Aircraft & Propulsion

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), a leading air freight services provider to Amazon, will try to raise up to $400 million in corporate debt to pay down revolving loans, the company said Jan. 13.

An Air China Boeing 737-800 recently completed a trial flight using China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system, which is nearing global coverage.

Hyundai, Uber Elevate; EmbraerX UAS cargo team; first-responder eVTOL; JAXA high-speed helo; Bahamas UAS; EHang in U.S.; tunnel upgrade.

Boeing is facing a second civil penalty for installing unairworthy slat tracks on 737s—this one covering 178 MAXs.

The Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) investigation appears headed for a major impasse as Iranian officials welcome international aircraft accident investigation experts to Tehran, even as they remove vital evidence of the Boeing 737’s wreckage and deny claims by foreign intelligence sources that the aircraft was shot down.

Airlines are under more pressure than ever before to step up efforts to reduce their impact on climate change.

Tempo of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program to accelerate amid renewed focus on sustainability and advanced technology initiatives.

Petaluma, California-based Jump Aero is developing a small, fast, short-range vehicle for transporting first responders.

The aviation industry needs a robust, responsible Boeing.

Boeing on Jan. 6 provided more details on how the 737 MAX production pause will progress, while major program supplier Spirit AeroSystems said it will begin accepting “voluntary” layoffs.

Weeks into a rash of reported drone sightings in eastern Colorado and part of Nebraska, the FAA on Jan. 6 lacked an explanation for the reports or whether drones were actually involved.

Flirtey is preparing to begin routine food deliveries by drone within the largest industrial park in the U.S.

U.S. Air Force is seeking information on commercial eVTOL vehicles that could be fielded within three years.

For space tourism’s prospects after any fatal accident, look to the X-15, the space shuttle and extreme mountain climbing, analysts say.

The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk for South Korea arrived at an airfield in the south of the country on Dec. 23.

Joby backs 2023 for Uber; Skyryse autonomous R44; Embraer studies hybrid; Rolls unveils ACCEL; Hyundai teases eVTOL; Deloitte UAM survey.

LOS ANGELES - Safran has joined supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seater AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport currently in

Production resumption is not linked to getting MAX flying again.

Spirit AeroSystems, the leading supplier of 737 aerostructures to Boeing, announced Dec. 20 that it will stop producing new 737 aerostructures and halt deliveries to its OEM customer on Jan. 1, 2020.

Suborbital tourism, urban air mobility and supersonic air travel are all expected to take steps forward in 2020.

From environmental pressures to transformational technologies, significant changes lie ahead for the aerospace and defense industry.

Forecasts of business and commercial aviation market shares and specs on business and commercial aviation to watch.

Rolls-Royce has released the first images of an all-electric demonstration aircraft.

In-city trials for eVTOL vehicles in 2020 will provide key feedback on the public acceptability of urban air mobility.

MAX approval process shows signs of new approaches