Grant funding worth over £2 million has been awarded so far to Midlands-based aerospace SMEs, or companies seeking to diversify into the sector, as part of the Aerospace Unlocking Potential (UP) programme which has been working at pace to support the upturn of aerospace in the region.
https://www.aero-mag.com/midlands-aerospace-funding-12012022
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US plane manufacturer Boeing has snatched Airbus’s crown as the world’s largest aircraft maker on an adjusted order basis.
While the European plane maker remains the world’s largest manufacturer for the number of planes delivered, the Seattle-based company ended the year with 535 net orders while Airbus’s total amounted to 507.
https://www.cityam.com/boeing-snatches-airbus-crown-adjusted-order-basis/
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GKN Aerospace has been selected as a supplier on Gulfstream’s new Gulfstream G800 and Gulfstream G400 business jets.
GKN Aerospace is using its highly developed capability in design and manufacture of business jet empennages and aerostructures on the advanced aircraft.
The rudder and elevators from the empennage, in addition to the floorboards, will all feature the latest thermoplastic technology. GKN Aerospace also produces the metal bonded fuselage panels for the body of the new G800 aircraft, as well as the aluminium machined wing skins for the G400.
https://www.adsadvance.co.uk/gkn-aerospace-to-supply-new-gulfstream-g800-and-g400-business-jets.html