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Aries Aero Systems Launches New Website
Aries Aero Systems, LLC has launched a new website highlighting our certification consulting and aerospace staffing practices.
August 2, 2026Certification InsightsSupporting Certification for Next-Generation Aircraft Programs
From eVTOL to supersonic and hypersonic vehicles, emerging aircraft programs face certification questions that don't always have precedent. Here's how we approach them.
July 19, 2026Company NewsAries Aero Systems Recognized as a Minority Business Enterprise
Aries Aero Systems, LLC has achieved Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification, strengthening our fit for clients' supplier diversity programs.
July 3, 2026What We’re Watching This Week
A short, curated read on the certification, regulatory, and program developments shaping our clients’ work. Updated every Monday.
Transport AircraftSeptember 22, 2026FAA proposes landing-gear AD for Airbus A300 series over MLG cage cracking
Cracking traced to incorrect machining of the main landing gear two-piece cage prompted a proposed AD that, per the FAA's newer process, incorporates the underlying EASA AD by reference wholesale rather than restating its requirements - a template worth watching as more legacy bilateral fleets get swept into US ADs this way.
Federal Registerfederalregister.gov
SafetySeptember 22, 2026FAA proposes tighter AW139/AB139 airworthiness limitations, superseding a 2022 AD
New EASA-driven life limits and maintenance tasks aimed at a part failure that could cause loss of control show how a rotorcraft's airworthiness limitations section keeps evolving years after initial certification, which Part 27/29 continued-airworthiness programs need to keep tracking well past entry into service.
Federal Registerfederalregister.gov- Transport AircraftSeptember 16, 2026
Boeing says amended type certificate for 737 MAX 10 is close, following MAX 7 in August
With flight testing wrapped since July, Boeing's CEO framed the remaining wait for the MAX 10's amended type certificate as a documentation-review load bigger than the MAX 7's, a reminder that on a derivative-model TC the compliance paperwork can now outlast the flight-test campaign itself.
Leeham Newsleehamnews.com 
eVTOL / AAMSeptember 8, 2026PAL-V becomes first FlyDrive developer to win an EASA production organisation approval
Adding a POA on top of its 2025 EASA "no technical objection" separates PAL-V's manufacturing-system maturity from its still-open aircraft type certification, a useful reminder that production approval and type approval are two distinct EASA gates an AAM program has to clear on separate tracks.
AIAA / PAL-Vaiaa.org
UASSeptember 4, 2026TSA opens sign-ups for closed-door Part 108 BVLOS security roundtables
Scheduling the roundtables for after the FAA and TSA final rules publish - with requests to participate due October 19 - signals TSA intends to build BVLOS security-program requirements from current waiver-holder practice rather than write them from a blank page, worth flagging for any UAS operator planning ahead of Part 108.
Federal Registerfederalregister.gov
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