Aerospace

Europe’s air taxi startups have fallen behind their U.S. rivals, and the gap appears to be growing.

MRO shops will continue to ensure the global fleet has as much capacity as possible as OEMs struggle to meet production and performance targets.

A perilous threat environment has prompted increased defense spending outside the U.S. and the construction of new multinational supply chains.

A look at which trends are gaining and losing popularity in the space sector.

Startups embrace a software-defined aerospace strategy to aid the U.S. attempts to match China’s manufacturing might.

Business aviation will see lots of changes in 2025.

A look at which trends are gaining which are losing steam in the defense sector.

A look at which trends are gaining popularity and which are losing steam in commercial aviation.

BAE SYSTEMS was selected by JetZero to supply actuator control units for flight control system of its blended wing body aircraft demonstrator.

Eisaku Ito to President & Chief Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (effective April 2025), succeeding Seiji Izumisawa.

BOOM SUPERSONIC completed 10th test flight of XB-1 supersonic demonstrator, reaching max altitude of 32,417 ft and new top speed of Mach 0.95; 1-2 more transonic test flights are planned prior to breaking sound barrier in 1Q25.

ACR ELECTRONICS has FAA TSO for its ARTEX ELT 5000 Emergency Locator Transmitter with Distress Tracking (ELT-DT) to align with new global civil aviation mandates.

British Airways’ flights between London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi will be paused during the summer 2025 season.

Aviation Week Network offers award-winning podcasts on all aspects of aerospace, including defense. Here are 2024's most listened-to Check 6 defense episodes.

SkyDrive and Osaka Metro Co. have announced four planned vertiport locations for the SD-05 eVTOL aircraft within the greater Osaka area.

HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT GROUP earned $593m on $2.6b sales for year ended Oct 31 vs $387m on $1.8b a year ago.

SONACA agreed to acquire 51% of ACUTURRI AEROSTRUCTURES, Italy with support from Wallonie Entreprendre and SFPIM; Aciturri's engine components business, Caetano Aeronautic plant in Portugal and Aciturri Tech are not included.

Dr. Johannes Bussmann was named next Chief Executive Officer of MTU Aero Engines, succeeding Lars Wagner (effective before end 2025).

Chris Morris to Vice President of Professional Services of iBase-t, CA.

AURA AERO, France has EASA type certification for 2-seat INTEGRAL R trainer. It plans to deliver 15 aircraft in 2025.

BOEING says production has now resumed across 737, 767, and 777/777X aircraft programs (SPNWS; December 13).

Guangzhou-based GAC unveiled the single-seat drive/fly Gove in January 2023.

Market leaders are gradually ramping up production as focus shifts to the manufacture of type-conforming aircraft for use in certification flight testing.

Clean Aviation is studying different approaches to hybridizing regional aircraft to reduce fuel burn and emissions.

Japan has set an ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Would hybrid-electric or hydrogen-powered regional airliners make a dent in its domestic aviation carbon emissions?