Aircraft & Propulsion

Cleaner-burning sustainable fuels can reduce aircraft contrails’ cloudiness and their contribution to aviation’s climate impact, joint research by NASA and German aerospace center DLR has concluded.

A new kind of permanent shock could hit the jetliner industry if the U.S. and China do not come to a rapprochement.

Airbus Helicopters has already had to adapt to challenging market conditions, and now it’s gearing up for a digital transformation.

OEMs are trying to raise expectations around the future of airliner manufacturing, but the supplier base remains grounded in reality.

Aircraft electrification pioneer MagniX has revamped its product line, introducing a pair of complete electric propulsion units as successors to its original electric motor offerings.

The helicopter industry has taken the first steps toward using sustainable aviation fuels and to do their bit to meet emissions targets.

A Russian research laboratory has flown an aerodynamic testbed for a planned short-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator aircraft using distributed electric propulsion to provide powered lift.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has issued an enforcement order to prevent both parties from integrating the offshore helicopter operators.

GE Aviation and Safran want to widen the field of possibilities as they have to meet the needs of two competing airframers—something CFM has consistently managed to do with one family of engines and customized versions.

French shipping company Brittany Ferries has signed and agreement with U.S. startup Regent to study the use of electric-powered wing-in-ground vehicles for English Channel passenger services.

KAI said its next-generation transport aircraft could be developed by 2031 with maritime patrol and civilian airliner derivatives following later in the decade.

Targeting FAA certification by late 2024 or early 2025, the Denver, Colorado-based company’s ambitious test and development plan calls for assembly and first flight of the initial TriFan 600 test aircraft within the next 20 months.

The manufacturer aims to prepare for the next generation of aircraft, planned to be introduced by 2035.

Heating the battery could enable fast charging for high utilization of electric air taxis while also enabling the rapid discharge rates required to provide the power for vertical takeoff and landing, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated.

French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies is progressing toward the public demonstration of its Atea hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff air taxi during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

CFM International joint venture partners GE Aviation and Safran have launched an aggressive technology development program to pave the way for a new generation of fuel-efficient unducted—or open fan—engines to enter service around the mid-2030s.

Electra unveils; Honeywell backs Lilium; EcoPulse testing; Electric trainer; eVTOL Casevac.

Eve begins working with operators after booking the first orders for its eVTOL air taxis.

Between receiving EASA certification for the aircraft and its electric propulsion unit in June 2020 and the end of last year, Pipistrel delivered 39 Velis Electros.

The tests at Airbus UK in Filton, England, evaluated the complete assembly of the Safran electric engine, Airbus nacelle and DUC Helices propeller.

Balance sheet and debt concerns add to launch timing uncertainty as Boeing continues to study potential revisions to next aircraft program

In a wide-ranging interview, Boeing chief David Calhoun says the company won’t be rushed into launching a new airplane.

The decade-long UKSAR2G contest is calling on bidders to provide an aviation solution for the UK’s offshore and onshore search and rescue capability.

Boom Supersonic sees opportunity as recovery reshapes long-haul flying.

European and U.S. authorities are putting the pieces in place to enable advanced air mobility.