Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 22, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Mar 22, 2024
FAA revises type certification basis for eVTOLs, beginning with Joby
Mar 21, 2024
The aging aircraft’s final deployment measures air quality in Asia as researchers lament lack of space in its replacement, a Boeing 777-200.
Mar 20, 2024
Improved propellant management is vital to fast-track hypersonic performance as the company readies the TA-2 for key autonomous landing test.
Mar 18, 2024
Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.
Mar 27, 2024
A year after scrapping the SpaceJet program, Japan is revisiting plans to develop its own airliner—this time powered by hydrogen.
Mar 26, 2024
Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.
Mar 25, 2024
Leadership changes at Boeing have Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal out effective immediately, while both CEO Dave Calhoun and chair Larry Kellner revealed their departure dates.
Mar 22, 2024
Boom Supersonic has flown XB-1 demonstrator, the world’s first privately developed faster-than-sound civil aircraft.
Mar 22, 2024
This week’s Flight Friday looks at the return of Asia-Pacific region operators (excluding China and India) to pre-pandemic levels of utilization.
Mar 20, 2024
CFO Brian West told a Bank of America investor conference that Boeing would buy back Spirit using cash and debt; Boeing ended 2023 with almost $16 billion.
Mar 20, 2024
The company is working on changing long-established priorities that valued speed over quality.
Mar 14, 2024
The EU’s Clean Sky 2 public-private research program is producing results in airframe components such as wing boxes and fuselages.