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The design of the Extra Performance Wing combines the reduced drag of a high-aspect-ratio wing with the greater efficiency of an adaptive profile.

Continuing airworthiness management organizations are adding new aircraft types and regulatory approvals to their capability lists.

Continuing airworthiness management organizations are adding new aircraft types and regulatory approvals to their capability lists.

The company is now gradually ramping up production, despite inflation and its exposure to Airbus’ A350 program.

This weeks’ #FlightFriday looks at current in-production passenger widebody aircraft, amid a recent run of orders for the type.

The flight test campaign took place Oct. 2-9 on board the Provence frigate off the Mediterranean coast.

The Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) Istanbul site is the German company's ninth conversion modification site globally.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Airbus has unveiled its latest measure to cut emissions—but at sea, not in the air.

A transmission upgrade underway for the KUH-1 Surion may help pave the way to a high-speed helicopter in the 2030s.

Airbus and Northrop Grumman have teamed up to bid on the modernization of the UK’s Skynet military communications satellites.

Airbus will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 recapitalization program on its own without prior partner Lockheed Martin.

EasyJet has completed a fuel- and noise-reducing retrofit program which means Airbus’s Descent Profile Optimization technology is now in place across its fleet.

Once again operating an all-Boeing fleet, Alaska Airlines has sold its remaining Airbus aircraft to American Airlines for delivery in the next six months.

New aircraft concepts offer hope for airlines struggling with high fuel prices—and for Boeing in its quest to remain commercially relevant.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force is testing an upgrade to the Airbus MRTT boom flight control software on the F-15SG.

France is to invest €6.41 billion ($6.75 billion) in the Dassault Rafale fighter program between 2023 and 2026 and has earmarked €5.36 billion after 2026.

ACJ expects new onboard connectivity to be 10 times faster.

In some cases, parts are in short supply. In others, raw materials needed for repairs are not available.

Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.

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Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Inside MRO archives show both change and continuity in the European MRO industry since 1999.

Airbus has made several substantial changes to its leadership team following the decision to carve out its commercial aircraft business into a separate unit.

The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.