Aerospace

Aviation Week & Space Technology's initial coverage of the December 1972 mission.

The 737-10 certification effort enters its final phase as Boeing prepares a third aircraft for the test campaign.

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

Program managers are in the middle of the maelstrom, wrestling with issues many have never dealt with in their careers. Aviation Week editors discuss what they heard at the 2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team meeting in August.

ALPINE ADVANCED MATERIALS, TX introduced rapid prototype molding using Addifab's resin system and Nexa3D's printers to provide more rapid tool

THYSSENKRUPP AEROSPACE extended partnership with Saab for supplying/warehousing/inspecting raw materials.

BII was selected by Virgin Atlantic to manage consignment/storage of 747-400/A340-600/A330-200 surplus inventory.

ENTROL was selected by Zonda Aero, Poland to provide an en-1000x FNPT II simulator to be installed in the upcoming months at its base in Kosakowo.

U.S. startup Jetoptera plans to test a blended wing body model with integrated fluidic propulsion and upper-surface blowing as it bids to win a U.S. Air Force contract to build a prototype high-speed vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft.

With wildfires raging across Europe, German aerospace center DLR has announced the winners of a university challenge to design an optimized fleet of firefighting aircraft, with first place going to a team from the University of Stuttgart and its hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing design.

Fifty years after Apollo, NASA is preparing for a permanent presence around the Moon.

Mid-decade still looks feasible for the commercial launch of eVTOL air taxi services.

Ottawa and Berlin have committed to a Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance to boost investment, production and transatlantic trade in hydrogen, with a goal to export clean hydrogen from Canada to Germany as soon as 2025.

Timothy Obitts, president and CEO of the National Air Transportation Board, is stepping down from his role, effective Sept. 1, 2022.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has made the CR929 program more difficult to manage, with Western sanctions causing more delays.

The last person to walk on the Moon reflects on the geopolitical importance of a new era of human spaceflight.

It is the only reliable avenue to decarbonize aviation without disrupting the air connectivity that drives the global economy.

PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA was selected by Natilus to supply PT6A-67D for its autonomous N3.8T air cargo feeder.

MAROTTA CONTROLS is reorganizing into three units: Marine & Aerospace, Space, and Power & Actuation Systems.

The AAM Stock Composite (AAMC) fell 3.8% in the past week after staying mostly flat when some Advanced Air Mobility companies were announcing financial results.

The FAA has agreed to a certification basis for Reliable Robotics’ autoflight and navigation systems.

ROLLS-ROYCE says Trent XWB-84 (A350-900) surpassed 10m engine flying hours; first engine entered service in 2015.

THE GILL CORPORATION extended contract with Boeing to supply 777, 777X and 787 fabricated floor panel assemblies.

When FAA issued its plan to ensure airliner avionic systems would not be compromised by incoming 5G wireless phone service across the US, airlines

The Artemis I flight test of NASA’s superheavy-lift rocket and Orion capsule sets the stage for crewed missions.