Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

May 07, 2021
While Roc flight tests hog the limelight, Stratolaunch is quietly developing the Talon-A hypersonic testbed—Roc’s primary payload.
May 07, 2021
The company aims to regain its position at the top of the business-jet market, which it started losing 28 years ago.
May 06, 2021
What now in the post-pandemic world?  During several recent trade shows, webinars and Aviation Week interviews, advisors and analysts have shed light on where they think industry giants are going next and why.
May 04, 2021
The slow pace of Leonardo’s AW609 program has not benefited from the global pandemic.
May 04, 2021
ZeroAvia testbed crash; Lufthansa deploys riblets; MightyFly’s autonomous logistics; Wingcopter’s triple drop; Hydrogen startup funding.
Jun 28, 2021
The startup's modified Cessna 337H Skymaster prototype will soon start touring between midsize regional airports across France.
Jun 24, 2021
As Airbus evaluates liquid hydrogen as a possible route to zero-emission commercial aviation by the mid-2030s, it has begun a research program to explore the potential of cryogenically cooled electric propulsion for large civil aircraft.
Jun 21, 2021
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have committed to being net-zero carbon by 2050, while Japan aims to commercialize domestically produced sustainable aviation fuels by 2030.
Jun 21, 2021
The integrated demonstrator, customized to the performance and economic requirements of commercial aircraft, will be built at a Liebherr system integration testing laboratory in Toulouse.
Jun 18, 2021
Cleaner-burning sustainable fuels can reduce aircraft contrails’ cloudiness and their contribution to aviation’s climate impact, joint research by NASA and German aerospace center DLR has concluded.
Jun 17, 2021
Aircraft electrification pioneer MagniX has revamped its product line, introducing a pair of complete electric propulsion units as successors to its original electric motor offerings.
Jun 16, 2021
A Russian research laboratory has flown an aerodynamic testbed for a planned short-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator aircraft using distributed electric propulsion to provide powered lift.
Jun 16, 2021
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has issued an enforcement order to prevent both parties from integrating the offshore helicopter operators.