Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Aug 20, 2024
FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.
Aug 19, 2024
The Series A++++ round raised “hundreds of millions of yuan,” Volant posted on Weibo on Aug.19, and was led by the Beijing Robot Industry Fund.
Aug 19, 2024
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.
Aug 16, 2024
Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.
Aug 12, 2024
Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.
Apr 25, 2025
Beijing has chosen to exempt some aircraft parts from import tariffs introduced as part of the escalated trade conflict with the U.S. according to Safran's CEO.
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.