Aircraft & Propulsion

Roei Ganzarski is CEO of the Redmond, Washington-based magniX corporation

With usual candor in an international program, Russia says it and China have not cooperated easily.

Facing a $475 billion loss in commercial aviation manufacturing, the A&D industrial base could suffer aftershocks for years.

Boeing Global Services CEO Ted Colbert discusses the challenges of managing the aftermarket business through COVID-19.

President Matthew Bromberg on COVID-19, production increases and future development efforts.

British aerospace firms will be less well-resourced to cope with a no-deal Brexit if the UK government and the European Union cannot come to a consensus on a future trading relationship by the end of the year, industry has warned.

Ask the Editors: Hydrogen propulsion offers a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, but major challenges lie ahead.

The FAA is exploring new applications for using drones in the airport environment and simultaneously advancing its study of systems designed to stop unauthorized drones from interfering with airport operations.

German air taxi startup Lilium is in “detailed discussions” with major suppliers as it prepares the next stage in development and service-entry of its Lilium Jet after concluding an agreement with Toray Industries to deliver composites for the aircraft’s structure.

Ask the Editors: The pause on the Airbus A220-500 development will be short-lived because of the growing demand for bigger narrowbodies.

The CRAIC CR929 widebody-airliner program has slipped two years, with first delivery now due as late as 2029 following difficulties in cooperation between the Russian and Chinese partners.

Manned-unmanned teaming and combat cloud technologies are key disruptors in Europe’s Future Combat Air System.

Italian and Swedish industry will begin joining discussions on Tempest later this year.

Ask the Editors: OEMs have shifted away from the underlying architectures of automobiles. Is a similar sea change in aviation due?

Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has taken a £3 billion ($3.8 billion) hit to its finances as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Renewable hydrogen will play a key role in supporting the EU’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050 by reducing emissions from hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as aviation, according to the European Commission’s Hydrogen Strategy unveiled on July 8.

Aerion Supersonic is partnering with Canada-based clean energy company Carbon Engineering (CE) to evaluate the potential use of a sustainable synthetic jet fuel produced from carbon dioxide (CO2) for the AS2 supersonic business jet.

Propulsion testbed prepared for flight in UK as work begins on first application.

South Korean electronics giant Hanwha Systems plans to cooperate with the country’s airports operator in developing infrastructure and services for urban air taxis.

Dubai has issued legislation regulating the use of drones and supporting an initiative to build an ecosystem for cargo, passenger and other operations by unmanned aircraft in the emirate.

With plans to operate as well as produce its electric air taxis, German startup Lilium has unveiled its thinking on modular vertiports that could start small, but scale up quickly as the market takes off.

German aerospace center DLR is founding four new research institutes focused on synthetic fuels, low-emission propulsion and electric aviation.

Ask the Editors: The French government and France’s Big Four aerospace manufacturers partner up to infuse ailing suppliers with capital.

Niel Golightly resigned on July 2 as Boeing’s chief communications officer after an employee complained about his 1987 article in the Naval Institute’s Proceedings journal that argued against allowing women to serve in combat.

DARPA preparing to award contracts to design an X-plane concept around active flow control.