The deal lifts a proverbial weight off the shoulders of executives at both companies as they gear up for historic commercial aircraft production rate increases.
Passengers clamor for better treatment from airlines (including cabin amenities and respect from personnel) but they equally pursue heavily discounted fares. And the consolidation of the industry bodes that this push/pull will continue.
Technology is advancing rapidly but, for once, regulators are ready with airworthiness rules designed to keep pace with innovation. Urban air mobility will put them to the test.
The U.S. may buy two white-tail Boeing 747-8Is originally ordered for a now-defunct Russian airline and refurbish them as the next Air Force One fleet.
In this week's Washington Outlook: Did Transportation officials improperly lobby Congress? House lawmakers say program delays show need for Space Corps; breaking Pentagon acquisition in two; and using robots to build budgets.
Uber’s ambitious plan for on-demand urban air transport faces challenges across a broad range of fronts, but no one is saying outright that it cannot be done.
Uber will have to start urban flight operations with the batteries it has, not the ones it wants. But it sees several prospects for progress on the battery performance front.
The Trump administration could learn about defense-industrial policy from the Eisenhower administration’s 1953 review of U.S. strategy toward the Soviet Union.
Uber and others believe electric propulsion has reached the stage where it can enable small, efficient, short-range vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
With the space industry entering a new era of innovation and advancement—driven in no small part by money and energy from the private sector—Aviation Week is establishing a new bureau, our 17th, at Cape Canaveral.
Turbulence inside ride-hailing giant Uber has yet to derail its plans to launch urban air transport services in the early 2020s. And it is no longer alone in that ambition.
UTRC Ireland reports progress on a program to develop and integrate model-based design tools for aircraft that will cut design times, help avoid integration issues during development, and ensure aircraft enter service efficiently and with high reliability.
Don’t pop the champagne yet, but increasingly CEOs and financial analysts around the business aviation manufacturing sector say they think things have bottomed.
Design for stealth has reshaped combat aircraft, evolving from flat facets to smooth curves. And another change is coming with the need to defeat a wider range of threats.
