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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.

Embraer remains “committed to the defense and executive jets business,” the company’s new CEO Francisco Gomes Neto told Aviation Week.

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.

Johnathan Hoyle, CBE, vice president for Europe in LM International, discusses the firm’s European plans.

Safran is entering an early manufacturing phase for electric motors.

The Paris Air Show’s muted aircraft-order expectations and preoccupation with the Boeing 737 MAX’s struggles took unexpected turns late June 18.

Under a new contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, Collins Aerospace will upgrade an additional 24 Lockheed Martin C-130Hs for ANG, the U.S. Air National Guard.

Pratt & Whitney has made a raft of announcements during the Air Show, involving sales of geared turbofan engines for Airbus A320neo series aircraft.

The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.

As aerospace accelerates toward a more electric future, Rolls-Royce has secured a head start on its strategic goals in this sector with the surprise

While the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules airlifter is writing history, its civil counterpart, the LM-100J, is busy rewriting it.

The GE veteran has been running Avio Aero since the American-headquartered conglomerate acquired the aerospace portions the Italian propulsion-system specialist in 2013, and assumed the role of CEO the following year.

Raytheon’s approach to the C-UAS mission set is broad, with a range of different radar and other detectors available in a variety of different configurations.

Airlines are opting for more long-term agreements to maintain their CFM International Leap engines

An extension to a memorandum of understanding between the government of Japan and France's aviation regulator, will help pave the way for greater collaboration between Japanese and French business. But, according to Hiroyuki Hatada, director of the aerospace and defense industry division of the Japanese government's ministry of economy, trade and industry, it is also part of an ambitious and wide-ranging strategy by the Japanese government to help its aerospace sector grow.

Embraer's E195 E-2 'Profit Hunter' arrived at this year's Paris Air Show in new livery, but how much longer will the aircraft retain its name? Also, Mitsubishi is showing its rebranded MRJ, the SpaceJet at the show. Watch as our editors discuss the commercial air transport market at Le Bourget.

Thales is demonstrating its new FlytX avionics suite at the 2019 Paris Air Show. Watch as Aviation Week takes a look at how Thales is pitching the new system as an option for reduced training and optimizing workload in the flight deck.

UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic is to acquire 14 Airbus A330-900s, with a further six on option, in a move that CEO Shai Weiss said positioned the London-based carrier for future growth. But he called on changes to slot allocation at Virgin’s London Heathrow base to make it possible for the carrier to achieve its ambition of being the UK’s second flag-carrier, alongside British Airways.

Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita aerostructures giant, on June 17 unveiled new production methods for carbon fiber composite materials that the Tier 1 said will enable lower costs and higher production volumes for future aircraft components.

United Airlines is to top up its fleet of Embraer E175s with a further firm order for 20 of the type, plus 19 options.

The aircraft will be capable for flying up to 4,700 nm in a configuration for around 200 passengers. That is around 700 nm more than what the A321LR offers.

Since leaving the German motor glider company that continues to bear his name, Dr. Reiner Stemme has devoted his energies to utility air systems for surveillance and monitoring, generating several designs based on the sailplane formula for two related firms.

The past year’s progress has perhaps been more about smaller steps; but there have been several of them, and they all appear significant.

Boeing is leaning towards offering the larger of the two proposed new midmarket airplane variants first for delivery in 2025 as it nears closing the business case and obtaining board permission for formal authority to offer later this year.