Aerospace

By Stephen Costley

PELICO was selected by Boeing to provide its Manufacturing Orchestration Platform as a single, AI-enabled workspace to help reduce depot cycle time, improve fleet availability and make aircraft delivery performance more predictable.

Aerospace

By Angus Batey
ZeroAvia’s senior leadership still believes future zero-emissions flight will be fueled by hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Aaron Karp
London Gatwick Airport launches robot parking service in August, using autonomous vehicles to park cars and streamline passenger experience.
Airports & Networks

By Alex Derber
Lufthansa Technik and Safran establish landing gear partnership as the Airbus A350 fleet approaches its first round of heavy checks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau
JetZero adds two more airline partners and explores billions in U.S. manufacturing support as engine selection moves into new phase.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau, Christine Boynton
As Boeing prepares for change incorporation on the early-build 777-9 fleet, Emirates says it will refuse to accept the airline’s first 10 airframes.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Christine Boynton, Graham Warwick
Flight tests are to validate performance characteristics of the open fan engine and long, thin wing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
European procurement spending has surged more than 160% since 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Boeing is noticing changes in typical maintenance technician training and career progression—and it has ideas for overcoming hurdles.
Workforce & Training

By Graham Warwick
Honeywell Aerospace is to lead a European project to enable operations by piloted electric air taxis and remotely piloted cargo aircraft in the region’s airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Heart Aerospace receives FAA approval to begin flight tests of its X1 electric demonstrator, paving the way for hybrid-electric regional airliner development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Merlin Labs partners with IAI to develop autonomous systems for cargo aircraft, aiming to certify reduced-crew operations and address pilot shortages.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Embraer plans to expand freighter conversion capacity for E190s, seeking a partner to scale operations as demand for cargo aircraft grows.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Beta’s MV250 military eVTOL launch accelerates civilian certification efforts, leveraging military testing and autonomy tech for strategic growth.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The UK’s Department for Transport has unveiled funding for eight projects to demo the viability of zero-emission flights using electric and hydrogen power.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Christine Boynton
JetZero expects to select Z4 engines within a year as blended-wing demonstrator nears first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Editors discuss the latest developments in NGSA, aircraft orders and more at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow.
Check 6

By Brian Everstine, Robert Wall
The holy grail in missile defense today is a cheaper way to down threats.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace’s flying testbeds are “getting beyond the platitudes,” pushing the technology and development edge toward the Open Fan.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Thierry Dubois
Collins and Safran are testing electric powertrains for hybridized turbine engines.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation has seen orders for its Falcon business jets increasing sharply in the first half, amounting to 23, CEO Eric Trappier says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has completed initial ground and flight testing of a larger version of its Nomad rotor-blown-wing, VTOL uncrewed aircraft system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK CAA advances hydrogen aviation through demonstration projects and targets initial commercial operations by 2035.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
Joby has “a finite amount of work” to complete before for-credit certification flight testing of its air taxi can begin.
Advanced Air Mobility