Aerospace

With a new facility online and $1 billion in valuation, the young startup says it is poised to build satellite buses for generations to come.

Turkish defense giant Aselsan has taken a lead role in Steel Dome—a homegrown air defense network to counter low-cost multicopter drones and hypersonic missiles.

Chinese startup Volant Aerotech has completed the first series of manned flight trials in its VE25-100 lift-plus-cruise eVTOL.

Chinese hybrid eVTOL startup XPeng AeroHT has rebranded itself to Aridge, while also announcing scores of new orders from customers in the Middle East.

The European Commission (EC) said it has approved Boeing’s proposed acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems on the condition they divest parts of the business.

Boeing's delivery momentum on its key 737 and 787 programs continued in September, according to its latest orders and deliveries update.

A new final assembly line for CFM Leap-1A turbofans will start operations in Casablanca, Morocco, by the end of 2027, Safran has announced.

Rolls-Royce is moving ahead with durability enhancements for the Trent 1000 following the opening of a new facility in Derby, England, where it plans to undertake the modifications.

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China’s EHang has lifted the curtain on its VT35, a long-range, autonomous eVTOL intended for intercity flying.

Vertiports By Atlantic named Cushman & Wakefield as its preferred advisor for site selection and development of its future vertiport network.

London eVTOL operations will require buy-in from existing urban public transportation providers and local and national governmental entities, officials say.

The Coventry, UK, city council has deployed uncrewed aircraft systems on a wide variety of missions.

Airbus has officially opened its second final assembly line (FAL) for the Airbus A320neo family in Mobile, Alabama.

Evolito and short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) hybrid aircraft developer Electra.aero have announced a long-term partnership.

Rolls-Royce is increasing production of the other Pearl family members for its growing Bombardier and Gulfstream large cabin fleets.

Honda Aircraft successfully completed a flight test of an HA420 HondaJet fueled with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Apcela has launched a new dealer network and introduced a “Sign and Fly” incentives package to upgrade aircraft with its broadband system.

GE Aerospace says it has begun deliveries of the first higher thrust versions of the ultra-long-range Global 8000's Passport engine to airframer Bombardier.

China’s Aerofugia has rolled out the first AE200-100 eVTOL air taxi off its production line in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

This is providing fresh capital to help onboard new employees and advance flight testing of the Laila uncrewed hybrid eVTOL.

CFM International has begun key dust ingestion tests on the high-pressure (HP) turbine blades and nozzles at the center of the future small-core design.

Today’s satellites are cheaper, but hardly cheap. The CEO of a propulsion supplier joins us to explain why.

Connectivity and computing power are bringing advances to business jet cockpits.

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