Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 31, 2024
The ES1000, from Beijing-based manufacturer Yifei Aviation Technology, uses distributed hybrid-electric propulsion and blown lift for short takeoff and landing.
Oct 25, 2024
Widebody airliners remain essential for intercontinental transport, but without new models, an industry built on continuous improvement risks falling behind.
Oct 25, 2024
Kelly Ortberg’s task of revitalizing the beleaguered company was never going to be easy. Striking workers just made it harder.
Oct 25, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 21, 2024
Chinese automaker Chery has flown the prototype flight module for a drive/fly electric “land and air” vehicle.
Apr 24, 2025
Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.
Apr 23, 2025
United Rotorcraft hopes to gain Transport Canada certification for its Airbus Super Puma firefighting modification package this summer.
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.