Aerospace

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Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Safran has tested hydrogen combustion sub-systems for a turbine engine, as part of a European industry-wide hydrogen propulsion project for commercial aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has secured long-awaited U.S. FAA certification for H160 twin-engine medium helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Infrastructure operator Ferrovial has partnered with real estate developer Milligan to identify and develop sites for vertiports in the UK.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Dubbed the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE), the system was developed by AFRL’s Information Directorate.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The fund will be used for continued development of the AE200, a piloted four-passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
The interdependence of China’s aviation sector with global suppliers means that they are likely stuck with each other, for better or worse.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
ATP Flight School has signed an agreement with Textron Aviation to purchase 40 Cessna 172 Skyhawk trainers for delivery in 2025.
Maintenance & Training

By Ben Goldstein
This amounts to a high-stakes bet that regulations and public acceptance will come together to enable a successful commercial launch in the future.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aska began ground testing in the first quarter and now has FAA certification and authorization for uncrewed flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s major commercial international airshow MAKS will not open its gates in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on July 25-30 as previously scheduled.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Upstart Archer denies allegations of intellectual property theft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
Union workers at the key Tier 1 aerostructures provider will return to work on July 5 after they agreed to an improved four-year labor agreement.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The result of that engagement is the launch of the Quantum Open Avionics Platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The new location will allow the company to consolidate flight test operations closer to its headquarters, as well as hire engineers from Mojave and Los Angeles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The French aerospace company anticipates European certification in the first quarter of 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has announced a $100 million equity sale to existing investor SK Telecom.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The Virgin Galactic space company conducted its inaugural commercial flight on June 29.
Commercial Space

U.S. Air Force F-35 pilot Captain Heath ‘Shady’ Williams talk through the F-35’s unique capabilities.
Defense

Lockheed Martin’s Tony Frese outlines why the LMXT programme using A330 MRTT aircraft could meet the US Air Force’s future strategic tanker requirements.
Defense

By Richard Aboulafia
What was once a 50-50 single-aisle/twin-aisle market is now a 70-30 market, with no signs of changing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
New initiative announced at Paris Air Show coincides with apparent decreased American presence in Le Bourget.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The service is investing in new ISR, UAS and combat air capabilities as it prepares for a new era of data-driven defense.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine, Irene Klotz
Building a space taxi for NASA turned out to be a whole lot harder than Boeing imagined.
Space