Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
UK and U.S. scientists have completed a series of trials in support of the UK’s domestic development of a hypersonic cruise missile demonstrator.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
First hydrogen helicopter, flying quiet electric ducted fans, UK funds AAM enablers, and Rotax engine runs on hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A 15-year campaign by Swedish fighter manufacturer Saab to score a sale in Colombia finally paid off, paving the way for potential new sales for the Gripen E/F.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
To accelerate the production of inertial reference systems and make them more compact, Thales is relying on micro electro-mechanical systems accelerometers.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian aerospace has had no access to Western equipment. Replacing it will continue to hamper manufacturers and airlines for years.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce aims by mid-year to freeze the design of a smaller UltraFan geared turbofan demonstrator, signaling its intent to target the single-aisle market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The FAA tests showed that hydrogen could change the flammability characteristics of cabin materials at much lower mixtures.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Beijing has retaliated with new controls on critical mineral exports, targeting the American defense-industrial base as well as matching levies on U.S. imports.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Diversified parts provider Leggett & Platt will sell its aerospace and defense unit for $285 million gross to private investment firm Tinicum.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
A swift production pace will be essential for aircraft entering service in the 2030s, say Aernnova, Daher, GKN Aerospace, Latecoere and Saab.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Mayman Aerospace has completed flight testing of its Razor P100 high-speed autonomous vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Michael Bruno, Kevin Michaels
AeroDynamic Advisory’s Kevin Michaels joins Aviation Week editors to discuss the worrisome implications for the industry.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
The first flight of the BlackBird cycloidal-rotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator has been completed by Austria’s CycloTech.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA's SAF Registry has gone live under new management and will accelerate net zero transition by helping build a global SAF market, the organization said.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
The aerospace industry is responding to President Trump’s tariffs; not immediately clear are the cumulative effects on cross-border aerospace and defense supply
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation AFRICA Summit and Exhibition returns to Kigali, Rwanda in September after three years with DAR Al-Handasah confirmed as platinum sponsor.
Aerospace

The top five registered countries for this years’ Arabian Travel Market (ATM) to date include the UAE, India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UK.
Aerospace

As part of the inaugural Dubai AI Week, the third edition of the "Machines Can See" AI Summit, will take place on April 23-24, 2025.
Aerospace

Dean Bellamy
Robust on-orbit sensing and characterization systems are critical to deterring hostile actions and maintaining freedom of access to space as a global common.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Stephen Costley

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, UK was selected to lead 23 partners in 13 countries to design multiple scaled blended wing body (BWB) flying testbeds (to test new concepts/technologies) under €16m Exaelia project led by NLR, focusing on three main areas: tube-and-wing aircraft with high aspect ratio wings; BWBs; advanced propulsion, including hydrogen.

Aerospace

By Stephen Costley

CFM INTERNATIONAL secured LEAP-1B order from Japan Airlines for recent order for 17 737-8s (SPNWS; March 21).

Aerospace

By Stephen Costley

NASA completed two icing test campaigns on a section of a transonic truss-braced wing (TTBW; used for Boeing's X-66 flight demonstrator aircraft) that found large sections of the leading edge will require an extensive ice protection system.

Aerospace

By Stephen Costley

SATAIR expanded its Satair Market e-commerce platform with addition of 5m Airbus proprietary part numbers/services, representing the migration of products from the existing Airbus Spares platform for aftermarket material and support.

Aerospace