Aircraft & Propulsion

The airframer aims to prove the Racer’s eco mode, higher speeds and lower fuel burn during 2025.

The Black Hawk has spawned numerous variants and derivations over its 50-year career.

APU upgrades are allowing performance, sustainability and reliability improvements.

Next steps for wake surfing; measuring e-SAF emissions; solar stratospheric UAS upgrade; and uncrewed medical eVTOL.

CFM International has revealed plans to conduct dust ingestion tests of the new high-pressure (HP) turbine blade at the core of its RISE technology initiative.

As the strike by Boeing’s machinists enters a new, uncertain phase, the company’s suppliers, customers and investors are grappling with the rising damage.

Wing has selected Charlotte, North Carolina, to be the next U.S. metro area served by its drone delivery service.

The manufacturer is working to certify the first auto-takeoff system with Brazilian, European and U.S. regulators.

Boom Supersonic aims to resume XB-1 envelope expansion flights soon.

Toyota is investing an additional $500 million in Joby Aviation, with the funding to support certification and commercial production of its electric air taxi.

Listen in to hear Frank Haselbach, president of ISABE and head of propulsion at Airbus, in conversation with Aviation Week's Guy Norris.

The Army's next rotorcraft is still in development, but officials are planning its first upgrade—a big shift in the service's approach to aircraft acquisition.

Autonomy is coming to commercial aviation. Its first stop: the Cessna Caravan.

The Horus A is intended for government applications such as surveillance, communications relay, backing up GPS and even space domain awareness.

Is NASA preparing to get more serious about hydrogen? The answer is: maybe.

Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.

Rolls-Royce has elected to shut down its electrical propulsion unit, Rolls-Royce Electrical, having failed to find a buyer for the business.

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

The walkout at Boeing halted much-needed progress on quality-focused changes and will make regaining momentum even more challenging.

China’s nascent electric air taxi industry is forging tighter links with the country’s automative manufacturers and its massive electric-vehicle supply chain.

A HWB has emerged as one of the most promising potential zero-emission airliner concepts from a NASA study of commercially viable designs.

French startup Hynaero, which was founded last year and aims to develop a new water bomber with greater performance, is reporting progress.

Developer CleanJoule is seeking initial approval of its CycloSAF fuel as a 10% blending component via standards developer ASTM International’s Fast Track process.

CFM International CEO Gael Meheust joins the podcast to dive into the remarkable story behind the CFM56: Hear how teams on opposite sides of the Atlantic persevered against the odds to propel the industry into a new age.

Electric propulsion promises lower operating costs and emissions, but will they be enough?