Airbus is forecasting a need for 39,210 new passenger and cargo aircraft over the next 20 years, an increase of around 4% over its prediction a year ago.

The upgrades, the details of which will be defined in about six months, are focused on improvements to the fan and the engine accessories.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has been testing the use of drone technology to inspect paint and structural damage on its fleet of 36 Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is developing a an algorithm to eliminate imperfections in carbon fiber composites for materials used in the production of propellant tanks and other spacecraft components.

Six weeks after deciding not to submit an independent proposal to the U.S. Air Force, Boeing has opened discussions with Northrop Grumman to create a combined team to win the $85 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.

A coalition of 28 environmental and public-health groups is protesting FAA’s push to provide regulatory relief for the civil supersonic aircraft industry.

The U.S. Army has awarded two contracts that will help advance the Pentagon’s goal of fielding a prototype hypersonic weapon by fiscal 2023.

Airbus has extended a contract to include the T3CAS integrated surveillance system as a standard, line-fit system on A320-family airliners, supplier ACSS announced Aug. 26.