will support research and development efforts in the realm of COVID-19 in four specific challenge areas: sanitization of workspaces; pandemic decision making; re-using protective equipment; and moral trauma on the frontline. You can read the news release and see the full list of recipients here. Investing in Defence & Security Capabilities: Read the 2019-2020 IDEaS Annual Report See how some of your IDEaS have come to life! IDEaS has invested significantly in Canadian S&T over the last year, and organizations have been transforming their innovative thinking into tangible solutions for CAF and DND. We wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate our collective efforts and achievements in the IDEaS 2019-2020 Annual Report IDEaS has been able to continue building on the success achieved in 2019-2020. To date we have funded over 440 defence and security solutions and invested more than $160M in Canadian innovators. See the full list of IDEaS funded recipients. And some of these solutions are already being delivered to defence & security stakeholders! Investir dans les solutions canadiennes pour combattre la COVID-19 Au printemps 2020, IDEeS s'est orienté pour capitaliser sur les nouvelles idées des innovateurs canadiens dans la lutte contre la COVID-19. Nous sommes fiers d'annoncer que 48 accords de contribution, d'une valeur de 8,64 millions de dollars, ont été signés et annoncés récemment par le ministre de la Défense Harjit S. Sajjan. Les nouveaux accords de contribution appuieront les efforts de recherche et développement dans le cadre de la COVID-19 dans quatre domaines de recherches spécifiques: • désinfecter les espaces de travail; • prise de décisions dans le cadre d'une pandémie; • réutiliser l'équipement de protection; et • traumatisme moral en première ligne. Vous pouvez lire le communiqué de presse et voir la liste complète des récipiendaires. Investir dans le développement de capacités en défense et sécurité: Lisez le rapport annuel 2019-2020 du programme IDEeS Regardez comment certaines de vos IDEeS ont pris vie ! IDEeS a investi considérablement dans la Science et la Technologie canadienne au cours de la dernière année, et les organisations ont transformé leur pensée novatrice en solutions concrètes pour les FAC et le MDN. Nous voulions profiter de l'occasion pour célébrer nos efforts collectifs et nos réalisations dans le rapport annuel 2019-2020 du programme IDEeS. IDEeS a pu continuer à miser sur le succès obtenu en 2019-2020. À ce jour, nous avons financé plus de 440 solutions de défense et de sécurité et investi plus de 160 millions de dollars sur des innovateurs canadiens. Consultez la liste complète des récipiendaires financés par IDEeS. Et plusieurs de ces solutions sont en train d'être transférées à nos partenaires de la défense et de la sécurité.

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  5 août 2021

  StartAéro 360 | Brève de l'actualité du 02 août

  Brèvesde l'industrie aérospatiale – 2août2021 ADS Group/Commercial aircraft orders and deliveries, first half of 2021(26 juillet) Aircraft orders and deliveries in the first half of 2021 showed a mixed picture. Total orders were placed for 764 aircraft, 292 of them in June.However, most of those placed in June were simply changes in aircraft type. 453 aircraft were delivered, down from more than 600 in2019. The order backlog increased modestly to 12,866 aircraft. Single-aisle aircraft accountedfor 88 per cent of orders as domestic travel continuesto drive the slow traffic recovery. Industrie Aérospatiale Airbus (29 juillet) Airbus a enregistréun bénéfice net de 2,2 milliards d'euros au premier semestre à la faveur d'importantes livraisons d'avions comparées à l'an passé, ce qui conduit l'avionneur à revoir nettement à la hausse ses prévisions pour l'année.Airbus a livré 297 appareils entre janvier et juin (196 même période en 2020). Le chiffre d'affaires s'établità 24,6 milliards d'euros(+30%).Airbus prévoit de livrer 600 avions en 2021 ; le carnet de commandes au 30 juin est de6925 avions dont 5666 de la famille A320. Safran (29 juillet)Le groupe Safran a enregistré un bénéfice net de 674 millions d'euros sur les six premiers mois de l'année. Son chiffre d'affaires s'est établi à 6,9 milliards d'euros, en baisse de 21,6% par rapport au premier semestre 2020. Safran considère que les cycles de vols du moteur LEAP équipant les Airbus A320neo et Boeing 737 MAX étaient revenus mi-juillet à leur niveau de 2019 alors qu'ils n'étaient qu'à 56% fin avril. De plus, l'utilisation des moteurs CFM56 progresse également mais reste en retrait de 35% parrapport à 2019. Au final, Safran table sur une « accélération significative de l'activité au second semestre ». Safran Cabin (29 juillet) Safran Cabin reportsa significant increase in both sales and orders. This compares with a very depressed first half of 2021 in which revenues declined by almost 40%, to €646 million versus the same period in 2020, itself impacted by the pandemic and the Boeing 737 MAX grounding. BoeingB737 MAX(28juillet)Boeing has delivered more than 130 MAXs since Decemberand airlines have returned more than 190 to service. Boeing is currently producing 737sat a rate of approximately 16 per month and expectsto increase this to 31 per month byearly 2022. Boeing financials (28 juillet)Boeing announced a $567 million profit in the second quarter of 2021, its first quarterly profit since the second half of 2019. However, the commercial aircraft business lost $472 million, although an improvementon a loss of $2.8 billion a year earlier. This was on revenues of $6 billion, up from $1.6 billion in the same period of 2020. Boeing as a whole generated $17 billion in revenue during the second quarter, up 44% from $11.8 billion in the same period of 2020. Airbus A350 freighter (28 juillet)The Airbus Board of Directors has approved the launch of an A350 freighter derivative. It will be a “light hybrid” of current models but based predominantly on the A350-1000. Its maximum payload will be more than 90 metric tons and service entry is planned for 2025. Airbus says that it is “getting “closer every day” to securing launch customers. General Dynamics aerospace results (28 juillet)Revenues of General Dynamics' aerospace businesses in the first half of 2021 were 18% down from 2020, to $1.6 billion. However, the $195 million profit was 23% more than in 2020. Gulfstream delivered 21 aircraft including 18 large-cabin and three mid-cabin during the three months ended 30 June, down from 32 in 2020. However orders have been strong and Gulfstream expects to deliver 32 aircraft in the third quarter and 37 in the fourth.General Dynamics characterized the G700 certification program as “difficult”. “Much remains to be accomplished, particularly concerning thecertification of the Rolls-Royce (Pearl 700) engine”. Britten-Norman (28 juillet)Britten-Norman has acquired a fleet of BN2T-4S Islander aircraft which hadpreviously served in the UK militaryunder the designation Defender 4000 (D4K).The aircraft, which are the higher capacity, longer endurance version of the turboprop Islander, will undergo major refurbishment and be returnedto the civil aircraft register for export sale. GE Aviation (27 juillet)GE Aviation took orders for 555 commercial engines in the second quarter, up from 74 in the same period last year. This included 438 CFM International Leap-family engines, up from just 24 in the same period of 2020. The company delivered 383 new commercial aviation engines in the second quarter, including 211 Leaps versus 362 and 178 respectively in 2020. GE Aviation expects a year-on-year production rate increase in the third quarter, but has not disclosed expected future rates, saying it is “assessing rate readiness across [the] supply chain”. Drones-Advanced Air Mobility Samad Aerospace (27 juillet)Cranfield based Samad Aerospace has completed hover tests for its second prototype eVTOL eStarling aircraft. Designed for intercity transport, the eStarling aircraft will combine VTOL capability with the speed and range of a business jet. With a semi blended wing body (BWB) design and powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the eStarling will be the fastest (300 mph) hybrid electric eVTOLaircraft in the world with the longest range(800 miles). Joby Aero(27juillet)The full-sized, electric-powered prototype of the eVTOL developed byJoby Aerohasflown 150 nm on a single charge. The missionwas flown near the Joby Electric Flight Base at Big Sur, CA. Spatial Inmarsat (29 juillet)Inmarsat has announced plans for “ORCHESTRA”, a communications network that will combine existing geosynchronous (GEO) satellites with low earth orbit satellites (LEO) and terrestrial 5G into an integrated, high-performance solution. The initialfive-yearinvestment isexpected to be in the order of $100m. Future plans include a LEO constellation of 150-175 satellites. Composite launcher fuel tanks (28 juillet)Under ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Program,MT Aerospace has demonstrated a novel design of a small-scale tank made of a carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) that is both leak-proof with liquid hydrogenand compatible with liquid oxygen, without the use of a metal liner. A CFRP tank is much lighter than metal, requires fewer parts and is faster and cheaperto manufacture. Traditionally,storage of cryogenic propellants requires tanks with metallic liners to make them leak-proof, with or without a composite overwrap. Canadarm3 program (27 juillet)The government of Canada has awarded MDA a $35.3 million contract covering the preliminary and detailed design of the robotic interfaces (Phases B and C), of the GERI (Gateway External Robotics Interfaces) project. MDA has completed Phase A, the system definition phase. NASA(25juillet)La NASA vient d'attribuer à SpaceX un contrat de 178 millions de dollars pour une mission vers Europa, l'une des lunes de Jupiter, avec le lanceur Falcon Heavy. SpaceX profite notamment des retards et des dépassements de coûts du lanceur super-lourd de la NASA, le SLS, développé par Boeing, Lockheed Martin et Northrop Grumman. Le décollage est prévu en octobre 2024. Ariane Group (23 juillet)L'agence spatiale européenne a choisi Ariane Group comme maître d'œuvre d'Astris, l'étage additionnel pour Ariane 6. Propulsé par le moteur ré-allumable Berta à ergols stockables de très haute performance, ce « kick stage » doit effectuer sa première mission en 2024. Astris sera développé en Allemagne pour un montant de 90 millions d'euros. InnovationITPS (29 juillet) The International Test Pilots School (ITPS) of London, ON is offering course materialsvia distance learning. Practical demonstrations are delivered using the cloud-based NeoVuplatform to provide 360 ̊ immersive videos of flight test technique demonstrations. Viewable with VR headsets or other displays, the videos feature demonstration sorties flown by ITPS instructors .Universal Hydrogen (28 juillet)Universal Hydrogen has signed LOIs with Icelandair Group, Air Nostrum and Ravn Alaska to retrofit 15 ATR 72 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprops with hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion systems. The LOIs encompass replacement of the existing P&WC turboprops and fuel tanks with a pair of two-megawatt (MW) Magnix electric motors, and a fuel cell compatible with Universal Hydrogen's modular hydrogen fuel storage tanks. United Engine Corporation (27 juillet)La Russie lance son programme de R&D sur l'hydrogène et c'est le motoriste United Engine Corporation qui a été désigné pour mener les travaux. « Nous envisageons deux technologies de base : la combustion directe de l'hydrogène en tant que carburant dans desturboréacteurs modifiés et la transformation électrochimique de ce même carburant en énergie électrique à l'aide de piles à combustible » a déclaré Youri Chmotine, PDG de United Engine Corporation.