Aerospace

Russia's federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia has certified two key domestic aerospace programs: the PD-8 turbofan and Ilyushin Il-114-300 passenger turboprop.

Latecoere is readying to offer composite-material aerostructures to Airbus, targeting reduced weight at affordable costs on the airframer’s NGSA.

The shortage of large hydraulic forging press capacity is constraining commercial and defense production.

Existing infrastructure to support electric aircraft in the U.S. is limited and airports face challenges installing the foundations, a report says.

Israel Aerospace Industries says it has added edge-based artificial intelligence processing to its decentralized airborne OPAL battle management network.

Operators want to introduce newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft into service to offset rising fuel costs—how many aircraft are manufacturers rolling out?

Saab supplies composite-material ailerons for the Airbus A320 family, and overwing doors for the A321.

The significance of AI's impact on airline retailing centers depends on who ultimately controls it, a senior United Airlines executive believes.

As France’s CORAC research and technology program faces budgetary pressure, Daher is championing continued funding and associated collaboration.

Betting on strong sales for the new A321XLR, Airbus has invested in new facilities, tooling and personnel to develop the aircraft.

The head of Honeywell Aerospace asserted the Tier 1 aerospace supplier and defense prime will no longer be handcuffed in its investments, supply chain management and acquisitions.

NASA has teased results from 18-month studies by industry and academia to identify technologies and concepts for ultra-efficient commercial aircraft.

Honeywell Aerospace has opened up additional production capacity at its auxiliary power unit assembly line in Phoenix to meet growing airliner production rates.

Worried about budgetary pressure on research and technology (R&T) support, France’s aerospace industry is advocating sustained, strong government funding.

Israeli startup AIR has selected Dynon Avionics to provide the avionics and flight displays for its portfolio of eVTOLs.

JPB Systeme is conducting research and technology work for smarter fasteners that could be used on the next generation of narrowbodies.

A study by Airbus-backed think tank Bauhaus Luftfahrt estimates the societal costs of aviation's climate impact for different decarbonization pathways.

SOFWerx plans to assess the capabilities of uncrewed aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion and channel wings for vertical takeoff and landing.

The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.

Bombardier CRJ program owner MHIRJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) has opened an advanced design office in Munich headed by the former CTO of Maeve Aerospace.

Electric propulsion developer Whisper Aero says testing of its JetFoil upper surface blowing tech has confirmed the capability for near-vertical takeoffs and landings without the complexity and noise of exposed propellers.

GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed.

Nvidia revealed partnerships for its AI agent infrastructure, which it calls an Agent Toolkit, to support autonomous work in several engineering applications.

Electra.aero completed the first urban demo of its EL2 Ultra Short demonstrator on May 28.