Aerospace

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

GE

By Guy Norris
Start-up hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has demonstrated mode transition of the company’s in-house designed Chimera turbine-based combined-cycle engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. regional aviation provider Surf Air Mobility has abandoned plans to list publicly through a merger with a blank-check company and has instead filed with th
Advanced Air Mobility

By Carole Rickard Hedden, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As Archer Aviation unveils its four-passenger production air taxi, the Midnight, Aviation Week editors discuss the shifting competitive dynamics in the nascent advanced air mobility market where three rival OEMs with differing approaches push toward FAA certification and operation.
Aerospace

The Palestinian Authority is in the market for two helicopters to be operated from Jordan and will transport the authority’s President , Mahmoud Abbas to events in the West Bank.
Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
The new 16U satellite bus is tailored for Earth observation and space domain awareness missions.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Startup says it is on track to be among the first eVTOL companies to launch service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Boeing’s decision to defer development of a new narrowbody has profound and negative consequences for the industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The approvals help pave the way for the first planned orbital launch from the UK mainland for Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission using its air-launched LauncherOne space vehicle that will be carried by its modified Boeing 747.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is exploring the use of exoskeletons, robotics and augmented reality to help maintenance of the UK’s combat aircraft fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sash Tusa
Two catalysts could push commercial engine-makers and airframers to speed up their development cycles.
Aircraft & Propulsion