Sikorsky’s “big bet” on the future of rotorcraft took an important step forward on May 22, when the S-97 Raider high-speed helicopter made its first flight.
Aviation Week chief aircraft evaluation editor Fred George thoroughly vets the A350. His in-depth pilot report notes the ease and efficiency of the cockpit controls.
After years of twists and turns on the road to a pan-European UAV, industry’s joint call for a sovereign capability has found consensus in France, Germany and Italy.
General Electric’s GE9X development program for the Boeing 777X is entering a crucial test phase as it accelerates toward runs of the first complete core this summer.
The shipset of the first U.S.-produced Airbus A320 family aircraft has left Europe, and assembly of the A321ceo, destined for delivery to JetBlue in 2016, will begin this summer as scheduled.
Boeing Phantom Works president told a media group in May that the company’s secretive advanced-design-and-prototyping unit would unveil some previously undisclosed programs this summer.
Cybersecurity has taken on a new focus at Raytheon with the launch of its highly-developed skills into the commercial marketplace beyond government and the defense industry.
CEOs are trying to determine how much they should be spending on cybersecurity, what they should be doing, what’s the right amount of effort, and what do they need to protect, says Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy.
The defense industry loves acronyms, but it's rare that one given to a trade space is trademarked. Yet by adding "cyber" to the widely used C4I, Raytheon has taken that step with C5I.
Boeing is accelerating production of its P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft amid mounting signs of additional international sales and solid funding for planned U.S. Navy procurement.
An in-flight propeller-blade balancing system, which LORD says will soon start to be installed on the U.S. Air National Guard's C-130H fleet, could bring threefold savings in maintenance costs, enhance performance, extend airframe life and increase availability.
Trumpeting its qualities as a surveillance and light attack aircraft, the IOMAX Archangel returns to Paris for a second appearance, this time in definitive, two-seat form.
Fifteen of the top 25 aerospace companies have operations in Ontario. Long-time tenants Bombardier Aerospace, Airbus, Finemeccanica, General Dynamics and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty were joined in recent years by heavy hitters such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries whose division, MHI Canada Aerospace, makes airframe parts in Mississauga.
