Leonardo Planning NGCTR First Flight By Year-End

LONDON—Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator (NGCTR-TD) ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end. Fixed to a ground test rig, the NGCTR-TD began runs of its GE Aerospace CT7 engines on July 26 at Leonardo’s Cascina Costa…