​Imagine the calm in the center of a whirlwind. There sits David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation and vice-chair of GE, as future technologies, new materials and the developing world of digital flash by at blurring speed.

Despite the multiple benefits of a cockpit upgrade, it remains uncertain whether the recent contract for Airbus to retrofit UPS’s A300-600 freighters is signaling a trend.

UTC Aerospace Systems President David Gitlin talked to Aviation Week editors about his plans for a future of more electric and much more intelligent aircraft.

Led by CEO Tom Enders, Airbus embarks on digital and technological transformation that include hybrid and electronic technologies, new manufacturing methods.

With pilot shortages anticipated as air traffic explodes, including uses such as urban air mobility, autonomous flight may become a necessity.

After more than 40 years in service, the CFM56 will see an MRO bow wave

The stakes are high for General Electric’s GE9X testing program for Boeing’s future 777X twinjet.

Automation has helped GE Aviation’s compressor-blade manufacturing plant in Quebec to grow from producing parts for five CFM engines a year to five a day.