Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 16, 2020
Critical challenges remain to be overcome before air-breathing hypersonics can be applied to wider roles.
Jun 16, 2020
Flight testing will increasingly augment ground tests as U.S. hypersonic development transitions to operational vehicles.
Jun 15, 2020
Electric STOL for logistics; electric aircraft certification; Wisk back in flight; more funds for Lilium; Norway eyes e-fuels.
Jun 12, 2020
Readers write about First Take graph proportions, "STOLPort" history, COVID-19 and airlines, and NASA’s C-17 role.
Jun 12, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Mar 18, 2020
The £65 million ($78m) facility, due to open this summer, will lead research into digital aviation technology.
Mar 18, 2020
Mitsubishi Aircraft on Mar. 18 conducted the first flight of the first SpaceJet prototype that conforms to the new, certifiable design of the regional jet.
Mar 18, 2020
Small French companies—a major part of Airbus’ and other OEM’s supply chain in Europe—are seeing significant challenges as the COVID-19 crisis pummels the economy.
Mar 18, 2020
Tier 2 provider Triumph Group on Mar. 18 announced a fresh round of significant workforce cuts and restructuring in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boeing 737 MAX shutdown and other issues.
Mar 18, 2020
Airbus has to prepare for a massive, multi-year downturn that will see it get back to previous production volumes only after 2027, analysts at Agency Partners forecast.
Mar 17, 2020
Industry insiders and analysts are increasingly forecasting a 20% or greater falloff in commercial aftermarket revenue this year for manufacturers and other aerospace and defense companies with stakes in the business due to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis and the collapse in Western air travel.
Mar 17, 2020
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbus has decided to “temporarily pause production” at its French and Spanish sites for four days, starting Mar. 17.
Mar 13, 2020
NASA is formulating a new, “multi-tech” strategy to pave the way towards a possible next-generation, subsonic, electrified X-plane