Aerospace

Joby Aviation has confirmed the first flight of its initial production prototype S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

ROLLS-ROYCE CIVIL AEROSPACE earned £405m on £3.3b revenues in 1H23 vs £256m on £2.3b in 1H22.

The defense relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkey is tightening through cooperation on the Kaan fighter, but Baku’s role in the program remains foggy.

While the issue disrupted deliveries to Boeing and impacted revenues, negative impacts will be partially offset by Spirit’s accelerating 737 production line.

The material will be carried by a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of a commercial resupply service mission to the ISS.

Europe’s Airbus Defense and Space is upping its stake in the Voyager Space-led Starlab project.

Among Triumph’s business lines, commercial aftermarket performed the best, on the back of continued improvement in overall air travel metrics.

NASA has moved the planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from Aug. 17 to Aug. 21.

Both Universal Hydrogen and ZeroAvia are developing hydrogen-electric retrofits for the ATR 72.

Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva served as CEO of Embraer between 2016 and 2019 and led the ultimately ill-fated tie-up with Boeing.

Virgin Galactic's spaceplane VSS Unity’s cockpit and structure were enhanced for higher-tempo operations and were tested in June on its first commercial flight.

Launch risks, cryogenic and uranium fuel are among the challenges facing the agencies’ ambitious DRACO space nuclear thermal propulsion orbital demonstration.

Britain’s Orkney Islands are set to become the first region of the UK to have an uncrewed aircraft system mail delivery service.

Gallton will also be in charge of establishing the firm’s Washington regional office.

Startup Pyka has received approval from the FAA to operate its autonomous electric crop spraying aircraft in the U.S.

Situated near Lufthansa's Frankfurt hub, the site in Speyer, Germany, will produce SAF from waste biomass generated by agriculture and forestry.

The aircraft-maker has finished its proposed redesign of older 737 nacelles, but it must analyze maintenance-related errors to help mitigate their risk.

New technology is making simulated training more powerful than ever, but obstacles remain for the U.S. military to exploit recent advances fully.

The company has been testing a subscale demonstrator for its Lilium Jet for more than a year and is nearing buildup of an aircraft for certification flight tests.

The X-66A differs from all previous X-planes by deliberately creating a production-scale platform for a next-generation commercial airliner family.

Impulse Space plans two follow-on missions in 2024 after its inaugural LEO Express 1 mission before year’s end.

The award is similar to one received by Joby Aviation in April to deliver and operate up to nine of its S4 eVTOL aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

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Recent history suggests it could be well into 2024 before Boeing stabilizes at pushing out 38 new 737s every month.

Thermoplastic fuselage; Diamond flies electric trainer; Russia’s hybrid regional demo plan; and study highlights airport drone risk.