Aerospace

Rolls-Royce engineers have used digital tools and rapid manufacturing techniques to develop an entirely new turbofan engine concept from scratch in just 18 months.

GE has announced plans to rebrand its three business units into GE Healthcare, GE Vernova and GE Aerospace.

Financial analysis firm Jefferies is the first to recommend a “buy” rating on an advanced air mobility stock, citing a $7.30 price target for Eve Holding versus its current price, $6.75.

“Transaction values and volumes declined in the first half of 2022 despite rising geopolitical tensions, most notably the war in Ukraine,” says PwC’s midyear A&D outlook.

As Farnborough bursts back onto the global events scene, advanced air mobility—a market that has gained in prominence over the pandemic—is high on the agenda.

The UK has announced a series of investment package to further its green aviation agenda.

In 2011, a team led by L-3 Communications demonstrated electric taxiing at Frankfurt Airport with a Lufthansa Airbus A320.

Changes in the funding environment for advanced air mobility startups come at a time when the companies are entering the most expensive phase of their existence.

Vertical Aerospace and Babcock International are exploring application of the VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi to emergency medical services and cargo transportation.

More than 2,000 hours of development and certification testing have been completed so far.

The Raytheon companies are developing a hybrid-electric technology demonstrator program.

Liquid hydrogen ground tests will begin later this year.

Test flights using Vertical's VX4 are planned for spring 2024.

Rolls sees 2030 as the likely timing for service entry,

The application will allow Joby’s U.S.-based certification to be concurrently validated by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, accelerating access to the British market.

Raízen will help Embraer reach its target of having SAF blends representing 100% of its fuel consumption within Brazil by the end of the decade.

Eve has unveiled a mock-up of the proposed cabin and shared a revised external configuration.

Step behind the scenes with Aviation Week editors to hear about their sit downs with Guillaume Faury and David Calhoun prior to Farnborough Airshow.

The question of whether the pursuit of zero-carbon flight should see the creation of a UK-based aircraft manufacturer divides opinion.

Jeffrey DeCarlo, administrator of the Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), has been appointed inaugural chair of the Advanced and Urban Aerial Mobility Cities and Regions Coalition of the World Economic Forum.

The World Economic Forum has launched the Advanced and Urban Aerial Mobility Cities and Regions Coalition.

Conferences and events for professionals in the advanced air mobile community.

Does the luxury lifestyle market have a role to play in advanced air mobility? Perhaps, based on two new agreements, although the companies involved are far from leaders in the nascent industry.

German start-up carrier Evia Aero has signed a letter of intent with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) to buy 10 conversion kits that will enable nine-seat Britten Norman Islander aircraft to fly regional routes in northern Europe on hydrogen.

The company is developing plans for aircraft that could support crewed combat aircraft in battle by the end of the decade.