Aircraft & Propulsion

ATR has revealed new details of the preliminary hybrid power system architecture under study for the company’s advanced EVO family.

The final tranche of funding for hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia came from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

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

Boeing's unionized workers at its major manufacturing hub in the Seattle area have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike with immediate effect.

Heart also plans to fly the X1 within the next six months from a yet-to-be-decided airport in the U.S., which would make it the first new-generation hybrid aircraft to reach that milestone.

The advancement of hydrogen and electric propulsion research at Royal NLR comes as several Netherlands-based companies are designing new-generation aircraft.

A nonpublic investigation into the recent crash highlights an increasing disconnect between the U.S. Air Force and Navy program offices.

Aerodynamic checks following unexpected handling issues on the first flight were added as a precautionary step in flight control modification.

U.S. Air Force and Army support finally takes Piasecki’s Ares into the air.

Aviation needs other transport sectors such as road transport to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and meet SAF targets, Boeing's Jim Hileman says.

Asset manager Brookfield plans to invest up to $1.1 billion in Infinium to boost the output of the company's power-to-liquid e-fuel production plant in Texas.

Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.

Dewar was most recently senior vice president and general manager of the Airbus A220 program.

Eve Air Mobility is now aiming to fly its full-scale engineering prototype “early next year,” CEO Johann Bordais says.

With the prospect of a favorable cost-benefit ratio, carriers start their own contrail prevention trials.

GE Aerospace will launch several new AI- and robotics-powered MRO technologies at its soon-to-open Services Technology Acceleration Center.

A six-week turnaround for a UAS capability may become the new military standard.

Testing contrail avoidance; Spectrum for UAS control; Electrifying the King Air; Longer-lived batteries.

Airbus must deliver just over 320 aircraft in the last three months of the year in order to reach its target of handing over around 770 aircraft to customers in 2024.

Listen in as Aviation Week’s propulsion editor updates our chief Boom skeptic on the company’s latest test flight.

The flagship UK helicopter modernization program has suffered delays and shrunk in size before a contract has even been signed.

The helicopter company is partnering with United Therapeutics to bring hydrogen-electric propulsion to the R44 and R66.

Although there is no imminent threat, pilot groups are stepping up their campaign against reduced-crew and single-pilot concepts.

As the number of in-service aircraft in the global regional aircraft fleet falls, one segment is set to overtake another.

The CEO reports progress toward raising €450 million and reaching certification of the ERA 19-seater.