Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 01, 2021
Liquid-hydrogen prototype; lenticular rotors; GPS in GEO; emergency-response eVTOL; and flying car advances.
Mar 01, 2021
Growing e-commerce and shifting transportation modes are positive signs for air cargo.
Feb 26, 2021
As the Pentagon is grappling with how to maintain the F135 engine powering F-35 fighters, the engine on a Boeing airliner failed on a flight in the western U.S. Aviation Week editors discuss what these incidents mean for safety and reliability as well as the future of military engines.
Feb 26, 2021
Aircraft and engine-makers see enabling 100% sustainable-aviation-fuel use as essential to meeting aviation’s emission goals.
Feb 24, 2021
GTF engine retrofits and orders boost market recovery hopes for Pratt & Whitney.
Dec 02, 2020
Air logistics startup Airflow is working with VerdeGo Aero to study the distributed hybrid-electric propulsion system for its planned short-takeoff-and-landing cargo aircraft.
Dec 01, 2020
Supersonic aircraft developer Boom Technology has said it is using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including the company’s cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC) capability, to accelerate the design and construction of the XB-1 demonstrator and the follow-on Overture airliner.
Nov 27, 2020
Future carbon-neutral commercial aircraft should benefit from a favorable tax policy to help the technology gain traction, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said.
Nov 27, 2020
Russia’s cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr has grounded its entire fleet of Antonov An-124 super heavy freighters, an airline representative confirmed Nov. 27.
Nov 25, 2020
A French startup has unveiled plans to develop a hybrid-electric light aircraft as a step towards a hydrogen-fueled six-seat regional aircraft.
Nov 23, 2020
The promise the French industry made this past June to make its supply chain stronger is beginning to materialize.
Nov 23, 2020
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has teamed with satellite company Spire Global to supply the high-fidelity weather data critical to the aircraft maker’s goal of achieving Mach 1-plus cruise speeds without generating a sonic boom on the ground.
Nov 23, 2020
Croatia is to purchase three multimission helicopters for civil protection missions with the help of grants provided by the European Union.