Aerospace

Narrowbody deliveries for Airbus and Boeing came to a total of 79 units in April 2025, representing a 12.8% year-over-year increase.

Long-endurance Pipistrels; hybrid certification advances; fuel cell propulsion testing; and 3D-printed hydrogen tank.

Canadian startup Horizon Aircraft made the first transition in its half-scale demonstrator, marking the latest milestone.

RVL Aviation agreed to become to launch operator for the Cessna 208B Caravan retrofitted with ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen-electric propulsion system.

Etihad Airways has confirmed an order for 28 wide-body Boeing aircraft.

Marking a significant step on the long road to certification, Boeing’s 777-9 test fleet has expanded to include WH004.

The only way for the aerospace industry to fix its production troubles is to expand its workforce.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

There is a “huge amount of uncertainty” about the UK aviation sector reaching its environmental targets, the head of sustainability for the CAA, the UK regulator.

RwandAir is adding a fourth Airbus A330 to its widebody fleet this summer to give it greater operational resilience on its European routes. Mark Pilling reports from Kigali.

Air Arabia has reported a strong first quarter of 2025 financial and operational results, as the airline continued to expand its network.

Senior executives from RwandAir and its holding company Aviation Travel and Logistics (ATL) say the long-touted deal for Qatar to take a 49% stake in the Rwandan flag carrier is on track to be signed “within a few months."

Stratolaunch is shifting its focus to its 747 launch platform after successful repeat flights of the first autonomous, fully reusable hypersonic test aircraft.

Tekever plans to grow UAS ecosystem and test sites through £400 million Overmatch investment plan in the UK.

Qatar Airways has placed an order with Boeing for at least 160 widebody aircraft – said to be valued at over $200 Billion.

Turkish Airlines has mandated the first financing structure to use the Sompo AXIS Aviation Finance Insurance (SAAFI), Aviation Non-Payment Insurance (ANPI) product for new aircraft deliveries.

A new bill supported by Boom aims to change U.S. legislation and permit supersonic over land flight above Mach 1, provided no sonic boom reaches ground.

From stand-in to standoff jamming, Western militaries are revitalizing their ability to disrupt adversary systems.

Resupplying distributed forces in the face of adversary attacks on supply chains presents new challenges.

Western militaries confront the reality that Russian electromagnetic spectrum warfare puts everything in the crosshairs, from GPS-guided weapons to satellites.

The CFM International RISE engine has completed more than 3,000 cycles of endurance runs at GE Aerospace's Evendale, Ohio, facility.

More than a year after ZeroAvia last flew its Dornier 228 with a prototype hydrogen fuel cell powertrain, the company is not standing still.

Etihad Airways has released its traffic statistics for April 2025, demonstrating continued strong growth and performance.

The Aviation India & South Asia Summit & Exhibition 2025, being held in Delhi from 29-30 October, has confirmed two new key speakers.

Miniaturized and qualified for space use, Optical Air Data Systems’ laser velocity sensor is finding renewed aviation interest.