Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 09, 2016
FAA has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with Liteye Systems to evaluate technology developed by a trio of UK companies to identify and disable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or “drones” operating near airports.
Jun 08, 2016
Dubai-based Emirates Airline president Tim Clark told ATW he is impressed with the latest twin-aisle technology in the Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 787 and these are the aircraft types he is looking for as the competitive landscape changes.
Jun 08, 2016
Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, becoming China’s first operator of both the 787-8 and -9 variants of the Dreamliner family.
Jun 08, 2016
Airbus orders accelerated in May after a slow start to the year, with 83 orders over the course of the month, more than doubling its total for the year so far.
Jun 08, 2016
Taipei-based China Airlines, which was scheduled to take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB in July, has been informed by the European manufacturer its first aircraft will now arrive at the end of September.
Sep 25, 2020
The company is making key technology choices early and still has massive challenges ahead: technological, regulatory and in convincing industry partners to participate.
Sep 25, 2020
Numerous challenges must be overcome to get to the hydrogen propulsion future envisioned by Airbus, along with rewritten business models.
Sep 24, 2020
Spirit AeroSystems, its diversification efforts struggling as two major acquisitions remain in limbo, announced a smaller move to bolster its strategy via an aftermarket support partnership with Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT).
Sep 24, 2020
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) normally operates Boeing widebodies on its transatlantic services.
Sep 24, 2020
Rolls-Royce has developed ACCEL to beat the current electric aircraft speed record of 210 mph.
Sep 24, 2020
When Airbus acquired what was then called the Bombardier C Series in 2017 for essentially nothing plus guaranteed loss-sharing with the Canadian…
Sep 23, 2020
Across most of the supply chain, aerospace suppliers wonder aloud when they can expect stability in orders by and deliveries to their customers in the upper tiers or OEMS.
Sep 23, 2020
Boeing plans to eliminate a group of in-house training pilots dedicated to helping operators introduce new aircraft types, citing the lack of consistent work for them, and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced cost cuts.