Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Feb 21, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Feb 20, 2025
A Munich startup maintains that it can use available technology to develop an electric short-haul aircraft.
Feb 20, 2025
The 100-kW ENGINeUS 100B1 is designed to power electric training aircraft.
Feb 18, 2025
The airframer has received approval for a maintenance interval extension on the nose landing gear, and engineers are working to improve other systems.
Feb 18, 2025
Reversals by major OEMs put the burden of aviation decarbonization on startups and small aircraft.
Apr 23, 2025
Yakovlev has flown a prototype of its Superjet 100 regional jet in an all-Russian configuration powered by PD-8 engines for the first time.
Apr 22, 2025
Boeing has divested Jeppesen, ForeFlight, AerData and OzRunways to software-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo.
Apr 21, 2025
The AVIC AG600 has attained type-certification from the CAAC; at a MTOW of 60 tons, it is the world’s largest commercial amphibian aircraft.
Apr 21, 2025
Boeing 737-8 aircraft originally destined for China have been flown back to the U.S., as trade tensions continue to mount between Washington and Beijing.
Apr 18, 2025
Rotating detonation engines have huge potential for realizing efficient high-speed flight, but they are proving fiendishly difficult to get right.
Apr 17, 2025
Rolls-Royce is in the final stages of flight tests of its ALECSys (Advanced Low-Emissions Combustion System) lean-burn combustor system.
Apr 17, 2025
Taiwan’s state-backed drone industry alliance is expeditiously decoupling from China-based supply chains, Chairman Hu Kai-Hung tells Aviation Week.
Apr 15, 2025
Airbus is discussing internally the level of required investment to address growing defense demand, CEO Guillaume Faury says.