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The Indonesian Ministry of Defence Selects the PC-24
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence has selected the PC-24 to support the Indonesian Air Force transport pilot training, air transport and liaison missions. A contract for twelve PC-24s has been signed with PT E-System Solutions Indonesia, the authorized defence contractor by the Ministry of Defence. The contract includes an option for additional aircraft, ground support equipment, tools, spare parts, training, and technical support from Pilatus headquarters in Stans, Switzerland. At the same time, a Letter of Intent has been signed among the parties for the supply of 24 PC-21 trainers. This package also includes Ground Based Training Equipment, spare parts, ground support equipment and technical support.
H55 Battery Technology for RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
The Swiss-based company H55 announced continued progress developing the 200 kWh Energy Storage System (ESS) for the RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator, since the project achieved the significant milestone of its first full-power system test conducted in June 2025. The demonstrator, led by RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Canada and Collins Aerospace, aims to demonstrate up to 30% improvement in fuel efficiency for regional aircraft through a hybrid-electric propulsion architecture combining an advanced thermal engine, a 1-megawatt electric motor, and H55’s battery system. With the RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator now progressing toward aircraft integration and flight testing on a modified De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100, H55’s battery technology will support hybrid-electric propulsion validation at the regional aircraft scale.
IATA: Air Travel Demand Will More Than Double by 2050
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its Long Term
Demand Projections (LTDP) for air travel, showing that global air passenger demand is
expected to more than double by 2050. Under the mid-range scenario, demand is forecast to reach 20.8 trillion revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), based on a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.1% (2024-2050) from the 9 trillion RPKs seen in 2024. A higher growth scenario would see a 3.3% CAGR with passenger demand reaching 21.9 trillion RPKs in 2050. A lower growth scenario would see 2.9% CAGR with passenger demand reaching 19.5 trillion RPKs by 2050. The different scenarios are driven by alternative modelling of long-term economic growth, populations, aviation fuel price trends, the global energy transition, and air transport supply-side capacity development. Under the mid-range scenario, Asia Pacific and Africa are expected to be the fastest growing regions over 2024-2050, with CAGRs of 3.8% and 3.6% respectively. Europe and North America are projected to grow more slowly, at 2.5% and 2.8%. The LTDP identifies the fastest growing markets as intra Africa (4.9%).
People: Barbara Frei-Spreiter New CEO of RUAG International Holding AG
The Board of Directors of RUAG International Holding AG has appointed Dr. Barbara Frei-Spreiter as the new CEO of RUAG International and Beyond Gravity. She will assume the role on April 7, 2026. With the appointment of Dr. Barbara Frei-Spreiter, RUAG International concludes the multi-stage search process to succeed André Wall as CEO of RUAG International and its space business, Beyond Gravity. Barbara Frei-Spreiter is a proven Swiss executive with over 25 years of international leadership experience in global industrial and high-tech companies.
Barbara Frei-Spreiter (born in 1970) is a Swiss citizen and lives in the Zurich area. She studied mechanical engineering, earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from ETH Zurich, and holds an Executive MBA from IMD in Lausanne. She began her professional career in 1998 at the technology group ABB. There, she assumed leadership roles in development and service, as well as global profit responsibility in various positions as country, regional, and business unit manager. In 2016, she joined the energy technology and automation group Schneider Electric, which employs 177,000 people worldwide, where she most recently served as a member of the Executive Committee and was responsible for the global Industrial Automation division, which generated revenue of 7,022 million euros. Prior to that, she led the European business and the DACH region, among other roles.
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