Aerospace

The first noise specifications for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles have been published for public consultation by EASA.

The hybrid CP-01 is capable of carrying six passengers or 600 kg (1,500 lb.) of cargo up to 500 km (310.6 mi.) at a cruise speed of 300 km/hr. (186.4 mph).

Test and development of smaller Bantam engines has been underway for around a decade.

Satellite launch startup Orbex has begun construction of its spaceport on the north coast of mainland Scotland.

Solid demand in the company’s aerospace & defense and commercial markets helped new orders climb 13% to $718 million.

Modern aerospace manufacturing can be the stuff of nightmares.

As the Army considers the CH-47F Block II production plan, Boeing expects more congressional additions and pitches more upgrades.

Why parts manufacturer approval usage is expanding in aircraft maintenance.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The aircraft, named Kaan by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is one of the centerpieces of an ongoing effort to make the country a major defense exporter.

The current delivery crisis shows how Airbus struggles to modernize.

A rare tour of GE’s test chamber for adaptive engines highlights the reality of the new technologies as the company tries to save the program from cancellation.

A relative newcomer to electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing, the UK’s MGI Engineering is not exactly a startup.

The FAA has updated its concept of operations for urban air mobility.

Europe’s space and telecommunication heavyweights have formed a consortium to bid for the European Union’s IRIS² satellite constellation.

Vertical Aerospace has pushed back the target date for type certification of its VX4 electric air taxi from 2025 to late 2026.

Thai satellite service provider and operator Thaicom has entered a partnership with Japan’s Synspective to provide synthetic aperture radar satellite services.

Lilium has begun wind tunnel testing of a large-scale powered model of its Lilium Jet.

Pilots’ unions have been vocal about the idea of cutting flight crews from two to one.

Joby Aviation has announced that existing shareholder Baillee Gifford will purchase an additional $180 million in newly issued shares.

Japanese drone manufacturer ACSL has entered the U.S. market.

The pacing item to return to flight may be the automated destruct safety system.

Wisk’s new CEO Brian Yutko sat down with Managing Editor Ben Goldstein to discuss his company’s vision for autonomous urban air mobility.

What if airframer Boeing offered to buy back the Wichita aerostructures operations of Spirit AeroSystems, would Spirit be open to it?

A preliminary report has been released by ATSB into the Coulson Aviation 737 firefighting tanker crash in Australia.