Latest Commercial Aviation Content by Aviation Week & Space Technology
Feb 23, 2016
Rolls-Royce is set to begin flight tests of its Trent 1000 TEN engine as it steps up XWB production for the Airbus A350.
Feb 23, 2016
Demand outlook remains strong in Asia-Pacific, based on incremental rather than big orders.
Feb 22, 2016
Boeing may be moving up the launch of a new midsize aircraft program.
Feb 22, 2016
Pipistrel tests hybrid electric; Russia flies tiltrotor UAV; coatings for smoother flying; Airbus in Singapore delivery-UAV trial; structure says where it hurts.
Feb 22, 2016
From battery weight and cost to motor cooling and electric arcing, a long list of issues must be tackled to make electric propulsion a reality for large aircraft.
Feb 22, 2016
Rolls-Royce Liberty Works and United Technologies Research Center are assessing whether parallel hybrid turbine-electric propulsion could provide fuel and emissions savings in otherwise conventional single-aisle airliners.
Feb 19, 2016
Airliners, without any new equipage, will soon fly as if in domestic airspace over oceans and remote areas using Aireon’s satellite-based surveillance network, unless routes cross into regions that have not signed up.
Feb 19, 2016
NATS is using historical data to drive out bottlenecks and increase capacity at British airports.