Aerospace

Emphasizing resilience, Daher unveils a 2027 strategy to make the most of airframers’ planned production ramp-up.

Airbus has been selling more A321neos than A320neos since 2019. Now it is also producing more of its largest narrowbody—with significant strategic implications.

Every survey is a snapshot in time, a photograph of aggregated data.

Dubai has chosen the initial locations and designs for a vertiport network that is expected to be operational in 2026.

Advanced battery developer Ionblox has increased its Series B funding round to $32 million.

Last week’s only gainer from the AAM Composite was additive-manufacturing services company Velo 3D.

The EU research program has called for additional proposals for projects to mature technologies for hydrogen-powered aircraft.

While fuel savings in flight are the preponderant environmental outcome of using composites, changes in manufacturing would be welcome.

Thermoplastic fuselage; Tailless flight control; Robotic sheet-metal forming; Hydrogen aviation ecosystem.

U.S. startup H3X is beginning deliveries of a high power-density electric motor to customers for testing in aerospace and defense applications.

EMBRAER is celebrating 50 years of operation of EMB 110 Bandeirante; 498 aircraft were delivered in 36 countries.

European’s Clean Aviation research program has launched a slew of projects aimed at enabling a low-emission hybrid-electric airliner to enter service.

A pair of 6U science sats, originally slated to piggyback a ride to Mars with NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe, will instead launch aboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn.

LCI has placed conditional orders with Beta Technologies for up to 125 of its eVTOL utility aircraft, and with Elroy Air for up 40 of its cargo drones.

Airbus and Air New Zealand have formed a consortium to evaluate ways to deploy hydrogen hubs at airports, starting with a case study at Christchurch.

“Let’s Get Flying: Our Plan For Action” has been compiled by the Future Aviation Industry Working Group on Airspace Integration (FAIWG:AI).

The European Union (EU) Parliament went ahead with the adoption of revisions that will expand the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS.)

Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss a week of high drama, including the shootdown of China's balloon and the future of high-altitude surveillance.

As demand for freighters continues to grow, cargo conversion specialists are offering new options, including for smaller aircraft types.

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

Balloon industry says it can survey the Earth better than satellites and for less cost.

“As far as the readiness level of the infrastructure, we are at near-zero right now,” Skyway CEO Clifford Cruz told Aviation Week.

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology have flown a tailless uncrewed aircraft system using active flow control for maneuvering.

The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract is part of the Foreign Commercial Imagery Program.

SpaceX fired up 32 of the 33 Raptor engines on its first Starship/Super Heavy booster for a static hot-fire on Feb. 9.