Aerospace

The rotorcraft industry’s 2021 is summed up more easily by the things that did not happen, rather than those that did.

Engine-makers face a busy 2022 technology development and test schedule as gas turbines take center stage in emission-reduction battle.

As Airbus and Boeing outline plans to make flying compatible with environmental goals, they are choosing different paths.

In the run-up to the start of test flights of the Alice aircraft, startup developer Eviation has revealed the interior design details of a six-passenger executive cabin version of its all-electric regional transport.

Can advanced air mobility democratize investing in startups as well as access to air travel?

Hydrogen propulsion may be a wave of the future for commercial aviation, but it is already a reality for an increasing number of drones on the market.

Autonomous flight system developer Merlin Labs announced Dec. 10 that it has reached agreement with Ameriflight to equip the cargo carrier’s fleet with autonomous and semi-autonomous capability.

Companies around the world are working to meet customer and society demands for communication, mobility and capability at much faster rates than we've

Far-reaching progress in fuel efficiency and hydrogen transition should be accompanied by swift fleet replacement, says Clean Aviation executive.

Tomorrow.io—the former ClimaCell weather services company that rebranded and announced a plan to launch and operate a constellation of relatively small satellites by 2022—will go public via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

In preparation for discussions with partners on building infrastructure to support urban air mobility, Volocopter has released a handbook on the design, construction and operation of its VoloPort modular vertiport.

Results of the latest Accenture Commercial Aerospace Insight Report, first released to Aviation Week, point to a new low in supplier confidence after the double-whammy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Boeing 737 MAX shutdown. When can the industrial base expect to see business growing again? What keeps executives up at night now? Listen as Senior Business Editor Michael Bruno talks with John Schmidt, Accenture global A&D lead, and Jeff Wheless, global A&D research lead.

The plan to begin production in the UK would likely mean the closure of OneWeb’s Florida-based facility which used automation to produce its first generation of satellites.

As the cases of the coronavirus pandemic strain omicron become more transmissible, the UK has moved to Plan B restrictions which means working from home, talk of a vaccine passport, and it could, additionally, mean potential restrictions on air travel. Let’s take a look at how Aviation Week reported on the pandemics in the early 2000s.