2021 promises several milestones in the propulsion arena.

IATA predicts over $38 billion in industry losses next year—more than after the global financial crisis but a third of the 2020 deficit.

Senior executives in the airline and aerospace industry will face major challenges in the coming year.

It was a year of successes and failures, of beginnings and endings, for the space community in 2019. Here are some highlights of an eventful 12 months.

Aircraft propulsion advanced across a range of fronts in 2016, from entry into service of Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan to progress on distributed and hybrid-electric electric powerplants and supersonic-combustion ramjets.