Aerospace

Aviation Week editors break down the seismic leadership changes announced by Boeing and what they mean for the company's future.

AeroHT is developing the Land-based Aircraft Carrier, an all-electric, five-passenger off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger multirotor eVTOL in its trunk.

Leadership changes at Boeing have Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal out effective immediately, while both CEO Dave Calhoun and chair Larry Kellner revealed their departure dates.

The agency’s disruptive approach to space acquisition has produced many contracts in a tight timeline, though its biggest tests are yet to come.

Certifying electric engines; Call for UK hydrogen funding; More eVTOLs for USAF; and the UK’s future flight road map.

Jeffrey DiGiovanni to Chief Executive Officer of Innovative Solutions & Support, Malvern, PA.

SURF AIR MOBILITY was selected by Tanzania's Auric Air Services to upgrade 12 Cessna Grand Caravans with its electrified powertrain technology upon certification. It says it now holds 13% of Cessna Caravan market in Africa.

ITP AERO, Spain earned (EBITDA) €217m in 2023 (vs €146m in 2022) on record €1.3b sales, up 25% vs a year ago.

AAR posted $14m net income for third quarter ended Feb 29 (vs $21.8m a year ago) on record $567m sales, up 9% vs a year ago; commercial sales rose 18% from a year ago and accounted for 70% of company total vs 65% a year ago.

The CarryAll is the first version of AutoFlight’s planned Prosperity family of 2,000-kg gross weight eVTOL uncrewed cargo and piloted passenger aircraft.

The FAA has released proposed special conditions for type certification of electric engines developed by Beta Technologies and Safran.

Boom Supersonic has flown XB-1 demonstrator, the world’s first privately developed faster-than-sound civil aircraft.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the return of Asia-Pacific region operators (excluding China and India) to pre-pandemic levels of utilization.

SpaceX is looking to fly Starship again in early May.

Listen in as former Space Shuttle program manager Wayne Hale joins Aviation Week editors to unpack Starship's third flight test.

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

FAA revises type certification basis for eVTOLs, beginning with Joby

U.S. autonomous aviation startup Reliable Robotics has announced the receipt of two new contract awards from the Department of Defense and NASA.

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded three contracts for development of low-cost space tugs and in-space refueling technologies.

The aging aircraft’s final deployment measures air quality in Asia as researchers lament lack of space in its replacement, a Boeing 777-200.

Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.

Eve Air Mobility has chosen the name Vector for its in-development urban air traffic management solution, with first deliveries now planned for 2026.

A consortium of UK and European companies have called on the British government to provide additional funding towards making the hydrogen fuel plan a reality.

A UK-based startup has begun flight tests of a co-axial, rotary-wing UAS that it hopes to bring to the military market in the next two years.

VIASAT was selected by Korean Air to provide inflight connectivity for 40 787s (in addition to 30 A321neos) by end 2027.