Aerospace

By Graham Warwick, Joe Anselmo, Jen DiMascio
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Certification, production and funding are key challenges for the eVTOL industry.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Both NASA and Europe’s Clean Sky 2 program are racing to meet year-end deadlines for flight demonstrators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Upon delivery, the orders would have a combined value of $132 million, according to the company.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Regent, the Rhode Island-based startup developing an all-electric seaglider, has secured a strategic investment from Japan Airlines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Listen in as Aviation Week editors reflect on the 747's beginning and its legacy.
Check 6

By Guy Norris
Work on the site gets underway almost exactly a year after Boom Supersonic announced it had selected Greensboro as its production, test and delivery facility.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Airbus intends to hire another 13,000 new employees in 2023, roughly the same number the company added in 2022.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has decided to ditch Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft for Safran’s Arriel 2K turbine for the AW09 single engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The funding will be used to build a full-scale prototype of Electra’s hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week published a four-page photo spread of the 747 rollout in 1968, along with a glowing editorial about the new jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
As the last Boeing 747-8 leaves its birthplace, Aviation Week looks at how design features of the first widebody have shaped and influenced the industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A two-year project will explore hose-and-drogue positioning and drogue stability control.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
No other aircraft has been as important for trade and intercontinental travel as the Boeing 747. When Airbus finally launched a competitor, it was too late.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
“There are going to be a lot of failures this year,” Wisk CEO Gary Gysin told Aviation Week in his last official interview.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The pilot shortage that is pinching airline industry growth will not significantly slow the expansion of electric air taxi service, says Archer Aviation's CEO.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
As the world’s second-largest helicopter operator, Bristow Group knows a thing or two about vertical lift.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has delivered the first of 18 skidded-landing variant AW169M intermediate-light twin-engine helicopters to the Guardia di Finanza.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even reports "positive discussions which are creating a level of expectation in 2023 and the years to come."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Japanese eVTOL developer plans to enter the U.S. market ahead of pursuing certification with the FAA.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
It was Rocket Lab’s first from the Wallops Island facility, opening a new venue for the Electron rocket and marking a new beginning for the Virginia spaceport.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The last undelivered 747-8Is are being converted into presidential aircraft for the USAF under a nearly $7 billion development project, including cost overruns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s industry is exploring the role of cybertechniques as a means to defeat increasingly advanced air defenses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Moussa Kane to Director of Sales of AvAir, Chandler, AZ.
Aerospace