Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 20, 2022
Digging out the details of the Airbus A300 in-service fleet 50 years after its first flight is complicated.
Oct 20, 2022
The San Diego company’s next uncrewed aircraft system could be powered by a radical new engine design of its own making.
Oct 19, 2022
The first Airbus program was on the verge of collapse several times, but then it became the catalyst Airbus needed to thrive.
Oct 19, 2022
U.S. airline pilot unions do not agree on whether the last two 737 MAX variants should have more modern crew warning systems.
Oct 19, 2022
The helicopter’s aging tail-rotor system is targeted for replacement as the Army and Boeing debate acquisition future.
Jun 17, 2022
A German startup plans to demonstrate the weight-saving structural integration of a battery system into a wing as the first step toward developing a nine-passenger all-electric regional airliner with a range of 270 nm.
Jun 17, 2022
The flight, which marked the first time Roc had flown at altitudes required for effective launch trajectories of Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle, lasted just over three hours.
Jun 15, 2022
The deal, valued by manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles as potentially in excess of $600 million, gives Air Nostrum the option of receiving up to 10 of the 100-seat aircraft.
Jun 15, 2022
In March 2022, Embraer has launched a project with the Greater Zurich Area that includes Daedalean, Near Earth Autonomy, Iris Automation, Ansys from the U.S. and Motora.ai from Brazil.
Jun 08, 2022
Tier 1 Engineering has begun flying its electric Robinson R44 helicopter with the 350-kW MagniX magni350 electric propulsion unit planned for the production conversion.
Jun 08, 2022
The U.S. Air Force now expects to make a production decision on the MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter in January 2023, a total slip of about 16 months.
Jun 08, 2022
Regional turboprop lessor Monte Aircraft Leasing has agreed to purchase up to 100 hydrogen-electric powertrains from zero-emission propulsion startup ZeroAvia for installation on new and existing Cessna Caravans and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters as well as Dornier 228s and HAL-228s.
May 27, 2022
Airlines and lessors are increasingly vocal about Boeing aircraft delays.