Aerospace

Boom’s Baby advances; Full-scale wind tunnel damaged; Delair drones get government nod; Embry-Riddle UAS to fly into the unknown.

Despite the multiple benefits of a cockpit upgrade, it remains uncertain whether the recent contract for Airbus to retrofit UPS’s A300-600 freighters is signaling a trend.

Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost says its studies show modular, reconfigurable cabins can increase airline revenue and passenger comfort.

The battery system proves the biggest challenge in developing an electric propulsion demonstrator, but other aspects of the X-57 Maxwell are making good progress.

As manufacturing of the initial 777X production wing gets underway, Boeing ramps up other parts of the new twinjet assembly system.

The lessons from the halftime of Boeing's 20-year CMO assessment are simple: the market prefers smaller jets and hates very large jets.

Boeing says model-based systems engineering will be pivotal to the successful development of its NMA.

NASA advances UTM; Airbus details E-Fan-X; NASA issues draft RFP for supersonic X-plane; C-17 drag reduction; counter-UAS test site.

Hypersonic propulsion has been “around the corner” for decades, but the technology may finally be mature enough for prime time.

The U-2 reconnaissance aircraft could help solve U.S. Air Force’s battlefield communications problem.

The Stratolaunch satellite launching aircraft is set to begin fuel-system testing, on track for its first launch demonstration in 2019.

Positioning for market rebound, L3’s Strianese aims for 8-10% organic growth and predicts big growth in undersea systems.

UTC Aerospace Systems President David Gitlin talked to Aviation Week editors about his plans for a future of more electric and much more intelligent aircraft.

Dennis Muilenburg on the New Midsize Airplane, 777X, Bombardier, Trump, Iran, China, Blue Origin and his “audacious” aftermarket plan.

Powering Boeing’s NMA will be one major battlefield for the big engine-makers.

Led by CEO Tom Enders, Airbus embarks on digital and technological transformation that include hybrid and electronic technologies, new manufacturing methods.

Rolls-Royce’s strategy of close dependency between its engine development programs inevitably meant that trouble with one potentially exposed the other.

The EcoDemonstrator program continues to provide Boeing with valuable information on viable cutting-edge technologies for future aircraft.

With pilot shortages anticipated as air traffic explodes, including uses such as urban air mobility, autonomous flight may become a necessity.

Workhorse parlays developing a hybrid-electric truck prototype for the U.S. Postal Service into a bid for the emerging VTOL air taxi market.

For the past two years, Airbus has been revamping its innovation strategy in an unprecedented way.

Spirit and Boeing have been working toward a new master agreement since the old 10-year deal expired two years ago. They still have much to do.

Lockheed Martin says hypersonic technologies are now sufficiently mature to enable progress towards a demonstrator for its Mach 6-capable follow-on to the SR-71.

Certification of VCT’s aft-body drag-reducing devices is planned on the 737NG family following the company’s positive flight-test results on the C-130 and C-17.

With some very serious players announcing the development of personal vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft over the past few months, many are wondering if we are about to enter the future predicted by the creators of The Jetsons.