Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 18, 2024
Bird-inspired anti-stall flaps; green flightpaths; deflected-thrust eVTOL; and hydrogen refueling guidelines.
Nov 12, 2024
Salient Motion is working on a “library of certifiable building blocks” for actuators.
Nov 12, 2024
New aircraft deliveries will not enable fleet age to decline meaningfully, so OEMs, airlines and the aftermarket must prepare accordingly.
Nov 11, 2024
Canada backs sustainability research; electric Smartflyer rolls out; NASA’s X-59 fires up engine; and tackling hydrogen engine vibrations.
Nov 08, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Nov 14, 2024
Beta Technologies has completed a piloted test flight with the first electric aircraft rolled off the production line at its factory in Burlington, Vermont.
Nov 13, 2024
The EL9’s debut—at least in concept form—came one year and two days after the company’s EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator made its first flight.
Nov 13, 2024
ATR is ceasing work on the STOL version of the ATR 42-600 to focus on upgrades for the turboprop aimed at lowering operating costs for its airline customers.
Nov 08, 2024
Xyrec is developing a robotic application in which drag-reducing sharkskin properties could be directly incorporated into aircraft paint.
Nov 07, 2024
Airbus has to deliver a further 211 commercial aircraft over November and December to meet its production target of 770 airliners in 2024.
Nov 07, 2024
Rolls-Royce is targeting FAA certification of a Trent 1000 high-pressure turbine blade improvement “in the coming months” after previously projecting the milestone would be reached this year.
Nov 05, 2024
Front-line workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted Nov. 4 to accept Boeing's latest contract proposal
Nov 04, 2024
JetZero has marked a key step toward development of its full-scale blended wing body demonstrator.