Aerospace

The airframer hopes the narrowbody A321XLR will make new long-haul routes economically viable.

A handful of leaders stands out for their adept use of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and spinoffs in shaping the industry.

The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.

Tools are being developed to speed the detection and mitigation of GPS jamming and spoofing.

Spacehab’s innovation and perseverance helped the company succeed against all odds and serve as a pathfinder for commercial space companies that have followed.

Aviation Week editors go back through the archives to the origins of supersonic flight, revisiting key programs and exploring the issues that are still challenging high-speed aircraft designers today.

Archer Aviation plans to launch an air taxi network across five locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

With ambitions to operate air taxi service on demand—and at a frequency far greater than airliners fly currently—Joby Aviation has unveiled ElevateOS software.

EMBRAER confirmed it currently has no plans to develop a larger commercial aircraft to compete with Airbus and Boeing.

Chris Celtruda to President and Chief Executive Officer of Chromalloy, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Brian Costa is retiring.

GE AEROSPACE is modifying a Passport engine with hybrid electric components for testing through NASA's Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project. It is also maturing an integrated, megawatt (MW)-class hybrid electric propulsion system under EPFD program that calls testing modified Saab 340B with CT7s in collaboration with Boeing.

GE AEROSPACE plans in September to open new Services Technology Acceleration Center (STAC) to accelerate the deployment of new inspection and repair processes to its MRO shops globally to improve the inspection of metal parts.

KOREAN AIR has 4-year Boeing contract to supply additional 737/767/777/787 fuselage and wing structures starting in 2025; delivery quantities are TBD, but contract is estimated to be worth US$650m based on sales/market projections.

KT MacIntosh to Chief Transformation Officer of Precision Aviation Group (PAG), Atlanta.

Scott Page to Chief Financial Officer of Precision Aviation Group (PAG), Atlanta.

JOBY AVIATION has FAA approval for ElevateOS software suite, developed in-house, to enable high-tempo, on-demand air taxi operations.

WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES (WFS) was selected by American Airlines to provide cargo handling at Copenhagen for 787s coming from Philadelphia.

A U.S. startup plans to have on-demand production of hydrogen from methanol on-site at airports in 2025, initially to fuel zero-emission ground vehicles.

Synspective, a Tokyo-based SAR satellite data and analytics solutions provider, announced June 20 it has raised 7 billion yen ($44 million).

The Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) has announced that its 57th Annual General Meeting in Jordan on 29-31 October 2024.

Airbus says it is targeting ambulance and medical services as an early market for its eVTOL system, follow the unveiling of its four-person CityAirbus NextGen.

ArcosJet, the exclusive authorised dealer for private sales of the Lilium Jet in the UAE, is seeing high customer acceptance of the eVTOL concept and technology.

The World Defense Show 2026 has registered early demand from international exhibitors, with floorspace for the event already 50 percent sold.

GE Aerospace expects to ship the first production standard GE9X to Boeing for installation on a customer-bound Boeing 777-9 later this month.

GE Aerospace is to test new hybrid-electric core tech in a Passport 20 as part of development efforts toward an open-fan, future single-aisle propulsion system.