De Havilland Aircraft

As the threat of wildfires grows, industry prepares new fleets of modern fixed-wing aircraft to tackle them.

MagniX unveiled a Dash 7 that it plans to convert to a hybrid aircraft by replacing two of its four turboprop engines with electric powertrains.

MagniX is preparing to begin modifying a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 into a hybrid-electric propulsion testbed.

Portugal has joined the growing number of Southern European countries in modernizing its aerial firefighting fleet with De Havilland Canada’s DHC-515 amphibian.

Deutsche Aircraft has begun production of the first D328eco prototype by cutting one of the existing legacy Dornier 328 fuselages into three pieces.

Swiss electric propulsion startup H55 has announced the closing of a Series C funding round.

Certification plans firm up as turbo-compressor and humidifier changes pave the way for the next flight-test phase.

Six European countries are expected to have placed orders for 24 DHC-515s by the summer.

End-to-end urban air mobility demo; integrating airborne collision avoidance system into autonomy; ZeroAvia eyes wider electric market; electrifying the Beaver

Spain is to bolster its aerial firefighting capacity by purchasing seven new De Haviland Canada DHC-515 amphibious fire bombers.

The company is studying hybrid-electric helicopters, continuing its electric certification drive and pushing Dash 7 conversion for NASA’s flight demonstrator.

Croatia and Greece have signed contracts to purchase de Havilland Canada DHC-515 amphibious aircraft to modernize their aerial firefighting fleets.

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is reviewing the potential market for a modernized version of the Short Sherpa twin-turboprop cargo aircraft, last produced in 1990.

Montreal-based Jaunt Air Mobility is finalizing the G-1 certification basis for Part 29 approval of its Journey eVTOL vehicle with Transport Canada.

Preliminary findings from the probe of a Japan Airlines/Japan Coast Guard runway collision trigger changes in communications protocol.

All 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the A350 managed to escape the burning aircraft, but five of the six on board the Coast Guard aircraft died.

Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.

Continuing airworthiness management organizations are adding new aircraft types and regulatory approvals to their capability lists.

De Havilland Canada has selected Universal Avionics as the lead supplier of integrated flight decks for its line of firefighting aircraft.

Air Greenland is opening routes to Canada and Denmark—and new international cities through interline agreements with Icelandair and SAS Scandinavian Airlines.

New flight-test phase will expand flight envelope with bigger turbo-compressor and later include liquid hydrogen fuel storage modules.

GKN Aerospace will provide the electrical wiring system for the hybrid-electric flight demonstrator under development by Pratt & Whitney Canada.

Netherlands-based hydrogen-electric propulsion startup Conscious Aerospace plans to open a hangar at Rotterdam The Hague Airport on Oct. 12.

Collins Aerospace has begun manufacturing a 1-megawatt electric generator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.

Startup begins converting 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 to test a 2-megawatt-class hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.