Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 29, 2025
Is free trade over in commercial aviation, or it is all just smoke and mirrors? Analyst Richard Aboulafia joins Aviation Week editors to discuss.
Aug 29, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 29, 2025
Thirty-seven years after the A320 first entered service with Air France, the family is about to become the most successful commercial program.
Aug 29, 2025
Advanced rotorcraft have been flown by Changhe and Harbin, helicopter manufacturers within AVIC.
Aug 27, 2025
Cargo eVTOL transitions; Joby flies airport-to-airport; direct aviation by eSTOL; and drones drive advanced battery demand.
Oct 16, 2025
Airbus Helicopters is in discussions with city and state officials in California over potential sales of its Super Puma family of helicopters.
Oct 15, 2025
Air taxi developer Archer Aviation announced it has won a competitive bid process to acquire the patents of insolvent electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium.
Oct 14, 2025
Chinese hybrid eVTOL startup XPeng AeroHT has rebranded itself to Aridge, while also announcing scores of new orders from customers in the Middle East.
Oct 14, 2025
The European Commission (EC) said it has approved Boeing’s proposed acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems on the condition they divest parts of the business.
Oct 14, 2025
Rolls-Royce is moving ahead with durability enhancements for the Trent 1000 following the opening of a new facility in Derby, England, where it plans to undertake the modifications.
Oct 13, 2025
Airbus has officially opened its second final assembly line (FAL) for the Airbus A320neo family in Mobile, Alabama.
Oct 13, 2025
Rolls-Royce is increasing production of the other Pearl family members for its growing Bombardier and Gulfstream large cabin fleets.
Oct 13, 2025
Honda Aircraft successfully completed a flight test of an HA420 HondaJet fueled with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).