Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 25, 2024
Certifying electric engines; Call for UK hydrogen funding; More eVTOLs for USAF; and the UK’s future flight road map.
Mar 22, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Mar 22, 2024
FAA revises type certification basis for eVTOLs, beginning with Joby
Mar 21, 2024
The aging aircraft’s final deployment measures air quality in Asia as researchers lament lack of space in its replacement, a Boeing 777-200.
Mar 18, 2024
Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.
Sep 24, 2024
Developer CleanJoule is seeking initial approval of its CycloSAF fuel as a 10% blending component via standards developer ASTM International’s Fast Track process.
Sep 23, 2024
Comac C919 and ARJ21 aircraft are currently stationed at Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) in Tibet to conduct high-altitude testing and R&D for the plateau variant.
Sep 19, 2024
Airbus Helicopters UK has formally opened its new headquarters at London Oxford Airport, making what Chairman John Harrison calls a £55 million ($73 million) "investment not only in our infrastructure, but also in a better future."
Sep 19, 2024
Textron Aviation presented its best and final offer of a new four-year labor contract to the machinists union Sept. 18, one which includes a 26% wage increase over the life of the contract. Union leaders recommend acceptance.
Sep 18, 2024
As negotiators enter the final stages of labor contract negotiations, Textron Aviation workers are prepared to strike as union leaders say the sides remain far apart on key issues.
Sep 17, 2024
Embraer has revealed new details about its Energia regional aircraft concept studies.
Sep 16, 2024
MD is the latest company to throw its hat into the emerging regional air mobility sector, with plans for an electric 10-seater called the MDA1.
Sep 16, 2024
Boom Supersonic is beginning to step up the pace of its XB-1 demonstrator flight test program following a third sortie from Mojave Air & Space Port, California.