The 53rd Show will take place at the Le Bourget Parc des Expositions from 17 to 23 June 2019, and once again will bring together all the players in this global industry around the latest technological innovations. Big announcements are already coming out and some other are eagerly awaited.
Onera unveiled the Dragon concept
Two years after they presented the Ampère concept ahead of the 57th edition of the Paris AirShow, Onera will unveil their new research regarding advantages and disadvantages of distributed propulsion for a 150 passenger airliner at a cruise speed of Mach 0,8. This study will be helpful to implement this technology in future aircraft around 2035. It is a hybrid propulsion system that will be studied as the kerosene used in this technlogy will be converted in electrical power by two turbogenerators able to supply a 26W electrical power. This technology added to future component innovation should reduce kerosene consumption of 25%.
UTC and Raytheon merge to become one of the aerospace industry main player
Following merger with Rockwell Collins, American consortium UTC just realized a similar operation with the technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil and cybersecurity markets Raytheon. This merger will be finalized during first semester 2020 and will become a serious competition for European giants Safran, Airbus, Thales and MBDA.
Safran and Uber displayed a new cabin concept dedicated to eVTOL
During the Uber elevated Summit at Washington, Safran Cabin and Uber presented a mock-up of a new cabin concept dedicated to electric vertical takeoff and landing programs. This concept is supposed to be a standard usable by every eVTOL manufacturer. This is the result of several months of intensive work on the design and study of the passenger experience carried out by ZEO, Safran Cabin's innovation and design studio.
Industry is awaiting contracts for SCAF projects
Started in 2019, France and Germany created a new concept and architecture project lead by Airbus and Dassault. This study should lenght two years and cost 65M €. There are now many French and German key players involved in the project. Thales, Safran, MBDA France for the French side and Hensoldt, ESG, Diehl Aero, Diehl Defence, MBDA Germany, Rohde & Schwarz and MTU for the German side.
"What we have been asking for for several months now is the launch of demonstrators in parallel so as not to waste time in the exercise of know-how and technologies in the preparation of the operational SCAF". said Eric Trappier, Dassault's CEO
And other topics are eagerly awaited such as the Hermes 45's presentation by Elbit Systems or a new A330-700 from Airbus to compete with Boeing's NMA ...
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