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The MBDA-led team has undertaken the first firings of the directed-energy weapon.

Step behind the scenes with Aviation Week editors to hear about their sit downs with Guillaume Faury and David Calhoun prior to Farnborough Airshow.

The question of whether the pursuit of zero-carbon flight should see the creation of a UK-based aircraft manufacturer divides opinion.

Boeing’s latest 20-year outlook sees traffic and global GDP growth figures lower than the comparable 2021 forecast assumptions.

Ascent is looking to to shorten the training pipeline.

The UK’s plan to achieve full operational capability with the Boeing P-8 Poseidon rests on its ability to train crews in-country, with the Royal Air Force currently fielding three more aircraft than total aircrews.

The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk. 2 active electronically scanned array radar.

Supply chain problems have slowed deliveries of Leap 1 engines to Airbus and Boeing.

The end goal is to have a battle plan with allies involved by design at the outset, the service’s boss says.

Consolidation has amplified the age-old supply/demand dilemma that affects any market undergoing a rate of expansion that cannot be easily met by creating new capacity, and some smaller players in business aviation are feeling the pinch.

A selection of news briefs on Day Three of EBACE 2022.

A selection of news briefs on Day Three of EBACE 2022.

With the 2022 edition of EBACE in full swing, the onsite ShowNews editorial team gather to share their key takeaways from this year's event.

Ground infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate eVTOLs.

The theory that bizav could lead SAF adoption is proving hard in practice.

President Mark Burns updates on the progress of the OEMs latest programs.

SEA Prime CEO Chiara Dorigotti says international bizjets are returning.

A selection of news briefs on Day Two of EBACE 2022.

As it took over FlightAware, Collins stood up its Connected Aviation Solutions division.

Despite extensive promotion of sustainable aviation fuels, FBOs and airports report that, often, captains remain reluctant to put SAF into their aircraft.

It is to everyone's advantage that there are a multiplicity of methods of getting to a sustainable aviation ecosystem, the panelists agreed, and "we have to stay motivated and we have to stay determined" to get there.

Three Textron Aviation aircraft are on show at EBACE for the first time: the Citation CJ4 Gen2 and XLS Gen2 business jets and the Beechcraft King Air 360 turboprop, an upgrade from its legendary King Air 350.

New aircraft buyers accounted for 36% of bizjet sales, Embraer says.

Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, now under Textron ownership, plans to grow its workforce and accelerate development of new products, including the Nuuva hybrid-electric uncrewed cargo aircraft.

GE Aviation has ground-tested its Passport long-range business-jet engine, the powerplant for the Bombardier Global 7500 and new 8000, on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time.