Aerospace

Boeing’s latest ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a United Airlines-owned 737-8, successfully conducted flight tests in Europe and the U.S.

GKN Aerospace and Anduril have teamed up to work together on autonomous collaborative platforms (ACP) for use by the UK military.

Safran is selling Safran Passenger Innovations, its inflight entertainment and connectivity division, to U.S. private equity firm Kingswood Capital Management.

Financial outlook tracking with improved production, delivery performance, prompting talk of hitting lofty cash-flow targets.

Saab plans to fly an uncrewed aircraft in 2026 using a software-defined fuselage as part of an initiative to optimize processes to field equipment faster.

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation has partnered with Archer to accelerate deployment of eVTOL aircraft.

Jeh Aerospace is leveraging digital technology to ramp up manufacturing capacity, aiming to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks.

Swiss startup Jekta has completed its second 1:9-scale prototype amphibious seaplane and is preparing to launch into a flight test campaign in January.

David Peng, vice president of Marketing at WeFly, sat down with Aviation Week to discuss progress on the startup’s five-seat W280 eVTOL aircraft.

Diehl Aviation is designing more modular cabin monuments and developing ways to increase onboard water reuse.

Boom Supersonic is developing an industrial gas turbine version of its Symphony turbofan to power AI data centers which will fund its Mach 1.7 Overture airliner.

Beehive says Frenzy test results for performance, ignition at altitude, operability, and durability “met or exceeded challenging Air Force requirements.”

A house aviation subcommittee meeting turned unexpectedly combative as Beta Technologies CEO Kyle Clark clashed with lawmakers over electric aircraft.

Confident about overcoming design challenges, Aura Aero presses on with hybrid-electric ERA development.

GoAero eVTOL prize progress; wind farm radar clutter; Archer licenses tiltrotor tech; and JAL expands atmospheric sampling.

Gen. Michael Guetlein, Golden Dome program director, said the first batch of contracts for space-based interceptor technology were awarded in November.

The Pentagon says there is a commitment to deliver a new U.S. Navy fighter even as the F/A-XX source selection process remains stalled and industrial base capacity is uncertain.

Sarah Flanagan to Interim Chief Financial Officer of AAR.

STARLINK was selected by Korean Air and all Hanjin Group airlines (Asiana Airlines, Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul) to provide inflight Wi-Fi for entire fleet for installations (initially KAL and Asiana 777s and A350s) starting in 2026.

AIRBUS delivered 72 aircraft (10 A220s; 54 A320neo Family; four A330s; four A350s) in November vs 84 (12 A220s; 66 A320s; A330; five A350s) in Nov 2024; it has now delivered 657 of planned 790 aircraft in 2025 (SPNWS; Dec 5). It also booked undisclosed orders for 23 A320neo Family and eight A350-1000s and now has 797 (700 net) orders in 2025.

The uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) is designed to operate in challenging environments, such as flying over mountains, rivers, lakes, and bays.

The companies will integrate Spacesail's low-Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity into Airbus' High Bandwidth Connectivity (HBC)-plus.

The California hypersonic missile startup is increasing its overall capital war chest to $464.5 million since emerging from stealth mode nearly two years ago.

Bye Aerospace has partnered with experienced carbon fiber prototyping and manufacturing company Composite Approach.

Workers at Seville-based supplier Sofitec Aero had alerted Airbus about manufacturing problems on fuselage panels, labor union UGT FICA said.