Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 03, 2017
Irkut´s MC-21-300 test aircraft performed its first flight from the flight research institute at Zhukovsky airfield in Moscow region Nov.3.
Nov 03, 2017
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Analogic a $4 million contract to enable the Boston-based technology firm to further develop its ConneCT computed tomography (CT) airport checkpoint screening machines.
Nov 02, 2017
Airbus has completed the functional & reliability testing for the A350-1000, bringing the aircraft a step closer to type certification this month.
Nov 02, 2017
Boeing’s HorizonX innovation unit made its first foray into advanced materials production and applications Nov. 1 with its investment in Gamma Alloys, a Valencia, California-based aluminum alloy developer of advanced metal-matrix composites.
Nov 02, 2017
Bombardier will miss its 2017 delivery target for the CSeries by 8-10 aircraft, but the manufacturer has signed the first sales agreement for the CSeries—with an unidentified European customer—since April 2016.
Dec 12, 2024
Russia’s Aeroflot does not expect to receive its first MC-21 passenger airliners until 2026, a company official says.
Dec 12, 2024
The announcement coincided with the airline’s first direct flight from Paris to New Caledonia’s capital Noumea, via Bangkok.
Dec 12, 2024
Many think Comac is the next challenger to the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, but Embraer is the company to watch in the near term.
Dec 12, 2024
While demand for new aircraft remains strong, the industry must make big steps to increase production in 2025 and come closer to satisfying customers.
Dec 11, 2024
Electric aircraft developer Beta Technologies and Bristow Group’s Norwegian subsidiary have signed a letter of intent to conduct trial cargo flights in 2025.
Dec 11, 2024
Material flow from suppliers continues to be GE Aerospace’s output-pacing item for both original equipment and maintenance services heading into 2025.
Dec 11, 2024
France’s Aarok uncrewed air system has moved a step closer to flight now that developer Turgis Gaillard has received a French Defense Ministry study contract.
Dec 11, 2024
A look inside Aspire MRO’s Fort Worth, Texas facility, which is performing freighter conversion and maintenance work for Mammoth Freighters.