Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 28, 2024
A new plan focuses on tracking airplane production basics as key to addressing issues and eventually increasing production.
Jun 28, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 27, 2024
Despite strong demand for new commercial aircraft, supply chain woes are forcing Airbus to delay rate targets and may make it sell parts of the space business.
Jun 25, 2024
Next-Generation Air Dominance is in question as top service officials say the 2026 budget will include hard decisions.
Jun 25, 2024
The airframer projects it will reach historic E-Jet peak production in a few years, while studies for a larger narrowbody include wing and fuselage concepts.
Jan 30, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration in a statement said the aircraft, operating as American Airlines Flight 5342, was on approach to DCA's Runway 33.
Jan 29, 2025
Lithuanian startup Airvolve has adopted horizontal-axis cyclorotor propulsion to develop a compact middle-mile logistics uncrewed air system.
Jan 29, 2025
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed a series of payload integration tests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida which keep it on track for a planned mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) later this year.
Jan 27, 2025
Located at the agency’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) is available to industry and academia.
Jan 27, 2025
Four international bodies representing pilots and air traffic controllers have called for urgent action to address “ongoing” jamming and spoofing of GNSS.
Jan 24, 2025
Boeing reconfirmed that it still anticipates first delivery of the 777-9 in 2026 amid doubts by key customers that it will be able to meet its latest schedule.
Jan 24, 2025
Hexcel posted revenue of $474 million in the December quarter, up 4% year-on-year, while earnings per share of $0.52 just edged out Wall Street’s expectations.
Jan 22, 2025
The delivery was the 64th for the MC-130J fleet and the 134th total number of MC-130Js, AC-130Js and HC-130Js.