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Aviation Week & Space Technology, September 23, 2024

VOL. 186 NO. 37 September 23, 2024

As Swedish hybrid-electric startup Heart Aerospace moves toward flying a prototype of its regional aircraft, crucial decisions about almost every aspect of its business and product loom. 

Credit: Heart Aerospace

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Heart Aerospace X1 aircraft
article

Heart Aerospace Plans To Use The X1 As An ES-30 Development Tool

Sep 18, 2024
As the Swedish hybrid-electric startup takes a step toward flying a prototype of its regional aircraft, the road to certification remains long and risky.
Airbus A380 model
article

New Testing Technology To Benefit Development Of Greener Aircraft

Sep 17, 2024
Performance goals for the next generation of aircraft will benefit from progress in measurement techniques and a drive to increase investments in test centers.
Volotea A319
article

Europe’s Smaller Airlines Could Play Consolidation Roles

Sep 16, 2024
The recent deal between Aegean and Volotea highlights the consolidation role midsize airlines have to play, both directly and as “remedy-takers.”
Air India aircraft takes off
article

Air India Lays Foundations To Fulfill Fleet Growth Ambitions

Sep 20, 2024
The airline is on track to complete its merger with Vistara and has launched a major aircraft upgrade program.
Boeing
podcast

Podcast: What Boeing’s Strike Means For The Industry

Sep 17, 2024
From delivery rates to junk ratings, book-to-bill ratios to engine spares, listen in to hear about the wide-ranging implications of Boeing’s machinists going on strike.

SPACE

OneWeb Astra system atop military backpack in forest
article

Can New Low-Earth-Orbit Satcom Constellations Cure GPS Jamming?

Sep 19, 2024
Starlink, OneWeb and Iridium are looking to help users preserve positioning, navigation and timing information to prevent combat jamming and spoofing.

DEFENSE

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. CCA design
article

U.S. Air Force Seeks A Fast Reduction In NGAD Costs

Sep 20, 2024
The USAF secretary is targeting an F-22 replacement's per-unit cost near that of an F-35 or F-15EX .
Boeing MQ-28 above the clouds
article

U.S. Navy Flies Australia’s Ghost Bat As It Studies CCA Plans

Sep 17, 2024
The limited arrangement has U.S. and Australian personnel flying the Australian-made uncrewed system.

BUSINESS

Aerojet Rocketdyne engine assembly
article

L3Harris Plays The Long Game With Aerojet Rocketdyne

Sep 19, 2024
Management asserts that the $4.7 billion deal will lead to growth in new markets while investors are keen to see a payoff.

TECHNOLOGY

XPeng AeroHT Land Aircraft Carrier ground and air modules
article

The Week In Technology, Sept. 16-20, 2024

Sep 16, 2024
Inside a drive/fly eVTOL; NASA joins GoAero Prize; engine lubrication in a pod; and lithium-ion device fires on the rise.

COLUMNS & OPINION

Aerospace Machinists District 751 union members
article

Suppliers Could Suffer A Long Time After The Boeing Strike Ends

Sep 20, 2024
The strike by IAM District 751 and W24 workers is the first exogenous crisis for suppliers since the pandemic. Managing it may feel similar.
John and Martha King
article

John And Martha King's ‘Aha!’ Moment That Changed Everything

Sep 19, 2024
After 50 years of running a highly successful aviation video instruction company, John and Martha King are putting others on camera.
SDA demo satellite launch
article

Can The Space Development Agency Stay Focused?

Sep 18, 2024
The agency’s first operational satellite deployment will test its innovative bureaucracy.
Gatwick Airport Hydrogen Zeroe
article

Daily Memo: Airbus Nudges U.S. Engine-Makers To Step Up Hydrogen Studies

Sep 16, 2024
The clear gulf dividing Europe and North America over the level and intensity of hydrogen propulsion research appears to be of growing concern to Airbus.