Aerospace

AERO DESIGN LABS, TX has FAA/EASA certification for its next-generation drag reduction kit (Kit 2.0) for 737-800.

Aerospace

By Angus Batey
Advanced air mobility (AAM) could have a transformational impact on the lives of disabled people if accessibility is “baked in.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Is NASA preparing to get more serious about hydrogen? The answer is: maybe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
EHang’s movements have an outsized impact on the direction of the AAM Stock Composite.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The TMS-3 was displayed by Tianmukongka Intelligent Technology Sept. 25 at a trade expo in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The JA1 is a single-person tailsitting electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Germany needs to move forward with FCAS and finalize its pledge to buy 20 Eurofighters, the head of programs at MTU Aero Engines says.
Supply Chain

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Aviation Week Network produces award-winning podcasts covering aerospace from defense to air transport, MRO and business aviation. Here are September's top podcasts.
Aerospace

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will underscore the pivotal role of connectivity when it returns to Dubai April 28-May 1, 2025.
Aerospace

Over 850 Emirates commercial team members from around the world convened in Dubai this week for the airline’s Passenger Sales Conference 2024.
Aerospace

By Kim Minseok
KAI is working to improve maintenance of the FA-50 after Poland expressed dissatisfaction with the availability of the light combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

NTSB issued urgent safety recommendations to BOEING and FAA to determine flight crew responses for a potential jammed or restricted rudder control system on some 737NGs/MAXs. It found a sealed bearing on rollout guidance actuator, supplied by COLLINS, could have been incorrectly assembled (353 actuators have been delivered since 1Q17).

Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Elysian has released initial findings of the study at the Climate Week NYC event running from Sept. 22-29 in New York.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lift Aircraft has won a U.S. Army contract to develop and demo a modular medical payload that enables its Hexa eVTOL to deliver blood and evacuate a casualty.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The 2025 Osaka World Expo has been promoted as an early opportunity for paying passengers to fly on electric air taxis, but this is now in doubt.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
European Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance (EURA) is a 50:50 joint venture of France’s Safran Helicopter Engines and Germany’s MTU Aero Engines.
Supply Chain

The Global Aerospace Summit (GAS) commenced in Abu Dhabi, bringing together the foremost leaders from the aerospace, aviation, and defence sectors.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
As the aircraft and engine MRO business becomes more sophisticated, professional aerospace societies are exploring closer links with airlines and MRO providers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has elected to shut down its electrical propulsion unit, Rolls-Royce Electrical, having failed to find a buyer for the business.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno, Brian Everstine
Ted Colbert’s abrupt departure marks the first of possibly many management changes to improve the airframer’s course.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The walkout at Boeing halted much-needed progress on quality-focused changes and will make regaining momentum even more challenging.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

AIRBUS retired its A310 MRTT flying test bed (489); it acquired A330-200 (655) as replacement following conversion.

Aerospace

TORAY ADVANCED COMPOSITES launched high-perforance Toray Cetex TC1130 PESU thermoplastic composite material for monolithic and thermoplastic-based sandwich panel constructions required for aircraft interior applications.

Aerospace