Aerospace

Swift Engineering has flown the first in a planned family of commercial persistent stratospheric unmanned aircraft.

Rolls-Royce is planning to make the first flight of its ACCEL high-speed electric-powered aircraft later this year.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Aviation Week editors provide their behind-the-scenes impressions from interviews with the CEOs of Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa Technik and Raytheon Technologies.

The Trump administration’s National Space Council on July 23 released a 17-page report outlining its approach to deep-space exploration and development.

STEVENS AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS completed AS9110 and ISO9001 audits for its quality management system at Greenville, SC.

GKN AEROSPACE took ownership of 110,000 sq ft Global Technology Centre in Bristol, UK to open in 2H21 to focus on additive manufacturing, advanced

US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY proposed emissions standards for commercial aircraft and large business jets that it says are in line with ICAO's

EMBRAER concluded financing contracts totaling US$300m from five public/private banks to reinforce its cash position.

British lawmakers have expressed concern that the government’s decision to invest in the failed OneWeb satellite constellation ignored input from advisers.

With the goal of demonstrating zero-carbon flight across the Atlantic within a generation, the UK government’s Jet Zero Council held its first meeting on July 22.

This webinar took place July 23, 2020 and was sponsored by Makino. In 2001 China accounted for 2% of commercial aircraft orders. By 2018 that had

Val Miftakov is the founder and CEO of ZeroAvia, which is developing a zero emission electric powertrain for regional aircraft that uses hydrogen fuel cells. Aviation Week's Executive Editor, Technology Graham Warwick speaks to him about the startup’s plans in this Tech Talk.

Rolls’ need to fund UltraFan development drives speculation about renewed cooperation.

Economic and workforce upheavals are testing the mettle of the small satellite industry.

AAR had $4.4m net income on $2.07b sales for year ended May 31 vs $7.5m on $2.05b a year ago; year-over-year fourth quarter sales drop 26% due to the

FAA says when it (soon) issues NPRM for AD affecting 737 MAX, it will keep commitment to transparency and provide 45 days for public comment on

Henry Johnston to President of Dowty Propellers, Brockworth, UK.

Dr. Laurence Vigeant-Langlois to Managing Director-Portfolio Management/New Business Development/Leasing of AE Industrial Partners.

BOMBARDIER reports its 2Q20 cash usage was $500m better than expected and it secured commitment from investment funds and accounts managed by HPS

PANASONIC AVIONICS was selected by Air Tanzania to provide eX1 IFE solution/Wi-Fi for two A220-300s.

This webinar took place July 22, 2020 and was sponsored by Raytheon Technologies. Prototypes are flying, operational trials are beginning, financing

An international team of astronomers has directly imaged a very young, Sun-like star with multiple large planets—a first that may help astronomers better understand how our Solar System’s planets formed and evolved.

Space situational awareness provider LeoLabs is to locate its fourth space radar in Costa Rica.

With the groundbreaking of Aerion’s new Florida headquarters approaching, company CEO Tom Vice talks to Senior Propulsion Editor Guy Norris about the design, development, and sustainability of its newly reconfigured AS2 supersonic business jet.