Top aerospace stories of 2022

Credit: Boeing. The 737 MAX 10’s likely appeal for airlines, restarted MAX and 787 deliveries and free cash flow generation are some reasons for optimism. View full article here.

Credit: ADL. As airlines face their highest jet fuel prices in two decades, a Texas-based aerospace engineering startup has unveiled an extensive drag-reduction package for the Boeing 737 Next Generation family for entry into service this year. View full article here.

Credit: Boom Supersonic Concept Image. As the dust settles following American Airlines’ surprise decision to acquire up to 60 Boom Supersonic Overture airliners, the all-important question of what will power the Mach 1.7 aircraft remains unanswered. View full article here.

Credit: Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is poised to start structural tests of the X-59 Low Boom Supersonic Demonstrator at its Fort Worth facility as part of final preparations for flight tests later this year in Palmdale, California. View full article here.

Credit: NASA. Seventy years ago, Boeing was secretly preparing to gamble on whether to spend two-thirds of its post-war net profits on a radical new jet-powered long-range transport demonstrator—the Model 367-80. View the full article.

Aviation Week editors are skeptical of CEO Dave Calhoun’s new commercial airliner timeline. View the full article here.

Credit: Joe Walker. Stepped-up FAA scrutiny of Boeing’s 787 post-production process will extend beyond resumption of deliveries, as the regulator plans to handle individual aircraft inspections and issuance of paperwork required to finalize customer handovers. View full article here.

Credit: Stefan Kruijer/Airbus. Civil aircraft manufacturing over the last two decades has been a remarkable example of duopoly: Since Boeing’s merger with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, Airbus and Boeing have dominated the supply of all airliners with more than 125 seats. View full article here.

Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST. Boeing is preparing to add a third aircraft to the 737-10 certification campaign as the pace of testing accelerates for the final evaluation phase of the longest, and last, member of the MAX family. View full article here.

Credit: Boeing. Boeing says successful tests of an all-composite cryogenic fuel tank at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center clear the way for large-scale application of the lightweight technology in future spacecraft and aircraft. View full article here.