Aircraft & Propulsion

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.

CEO Dirk Hoke will leave Volocopter in February 2025 and Dieter Zetsche, former CEO of Daimler-Benz, has been named Chairman of the AAM startup's Advisory Board

China’s AeroHT, a subsidiary of electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, has publicly debuted its Land Aircraft Carrier, but slipped first deliveries of the combination ground-air vehicle into 2026.

C-130J as a hydrogen demonstrator; fuel cells for European regional project; ductile composites for LH2 tanks.

China’s AG600 seaplane has entered the Type Inspection Approval (TIA) phase, completing airspeed calibration test flight on Aug. 30, AVIC has announced.

Aura Aero is closing in on certifying an aerobatic two-seater and working to raise the required equity to develop its 19-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

Korean Air has begun fueling a scheduled flight with a 1% SAF blend from its base at Seoul Incheon International Airport.

Parts-supply specialist Heico is seeing some customers cut back on purchasing, but broader aftermarket demand remains strong amid continued new-equipment delivery struggles.

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

Greater government clarity and urgency is required if aviation is to reach 2050 “net-zero” carbon-emissions status, says a company engineering the transition.

A newly appointed special commission will investigate the cause of the crash, the air force said.

Not only are supply chain issues affecting offshore helicopter operations failing to improve, they are now spreading to other helicopter manufacturers, the energy industry’s trade body warns.

Hydrogen-electric propulsion is going to start in the subregional sector. Can it grow into mainstream aviation?

Boeing is working to identify why a common structural load-carrying component was found damaged on all 777-9 test aircraft.