Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 09, 2026
The unique requirements of collaborative combat aircraft will force engine-makers to adopt a different mindset for design, schedule and cost.
Jun 08, 2026
NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator conducted its first supersonic flight on June 5, reaching Mach 1.1 on an 81-min. mission.
Jun 08, 2026
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft developer Heart Aerospace has begun taxi tests of its full-scale piloted flight demonstrator, the X1.
Jun 08, 2026
GE runs hybrid engine; ambitious decarbonization pays off; NASA’s advanced airliners; channel-wing VTOL UAS; and a balloon-launched rocket.
Jun 07, 2026
The Boeing 777-9, the first variant in the 777X program, has achieved TIA Phase 4B approval, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stephanie Pope says.
Jun 05, 2026
Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia has certified two key domestic aerospace programs: the PD-8 turbofan and Ilyushin Il-114-300 passenger turboprop.
Jun 05, 2026
Latecoere is readying to offer composite-material aerostructures to Airbus, targeting reduced weight at affordable costs on the airframer’s NGSA.
Jun 05, 2026
The shortage of large hydraulic forging press capacity is constraining commercial and defense production.