Aerospace

Flydubai was recognised with the “Airline with the Best Connectivity in the Middle East” award for the second time at the 2025 Business Traveller Middle East Awards.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Space startup Radian Aerospace has revealed ambitious plans to build and flight test a reusable reentry vehicle for hypersonic and space missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has begun routine piloted transitions between vertical and cruise flight during flight testing of its S4 tiltprop electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition has canceled demo flights with LIFT Aircraft’s Hexa eVTOL after a motor propeller fell off in flight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sash Tusa
Disjointed U.S. tariff policy has led to cascading confusion within the aerospace industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
The UAE has OK'd a proposal from Archer to modify the first heliport in Abu Dhabi into a facility that can accommodate helicopters and eVTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Cabin component supplier Demgy is betting on an increased use of additive manufacturing, the company’s chairman and CEO Pierre-Jean Leduc says.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Global aircraft lessor AviLease, headquartered in Saudi Arabia, has closed an unsecured revolving credit facility (RCF) of $1.5bn.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is set to take over more of Spirit AeroSystems than originally planned to ensure a more reliable flow of parts for the A350 and A220 programs.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Since GE and Safran share CFM’s revenue but only a small part of the costs, tariffs will test the 50-year-old joint venture in an unpredictable way.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Chinese drive/fly eVTOL, logistic resupply autonomy, FAA’s AAM testing center and cryo-compressed hydrogen.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Rapidly escalating tensions between Pakistan and India could lead to major airspace problems for international airlines in the region.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic plans to start core tests of its Symphony engine at a Colorado site formerly used by failed hypersonic propulsion company Reaction Engines.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Top manufacturers continue to express cautious optimism that the loss of SPS Technologies will not lead to major new-production flow disruptions.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Hanwha Aerospace is expanding its engine R&D efforts following Seoul's commitment to pump $2.3 billion into development of a 16,000-lb. domestic fighter engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Beijing has chosen to exempt some aircraft parts from import tariffs introduced as part of the escalated trade conflict with the U.S. according to Safran's CEO.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Aviation Week Network Staff
Here are the five must-see stories from the Aviation Week Network for the week of April 19, 2025.
Aerospace

By Byron Callan
The camps on either side of the defense mobilization debate in the U.S. and allied countries should consider two more mobilization pathways.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By William Garvey
“If that’s a business jet, it needs winglets,” blended winglet chief Joe Clark said about the nascent Boeing Business Jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Not everyone is buying into the hype surrounding electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and distributed electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Texas A&M University System has been selected to establish a federal research center to integrate drones and air taxis into the national airspace system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese luxury carmaker Hongqi has unveiled the Tianyan 1 drive/fly vehicle and plans to fly a prototype this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
United Airlines has become the latest U.S. carrier to publicly announce an investment in JetZero’s blended wing body (BWB) concept.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan has started the uplift of SAF to the island’s three major airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air and Starlux Airlines.
Emerging Technologies