Aerospace

PRATT & WHITNEY, ROLLS-ROYCE and VIRGINIA TECH teamed for pre-competitive research on impact of environmental contaminants on engines.

AMPAIRE, CA was awarded $150,000 from NASA to help fund R&D for its hybrid-electric powerplant for installation/testing on Cessna Skymaster.

Unprecedented high-altitude weather triggered a series of events which led to the loss of Airbus’ Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite.

EHang has climbed from No. 8 to No. 2 in the AAM Reality Index.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander into space on Dec. 11 from Cape Canaveral.

Airbus has selected Woodward to provide the balance of plant for its 2.1-megawatt hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator engine.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that the amount of airline funds for repatriation being blocked by governments has risen by more than 25% ($394 million) in the last six months.

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) continues to show strong performance in the Middle East, with the region accounting for 29% of the global BBJ fleet.

Aura is building a nationwide safety-critical network for command-and-control communications with uncrewed aircraft systems.

Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2023 and 2032.

Airbus, Air France, CFM, Rolls-Royce, Universal Hydrogen and other major players are executing long-term radical sustainability plans.

SHOW BUSINESS provided the news from each day of the MEBAA Show for 2022.

Drone Express, a drone cargo delivery startup, plans to begin manufacturing a new version of its multicopter drone that will use Microsoft's AI software.

Ampaire plans to develop a hybrid-electric propulsion system for light aircraft under a contract awarded by NASA.

South Korea’s aggressive plans to launch commercial air taxi services by 2025 continue to make progress.

An eVTOL behaves and is controlled differently as it changes between thrustborne and wingborne flight and back.

With backgrounds in photography, journalism, art and design, our judges bring an appreciation for aesthetics and love of aviation.

You don’t have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week’s Photo Contest, but it helps.

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

WOODWARD, CO was selected by Airbus to provide Fuel Cell Balance of Plant (BoP) solution for its ZEROe demonstrator that uses hydrogen power.

APPLIED AEROSPACE STRUCTURES, CA was acquired by Greenbriar Equity Group to support growth and expansion plans for complex composite and metal bonded structural

IRKUT and TsAGI completed static testing of the 163-to-211-seat MC-21.

CHINA EASTERN took delivery of the first C919 (107); aircraft is configured with 164 seats to enter service in 1Q23.

Julie Sims to Director of Marketing and Communications of Valence Surface Technologies, El Segundo, CA.

The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for ways to quickly deliver spacecraft beyond geosynchronous orbit.