On Sept. 11, pilots Amanda Farnsworth and Katie Pribyl set out on a transatlantic flight from North America to Normandy, France, to encourage girls to pursue dreams of flight and honor the female pilots who served during World War II.
Among the highlights at the biannual aerospace industry gathering at Le Bourget are Eviation's new all-electric aircraft, the arrival of Boeing's KC-46 and developments in hypersonics. Watch as Guy Norris and Steve Trimble discuss.
An extension to a memorandum of understanding between the government of Japan and France’s aviation regulator, signed at the Paris Air Show, will help pave the way for greater business collaboration.
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new Airbus long-range narrowbody. The airline plans to take eight in 2023, 22 in 2024, and 20 in 2025, and is likely to use them throughout its network on a variety of routes.
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines enters the Paris Air Show in the midst of a production ramp-up on the F135 engine for the F-35 and a burst of innovative activity based at the newly opened GatorWorks organization in West Palm Beach, Florida.
For Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services division, cybersecurity challenges are relentless and will become a subset of his business’s evolution over the next few months.
Unmanned air system specialists General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has packaged control elements developed for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian and earlier UAVs into an enhanced control and command capability.
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020 as the engine maker assumes a greater role following its recent acquisition of Siemens’ eAircraft unit; a former partner in the project.
The airline said it will convert 26 existing A321neo orders to the XLR, and will add another 10 new orders. This will boost the carrier’s total A320neo-family orders to 109, including 28 A321LRs and 45 A320neos.
Call it the federation of French flying clubs if you like, but FFA (Fédération Française Aéronautique) is here exhibiting a Pipistrel Alpha Electro two-seater it has begun using for instruction purposes, thus making it one of the first electric aircraft in service.
In an unprecedented move, the chief technology officers of seven aircraft and engine OEMs came together this week to outline a shared commitment to reducing emissions and ensuring a more ecologically sustainable future for aviation.
Russian Helicopters is a bright presence at the Paris Air Show this year, bringing two Ansat light twins, the company’s major hope in the commercial segment, to the event.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. revealed that it has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an identified North American customer—the first orders or commitments for the newly revealed type. The MOU, announced June 19, clears the way for “formal negotiations” to begin for a firm order that would see deliveries begin in 2024.
Dassault Aviation’s Next Generation Fighter was unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week. Watch as our editors review the key features on the mock-up of the fighter on display at Le Bourget.
Aviation gurus Richard Aboulafia of Teal Group and Accenture’s John Schmidt join Aviation Week Editorial Director Joe Anselmo to take a look under the hood at this year’s Paris Air Show. Watch as they discuss everything from aircraft orders to artificial intelligence.
GE Aviation is celebrating passing a major production milestone for its flight-management systems. The company has just delivered its 20,000th flight-management computer, some 35 years after developing its first.
Having brought the second KC-390 tanker-transport to the 2017 Paris Air Show, Embraer returns this year with number 004, fully configured to operate with FAB, the Brazilian Air Force.
Safran Helicopter Engines has achieved European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification of the Arrano turboshaft for Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter.
