Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 01, 2021
Leduc won Aviation Week’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 but had to wait a year to accept it because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nov 01, 2021
AW169 software updates boost engine performance while aerodynamic changes adjust flight handling.
Nov 01, 2021
Fly-by-wire taking off; More orbital cleanup plans; Zero-emissions island links; Wing drones go urban; Food giant eyes SAF.
Oct 27, 2021
In April, Rob Scholl was named senior vice president for eAviation at Textron, a new position within the industrial conglomerate. Previously senior vice president of sales and marketing at Textron Aviation, he talked to Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick about his new role leading the company’s exploration of the technologies reshaping aviation.
Oct 27, 2021
These technologies are helping optimize components, fabricate novel shapes and integrate data into design, manufacturing and maintenance.
Sep 01, 2021
Textron said that the Catalyst will “soon” fly on GE’s King Air 350 flying testbed in Berlin.
Aug 31, 2021
Harbour Air, MagniX and H55 have completed the preliminary design review on their electric propulsion modification for the 1940s-vintage de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.
Aug 31, 2021
For one large commuter airline in the U.S., the lessons it is learning as the launch operator of a new conventionally powered aircraft could prove invaluable as it embraces electric aircraft.
Aug 30, 2021
Rolls-Royce says the gearbox assembly in development for the heart of the company’s new high bypass demonstrator engine has set a record-breaking level of power transmission during preinstallation checkout tests.
Aug 30, 2021
Composites can enable the use of more and lighter blades to enhance aircraft performance.
Aug 26, 2021
Call them letters of interest, pre-orders or some other term, electric aircraft startups are persuading potential customers to make early commitments of different forms to their products. In return, customers are gaining an ability to influence the design and investors are receiving votes of confidence in the aircraft.
Aug 25, 2021
A team of six Japanese companies including All Nippon Airways (ANA) plan to demonstrate the capture and recycle of carbon dioxide (CO2) into sustainable available fuel (SAF) using renewable energy.
Aug 24, 2021
Lynne Hopper, a central figure in the 737 MAX recovery effort, has been named the new vice president and general manager of Boeing Commercial Airplanes' recently centralized Engineering Strategy & Operations (ES&O) group.