Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion

May 08, 2024
Developers of turbo- and diesel-electric generators offer flexibility.
May 07, 2024
Distributed-propulsion testbed flies; Airbus hydrogen APU demo; uncrewed delivery corridor; another Chinese eVTOL; and Wright’s megawatt-scale electric engine.
May 03, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 03, 2024
The two German air taxi companies need state support to exit a funding crisis, but party politics and risk aversion may force their sale to foreign investors.
May 02, 2024
The OEM’s two-decade experiment in remote management has failed.
Nov 14, 2024
20 years ago, NASA saw incremental aircraft improvement would no longer mitigate the environmental impact of projected growth; revolutionary change was needed.
Nov 14, 2024
Beta Technologies has completed a piloted test flight with the first electric aircraft rolled off the production line at its factory in Burlington, Vermont.
Nov 13, 2024
The EL9’s debut—at least in concept form—came one year and two days after the company’s EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator made its first flight.
Nov 13, 2024
ATR is ceasing work on the STOL version of the ATR 42-600 to focus on upgrades for the turboprop aimed at lowering operating costs for its airline customers.
Nov 08, 2024
Xyrec is developing a robotic application in which drag-reducing sharkskin properties could be directly incorporated into aircraft paint.
Nov 07, 2024
Airbus has to deliver a further 211 commercial aircraft over November and December to meet its production target of 770 airliners in 2024.
Nov 07, 2024
Rolls-Royce is targeting FAA certification of a Trent 1000 high-pressure turbine blade improvement “in the coming months” after previously projecting the milestone would be reached this year.
Nov 05, 2024
Front-line workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted Nov. 4 to accept Boeing's latest contract proposal