SOUTH EAST ASIAN FRENCH AEROSPACE NETWORK

Following the vote of the European Parliament on February 14, allocating an exceptional budget to the Iris2 constellation (Infrastructure for Resilience and Secure Interconnection by Satellite), we interviewed its rapporteur, French MEP Christophe Grudler, member of the Mouvement Démocrate and the Renew Europe group.

Each weekend, an image that made the news or caught our attention. On March 24, Airbus shared a series of rare views confirming the deployment of a communications satellite into geostationary orbit.

Lyte Aviation unveiled its 40-seat SkyBus and SkyTruck (hybrid) ADAVe (eVTOL) programme on 23 March. Intended to carry loads of up to 4.5t, both aircraft are based on the Fairey Rotodyne concept and are expected to adopt a mixed powerplant combining turbo engines and electric motors.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully completed the first flight of a B777-300ER passenger aircraft after converting it to a freighter configuration for AerCap. IAI is currently in the final stages of the certification process for the "Big Twin" 777-300ERSF, with a firm order backlog of more than 60 aircraft expected to be delivered over the next five years.