Aerospace

As the industry’s biggest air show of 2026 approaches, Aviation Week editors and data analysts sit down to discuss the latest hot points in defense, commercial aviation and space — and take your questions live.

The significance of AI's impact on airline retailing centers depends on who ultimately controls it, a senior United Airlines executive believes.

As France’s CORAC research and technology program faces budgetary pressure, Daher is championing continued funding and associated collaboration.

Betting on strong sales for the new A321XLR, Airbus has invested in new facilities, tooling and personnel to develop the aircraft.

The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.

NASA has teased results from 18-month studies by industry and academia to identify technologies and concepts for ultra-efficient commercial aircraft.

Honeywell Aerospace has opened up additional production capacity at its auxiliary power unit assembly line in Phoenix to meet growing airliner production rates.

Worried about budgetary pressure on research and technology (R&T) support, France’s aerospace industry is advocating sustained, strong government funding.

Israeli startup AIR has selected Dynon Avionics to provide the avionics and flight displays for its portfolio of eVTOLs.

JPB Systeme is conducting research and technology work for smarter fasteners that could be used on the next generation of narrowbodies.

A study by Airbus-backed think tank Bauhaus Luftfahrt estimates the societal costs of aviation's climate impact for different decarbonization pathways.

SOFWerx plans to assess the capabilities of uncrewed aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion and channel wings for vertical takeoff and landing.

The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.

Bombardier CRJ program owner MHIRJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) has opened an advanced design office in Munich headed by the former CTO of Maeve Aerospace.

Electric propulsion developer Whisper Aero says testing of its JetFoil upper surface blowing tech has confirmed the capability for near-vertical takeoffs and landings without the complexity and noise of exposed propellers.

GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed.

Nvidia revealed partnerships for its AI agent infrastructure, which it calls an Agent Toolkit, to support autonomous work in several engineering applications.

Electra.aero completed the first urban demo of its EL2 Ultra Short demonstrator on May 28.

MAEVE AEROSPACE, The Netherlands was declared bankrupt and has entered insolvency after efforts to raise a €20m investment round failed. It was developing the 76- to 100-seat Maeve Jet hybrid-electric regional airliner.

AIRHART was selected by Draco Aircraft as partner to collaborate on integrating its next-generation flight controls and avionics technologies into future STOL personal air mobility aircraft for point-to-point transport.

GLOBAL ENGINE STANDS opened larger 50,000 sq ft facility in Homestead, FL to provide greater inventory capacity, expanded storage solutions, enhanced repair and refurbishment operations, and improved turnaround times.

HEXCEL broke ground on new Hexcel Applications Center at Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) for advancing composite materials, automated processing, and aerospace manufacturing innovation.

TEXTRON AVIATION is adding 57,000 sq ft (six new hangar bays) to its flight test facility in East Wichita.

HONEYWELL is spinning off its aerospace business on June 29 into HONEYWELL AEROSPACE as the official brand.

Japanese startup AstroX and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plan to demo an attitude control system for a rocket suspended from a high-altitude balloon.