Aircraft & Propulsion

Wisk plans to fly the first prototype of its sixth-generation electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft this year.

The nondilutive financial support from Invest Victoria will support Dovetail’s development of electrified propulsion systems for regional aircraft.

With some 75% of the new single-aisle engine market and the worst post-pandemic supply chain issues in the rearview mirror, CFM International is now focused on increasing the time on wing of its Leap engines.

The startup’s plans have been enabled by EU regulations that established a risk-based approach to the operation of civil uncrewed aircraft systems.

Startup VerdeGo Aero says the slow pace of battery improvement leaves room for future hybrid-electric systems.

Boeing does not deserve the benefit of the doubt in any quality vs. expediency debate.

Spanish near-space tourism company Halo Space has unveiled the design of the balloon capsule it plans to use to take passengers on stratospheric flights.

The company is studying hybrid-electric helicopters, continuing its electric certification drive and pushing Dash 7 conversion for NASA’s flight demonstrator.

The timing of the latest mandate is expected to prompt a final spike in engine removals.

Boeing’s new leaders would be wise to study GE’s metamorphosis under Larry Culp.

Embraer and Brazil’s Correios postal service will jointly explore opportunities for freighter versions of the E190 series and C-390 tanker transport.

Novel hydrogen storage; Solar Skydweller flies uncrewed; Avic’s large cargo UAV; and UK integrated electric ducted fan.

The idea of a “warehouse in the sky” is not new.

The funding will be used to jointly develop technologies with the U.S. for a fission nuclear system for space power applications.

Industry analysts Ron Epstein and Richard Aboulafia join Aviation Week editors to discuss the momentous challenges facing Boeing’s next leader—and who that leader might be.

The 236-ft.-wingspan aircraft flew from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi over the Gulf of Mexico.

California-based NovaDev is aiming its planned EcoFlight EF-5C at replacing aging Boeing 757/767 freighters.

Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.

Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.

Latecoere is in the middle of an all-out battle to improve the punctuality of its deliveries, badly affected by supply chain issues.

Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications.

The two front-runners in the nascent U.S. air taxi market have staked out sharply different paths in their manufacturing strategies.

In a wide-ranging interview, Culp talks about the new company’s future and says he has no interest in taking his turnaround skills to Boeing.