Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Feb 04, 2021
Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.
Feb 03, 2021
Acubed collecting and processing millions of real-world images to train a machine-learning algorithm.
Feb 02, 2021
Airflow eSTOL; Elroy teams with NASA; DLR scales up fuel cells; South Korean UAM team; Lilium’s Florida expansion.
Jan 29, 2021
As Europe clears the MAX's return, 777X and 787 woes cap a horrible year and record loss for Boeing. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss on Check 6.
Jan 29, 2021
Fearful of an FVL monopoly in Europe in the 2030s, Airbus is turning to Europe to fund studies for a European Next-Generation Rotorcraft.
Sep 25, 2020
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has unveiled the electric propulsion system for its planned 19-seat regional airliner, the ES-19.
Sep 24, 2020
Rolls-Royce has developed ACCEL to beat the current electric aircraft speed record of 210 mph.
Sep 22, 2020
Barring the equivalent of light speed regulatory action in Europe, Spirit AeroSystems appears unlikely to close its proposed $420 million acquisition of Asco Industries—at least not under the current terms that expire Oct. 1.
Sep 21, 2020
Austria has selected the military version of Leonardo’s AW169 twin-engine intermediate light helicopter to replace its fleet of 1960s-era Aerospatiale Alouette III. 
Sep 20, 2020
Drawing on government funding into hydrogen propulsion, the manufacturer is working to define a commercial airliner to enter service in 2035.
Sep 17, 2020
Raytheon Technologies is on its way to cutting at least 15,000 employees in response to the company’s recent merger and the fallout from COVID-19, the aerospace and defense giant’s CEO told an investor conference, and likely more will occur.
Sep 17, 2020
The purpose-built freighter variant of the ATR 72-600 made its first flight Sep. 16 in Toulouse, as part of a program ATR hopes will culminate with the first delivery to Fedex by year-end.
Sep 16, 2020
WASHINGTON—A U.S. Congressional report on the Boeing 737 MAX reveals that while Boeing learned during the model’s development that pilots might not…