Aerospace

AIRBUS has launched Advanced Superconducting and Cryogenic Experimental powertraiN Demonstrator (ASCEND) to explore impact of superconducting

Europe plans a large-scale demonstration of urban air mobility in 2022 focused on the deconfliction of multiple different types of users of low-altitude airspace.

Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has released the first image of a planned follow-on airliner concept designed for entry-into-service around the end of the decade which will cruise at higher Mach cruise numbers closer to the hypersonic region.

Skyborg could also be a cargo delivery aircraft. The program launched by Air Force Research Laboratory is mainly known for developing artificial intelligence for a new family of unmanned combat air vehicles, but the program also includes Volansi's cargo delivery system.

Tempest was one of the winners in the UK government’s Integrated Review securing £1.2 billion for technology development.

Electric seaglider; fuel-cell ScanEagle; autonomy teaming; French electric regional; and listening for turbulence.

Aviation Week Network hosted PwC leaders to discuss technology disruption as the driver of today’s aerospace and defense strategies, and the role M&A

Los Angeles-area rocket startup ABL Space Systems has closed a Series B investment round of $170 million, with the infusion going toward developing the 1,000-kg class RS1 launch vehicle and GS0 deployable launch system that should see its first launch this year.

Japan’s Toshiba has invested $15 million in U.S. counter-drone defense startup Fortem Technologies, the companies forming a strategic business alliance to combine and market their systems globally.

Ask the Editors: It is near axiom that new models need to offer 15% better economics, and that improvement only comes from major changes.

Aviation Week Network hosted PwC leaders to discuss technology disruption as the driver of today's aerospace and defense strategies, and the role M&A plays in propelling this disruption

While many projects have been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic fallout, Airbus is pushing ahead with its long-range narrowbody.

Traditional engine-makers and startups position for emerging hybrid-electric power market.

A campaign to highlight enforcement of the UK’s laws on flights by small unmanned aircraft—and to emphasize the penalties that will be imposed when they are broken—has been launched this week by the nation’s airspace regulator, police force and government.

Insitu is preparing to fly a version of its ScanEagle3 unmanned aircraft powered by a fuel cell and liquid hydrogen.

FINNAIR signed Letter of Interest to acquire up to 20 19-seat ES-19 electric aircraft being developed by HEART AEROSPACE.

The European Space Agency has allotted a combined €10.45 million ($12.5 million) to two UK companies developing microlaunchers for small satellites: Orbex and Skyrora.

OneWeb added another 36 satellites to its orbital broadband constellation on March 25, bringing the network to 146 spacecraft.

China could become the world’s largest commercial aviation system by the middle of the decade. Up to recently, Western suppliers were integral to the Asia giant’s aerospace development, and the relationship was mutually beneficial.

On this day last year, Ethiopian Airlines operated its first cargo only service on a passenger aircraft with its Boeing B787-900.

Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.

With the vision of operating 100,000 air taxis in cities globally by 2035, Volocopter has detailed its approach to scalable urban air mobility in a new white paper.