Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Oct 23, 2020
Transonic Truss Braced Wing, electrified propulsion small-core turbofans and high-rate composites top NASA’s priorities
Oct 23, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 22, 2020
From Boom to Joby, aviation startups are turning to 3D printing to reduce time and cost required to field new products.
Oct 21, 2020
Aviation Week editors honored more than two dozen 2020 Laureate Awards winners from around the globe in a virtual event.
Oct 19, 2020
Kawasaki’s compound; Rolls’ eVTOL rig; ADAC OKs multicopters; Aerion’s eSTOL linkup; Eve for UAM; and Compact rotary power.
Jun 15, 2020
LONDON—Leonardo Helicopters has secured European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for the Safran Aneto 1K-powered version of the AW189 super-medium helicopter.
Jun 15, 2020
John Slattery, who has led Embraer’s Commercial Aviation business since 2016, will become CEO of commercial and military aircraft engine giant GE Aviation on Sept. 1, replacing David Joyce, who will retire, General Electric announced June 15.
Jun 11, 2020
Aerostructures giant Spirit AeroSystems, the leading supplier to the Boeing 737 MAX program, is furloughing more workers after the OEM recently told it to cut o
Jun 11, 2020
Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) is conducting fit checks with an advanced wing for NASA’s X-57 electric propulsion demonstrator as the X-plane progresses toward a first flight at Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California.
Jun 10, 2020
COMAC C919s have been added to an agreement with China Express Airlines that was originally limited to acquiring ARJ21 regional jets from the state manufacturer.
Jun 10, 2020
MRO providers move ahead with consolidations despite adverse impacts from COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 10, 2020
Having learned first-hand the challenges of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, a group of former Airbus Vahana team members have launched a company to develop a hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for short-haul aerial logistics.
Jun 09, 2020
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startup Lilium has raised an additional $35 million from Baillie Gifford, a Scotland-based investment management partnership with investments in SpaceX, Tesla, Amazon and other technology companies.