Aerospace

Aviation Week Staff
China’s Aerofugia has developed a mobile charging station to support its AE200 eVTOL air taxi at remote sites.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
Embraer believes its commercial aircraft deliveries for this year will be between 80 and 85 jets.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Victoria Moores
Four companies are forming a joint venture (JV) to create a large-scale French sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Dunkirk, France.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus will need to assimilate its growth in the coming years, as difficulties ramping up production according to plan show, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
French aerospace group Daher has appointed Michel Denis, a seasoned executive with experience in other sectors, as its new CEO to succeed Didier Kayat.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The Helios Horizon stratospheric electric aircraft has flown powered by solid-state batteries, believed to be the first piloted flight using the fast-charging, energy-dense battery tech.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Jens Flottau
Growing demand for high-end uncrewed aircraft is prompting MTU Aero Engines to explore at least a partial reset of its design philosophy in an effort to establish itself as a major propulsion provider for such systems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble, Robert Wall
The unique requirements of collaborative combat aircraft will force engine-makers to adopt a different mindset for design, schedule and cost.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Beta Technologies invited journalists to fly aboard its Alia CX300 electric aircraft and witness a four-aircraft demo.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator conducted its first supersonic flight on June 5, reaching Mach 1.1 on an 81-min. mission.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is getting ready to unveil an uncrewed variant of its H145 twin-engine light helicopter at Berlin’s ILA Airshow, which opens June 10.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric regional aircraft developer Heart Aerospace has begun taxi tests of its full-scale piloted flight demonstrator, the X1.
Emerging Technologies

By Craig Caffrey
Partially as a result of their revolutionary nature, interest in CCAs continues to expand, with operators now putting funding into developing their own capabilities in this area.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
GE runs hybrid engine; ambitious decarbonization pays off; NASA’s advanced airliners; channel-wing VTOL UAS; and a balloon-launched rocket.
Emerging Technologies

By Karen Walker
IATA director general Willie Walsh's speech opening the association’s AGM was in his signature style—verbally jabbing hard at those who he sees as standing in the way of airline success and profitability.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Karen Walker
Sustainable aviation fuel will likely account for less than 1% of total commercial aviation use this year.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Cemvita has completed an industrial-scale demonstration of its process to convert a waste byproduct from biodiesel production to a feedstock for SAF.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia has certified two key domestic aerospace programs: the PD-8 turbofan and Ilyushin Il-114-300 passenger turboprop.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Latecoere is readying to offer composite-material aerostructures to Airbus, targeting reduced weight at affordable costs on the airframer’s NGSA.
Emerging Technologies

Mesh Feigenbaum
The shortage of large hydraulic forging press capacity is constraining commercial and defense production.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Existing infrastructure to support electric aircraft in the U.S. is limited and airports face challenges installing the foundations, a report says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has added edge-based artificial intelligence processing to its decentralized airborne OPAL battle management network.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Daniel Williams
Operators want to introduce newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft into service to offset rising fuel costs—how many aircraft are manufacturers rolling out?
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Thierry Dubois
Saab supplies composite-material ailerons for the Airbus A320 family, and overwing doors for the A321.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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