As 2026 beckons, engine-makers position themselves for the industry’s most valuable prize: a place on the next-gen Airbus and Boeing single-aisle aircraft.

The wind-tunnel trials tested active control of a high-aspect-ratio wing while controlling the thin, flexible wing’s response to maneuver loads and gusts.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.

In a reverse of its previous policy, Boeing is requesting an exemption from regulations prohibiting production of the current 777F beyond the end of 2027.

Onera has started using a new test facility for structural materials, applying new methods to a Clean Aviation project on airframes for hydrogen propulsion.

Boeing has delivered almost 540 aircraft by the end of November; there is still an outside possibility it can hit almost 650 deliveries by the end of the year.

As of the end of November, Airbus had delivered nearly 660 aircraft; to get to its new target, the European airframer needs to deliver around 130 aircraft.

Joby Aviation plans to double its U.S. manufacturing capacity to support production of up to four aircraft per month by 2027.