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WHAT'S NEXT?: More than half of the expected new passengers over the next two decades will originate from China, which will displace the US as the world's largest aviation market by around 2029. More than half of the expected new passengers over the next two decades will originate from China, which will displace the US as the world's largest aviation market by around 2029. Sales of consumer and prosumer drones are soaring and the Federal Aviation Authority forecasts there will be more than 1.3 million licensed drone pilots by 2020 in the U.S. alone.

[New] A unit of Occidental Petroleum Corp. is partnering in a pilot project that could produce 1 metric tons / month of ethylene using human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) instead of hydrocarbon feedstocks like natural gas and oil.
[New] Taiwan's air force sent up aircraft to intercept and warn the Chinese away.
[New] Ryanair operates a fleet of 250 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 64 new aircraft which will be delivered over the next 2 years.
[New] The combination of aircraft carriers and Type 055 large destroyers will become a standard configuration of Chinese aircraft carrier task groups in the future.
[New] The Department of Defense's Cyber Crime Center has begun a pilot program to allow hackers to share the vulnerabilities they find in systems operated by companies in the defense industrial base.
[New] China has sent a Type 055 destroyer to accompany its aircraft carrier group for the first time during a sea trial over the weekend, a move analysts have said could lead to a significant boost to the strike group's lethality.
[New] Within the global prepreg market, commercial aerospace will remain the largest end use industry by value and volume due to increasing demand for lightweight materials in new aircraft programs, such as Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.
[New] The future of the global prepreg market looks promising with opportunities in the commercial aerospace, military / defense, general aviation, space/satellite, sporting goods, marine, wind energy, automotive, and civil engineering industries and other industries.
[New] Major League Soccer announced on Monday that it will be among several U.S. leagues that will take part in a pilot program to implement concussion substitutions, starting with the 2021 regular season.
[New] Joby Aviation expects to be the first eVTOL developer to receive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and the first company to introduce large-scale commercial operations with an eVTOL aircraft.
[New] The formation of a second UK-Qatar joint squadron, which was initially announced last year, will provide additional flying hours for RAF pilots and see long-term international investment in new infrastructure and training facilities at RAF Leeming.
[New] Finnair plans to be carbon-neutral by 2045 and is a member of the Nordic Network for Electric Aviation, which aims to standardize electric aircraft infrastructure in the Nordic countries, develop business models for regional point-to-point connectivity and develop aircraft suited to Nordic weather.
[New] Micro mobility is an industry that has stayed quite strong, with ridership increasing across Europe because people have a fear of public transport.
[New] In terms of revenue, Brazil is expected to hold a significant share of the aviation warning lights market in South America throughout the forecast period.
[New] The market in GCC is expected to expand at a significant CAGR during the forecast period, due to growing penetration of aviation warning lights in the sub-region.
[New] Airio will develop intelligent flight paths for the first eVTOL aircraft services in Italy, as part of a new partnership with Walle Mobility.
[New] Airlines are investing billions in cleaner aircraft, sustainable aviation fuels and the use of carbon emissions trading or offsetting as part of a long-term strategy to cut 2005-level emissions in half by 2050.
[New] The trade group intends to work towards a rapid expansion of the production and deployment of commercially viable sustainable aviation fuel to make 2 billion gallons of SAF available to US aircraft operators in 2030.
[New] Chinese missions conducted in East Asia will likely have the benefit of some form of air support from land-based fighter aircraft.
[New] MDC Ltd's €500,000 investment is intended as an opportunity for foreign and local companies to carry out tests on drones in Malta, as well as professionally train drone pilots ready for a variety of industries.

Last updated: 11 April 2021

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