Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Sep 18, 2020
Congressional report questions Boeing and FAA handling of pilot-response assumptions that set stage for two fatal MAX accidents.
Sep 17, 2020
Speed and efficiency of a tiltwing promise time and cost savings over helicopters.
Sep 14, 2020
The company that invented the unmanned hunter-killer mission unveils a concept for the legendary MQ-9’s replacement.
Sep 14, 2020
These are not your father’s variable-cycle engines.
Sep 14, 2020
Russia develops hybrid; Aerion tunnel tests; German air mobility; UK copter startup; Offshore drone delivery; Amazon, Walmart and drones.
Apr 28, 2020
Startup Skyryse is flight testing the software for the first application of its FlightOS automation system as it progresses toward certification of the aircraft-agnostic fly-by-wire (FBW) architecture on its first platform.
Apr 27, 2020
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury gave a dramatic warning to employees that heralds potentially deeper production cuts than initially planned.
Apr 27, 2020
MOSCOW—Irkut Corporation has resumed the flight trials of its new MC-21 narrowbody aircraft in Zhukovsky, near Moscow. The flights were suspended on…
Apr 25, 2020
Embraer and Boeing are entering into a bitter public fight over who is responsible for the end of the proposed commercial aircraft joint venture, Boeing Brasil Commercial.
Apr 24, 2020
The police department of Westport, Connecticut, has decided that it will not test a “pandemic drone” designed to sense symptoms of COVID-19 after the…
Apr 23, 2020
Boeing has tapped Mark Jenks to lead a new Airplane Programs organization that the company expects to ensure both consistency and efficiency throughout its core commercial aircraft production efforts—one of several changes announced by the company’s leadership aimed at aligning similar businesses. 
Apr 23, 2020
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has said it will suspend its production for the Boeing 787 program for up to 10 days in May.
Apr 22, 2020
Airbus has begun using an “e-Delivery” remote process for aircraft handovers as a way to ensure health and safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.