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Aviation Week & Space Technology, March 17, 2025

VOL. 187 NO. 11 March 17, 2025
Cover of Aviation Week for March 17, 2025

Robinson’s newly revealed multimission helicopter represents a significant growth step beyond the company’s four-seat R66 and is designed to undercut the operating costs of larger single- and twin-turbine-powered competitors.

Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST

ROTORCRAFT

Robinson R88 unveiled
article

Robinson Unveils New Large R88 Rotorcraft

Mar 10, 2025
Robinson Helicopter Company has announced the launch of the R88, its much-anticipated new large rotorcraft and the company’s first major product-line refresh since the R66 turbine was revealed in 2007.
Airbus H140
article

H140 Broadens Airbus’ Light Twin-Engine Rotorcraft Offering

Mar 11, 2025
Airbus expects that a growth variant of its H135 will appeal to commercial and parapublic operators.
Sikorsky rotor blown wing system flying against blue sky
article

Sikorsky Unveils New S-92 Gearbox And Flight-Tests Rotor Blown Wing

Mar 13, 2025
The rotorcraft manufacturer is managing a careful balance between its legacy helicopters and next-generation vertical-lift aircraft.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

JetBlue aircraft on runway
article

Aircraft Leasing Sector Fears Tariffs, Inflation And Interest Rates

Mar 11, 2025
Aircraft lessors have benefited from rising lease rates, but slow aircraft production expansion and shifting U.S. economic policy are making growth harder.
Qantas A380
article

Qantas And Virgin Australia Prepare To Boost Widebody Flying

Mar 10, 2025
The Australian airlines are looking to reactivate or wet-lease widebodies, but they will still be behind pre-pandemic numbers.
Air France aircraft on runway
article

TAP Privatization Could Be The Next Consolidation Step For Europe

Mar 13, 2025
European airlines are gearing up for more consolidation if the TAP sale process is finally launched.
747 at sunset
podcast

Podcast: The End Of Net Zero 2050 For Airlines

Mar 11, 2025
Less than four years after boldly pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050, IATA appears to be dropping the target. Is the airline industry abandoning sustainability or just acknowledging reality?

FAST FIVE

Larry Culp, GE CEO
article

GE Aerospace CEO Says Fixing The Supply Chain Is A ‘Game Of Inches’

Mar 10, 2025
After a year of trying to fix ailing suppliers, GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO Larry Culp cautions against expectations of near-term relief amid some progress.

ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Joby Aviation aircraft
article

eVTOL Developers Slow Down And Push Resources Into Certification

Mar 14, 2025
Silicon Valley’s continuous innovation approach is running into regulatory reality for Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation.

SPACE

Two iSpace employees working on thermal vacuum chamber
article

Japan Adjusts Its Space Development Approach To Spur Startups

Mar 13, 2025
Although the country is looking to foster a private space industry, the government remains a driving force.

MILITARY SPACE

satellite in orbit above Earth
article

Calls Swell For The U.S. To Invest In Space Superiority

Mar 14, 2025
The Space Force is preparing to counter on-orbit threats and contribute to high-profile defense programs.

DEFENSE

space-based missile defense system concept
article

Trump’s Defensive Shield Plan Raises Command Questions

Mar 14, 2025
The president’s vision of a comprehensive homeland defense system faces questions over how the project should be led in development and commanded in operations.
Collaborative Combat Aircraft concept
article

U.S. Air Force Hones In On NGAD Plan, But Next CCA Remains Cloudy

Mar 14, 2025
Ahead of the first flights of Anduril and General Atomics prototypes, the Air Force has yet to clarify requirements for future uncrewed systems.
Singapore defense chief Vice Adm. Aaron Beng (middle) in front of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A
article

Singapore Seeks Fokker 50 Submarine-Hunter Replacement

Mar 12, 2025
To handle greater challenges in its maritime environment, Singapore looks to field a more capable maritime patrol aircraft to replace its Fokker 50s.
Akinci UAS
article

Europe Is Recognizing Turkey As A Potential Defense Supplier

Mar 12, 2025
Dramatic geopolitical shifts are prompting Europe to look at other defense suppliers for rearmament.

BUSINESS

Altius-600 loitering munition
article

Why Defense Technology Is Thriving In A More Dangerous World

Mar 11, 2025
Nimble, venture capital-backed startups are emerging as winners in a worsening global threat environment.

TECHNOLOGY

Regent seaglider aircraft
article

The Week In Technology, March 10-14, 2025

Mar 10, 2025
Seaglider prototype debuts, fuel-cell flights, Delta backs BWB, and improving fuel cells.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

us canadian mexican chinese and eu flags as newton's cradle
article

Opinion: Tariffs And A Trade War Are Not Good For Aerospace

Mar 12, 2025
It is time for our leaders and industry associations to elevate their advocacy against the Trump administration’s dangerous policies before it is too late.
Spirit Aerosystems
article

Daily Memo: The Coming Stress Test For The Supply Chain

Feb 27, 2025
A key theme emerging from industry events and the latest earnings reports in the first two months of 2025 was how the supply chain is—finally—on the mend.