Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

May 04, 2021
ZeroAvia testbed crash; Lufthansa deploys riblets; MightyFly’s autonomous logistics; Wingcopter’s triple drop; Hydrogen startup funding.
May 03, 2021
Europe’s industry sees itself in a time crunch for sustainability, but budget negotiations on the Clean Sky follow-on program drag on.
Apr 30, 2021
Up to five test runs of the rotorcraft are planned by May 4.
Apr 30, 2021
Internal production headwinds slow but still persist.
Apr 30, 2021
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Feb 19, 2021
Veteran aerospace engineer and former Boeing CEO Phil Condit has joined the advisory council of Boom Supersonic, the Denver, Colorado-based high-speed airliner developer.
Feb 19, 2021
How Lufthansa Technik maintains a rare Boeing 747SP for NASA and DLR.
Feb 16, 2021
Under a U.S. Air Force contract, Yates Electrospace is to scale down its Silent Arrow disposable unmanned cargo glider for deployment from the Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey special operations tiltrotor transport.
Feb 16, 2021
The potential demand forecast for tens of thousands of delivery drones and air taxis means there is a growing need for propellers and rotors with better performance, lower noise and easier producibility.
Feb 15, 2021
Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter is to operate on oil and gas missions in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf of energy giant Shell.
Feb 15, 2021
Vietnam has signed up to purchase 12 of Aero Vodochody’s new L-39NG jet trainer, the largest order so far for the new aircraft. 
Feb 12, 2021
Utilizing Aviation Week’s Marketplace, the BCA Staff has collated recent announcements of newly certified transponders and transceivers for general aviation aircraft and drones. 
Feb 09, 2021
NASA is transitioning long-running hypersonic technology studies increasingly toward potential commercial applications and has awarded two new contracts supporting high speed design and propulsion work to Aerion Supersonic and GE Aviation respectively.