Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 10, 2017
WheelTug has begun work to complete development of its electric taxi system after FAA signed off on its certification plan. Aiming for FAA approval on the Boeing 737NG by late 2018, the company is focusing demonstrating benefits to airlines in time savings during pushback.
Jan 05, 2017
Bell’s V-280 and Sikorsky/Boeing’s SB-1 aim to change how the U.S. Army fights wars.
Jan 05, 2017
The deflected slipstream gets to VTOL by diverting the slipstream downward to create upward thrust for takeoff and a cushioned landing.
Dec 23, 2016
The commercial rotorcraft market may have been rocked by low oil prices, but the military business is going from strength to strength. And 2016 saw some novel approaches to rotary-wing aviation take flight.
Dec 23, 2016
Rotary-wing aircraft are usually closer to the threats than fighters and bombers. Many images convey that proximity, while others share the beauty of flight.
Mar 24, 2017
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Group posted a 2016 net profit of 638.4 million Hong Kong dollars ($82.3 million), up 67.9% from the company’s HK$380.2 million net profit in 2015.
Mar 13, 2017
After 20 years in development, Leonardo is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel for its AW609 commercial tiltrotor.
Mar 09, 2017
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2017, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Mar 09, 2017
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2017, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Mar 09, 2017
Rockwell Collins and B/E Aerospace each said their respective shareholders had approved the companies’ merger.
Mar 03, 2017
Bell has made an unsolicited proposal to Australia to supply AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters in a program that would use funding earmarked for sustaining and buying smaller rotorcraft.
Mar 01, 2017
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a surprise play for the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey Replacement program, offering the secretive Sikorsky HH-60U.
Feb 27, 2017
Bell Helicopter has been quietly studying commercial derivatives of its V-280 tiltrotor, but says the civil version will only be possible if the aircraft is adopted by the military first.