Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
United Therapeutics’ founding objective to manufacture artificial organs and overcome the critical shortage of human organs for transplant is nearing takeoff.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
While AAM will get its start using existing heliports and private terminals at airports, dedicated vertiport infrastructure is beginning to take shape.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Newly released details of recent Chinese spacecraft maneuvers tracked by U.S.-based observers show increasing capability in key areas.
Defense

By Garrett Reim
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has raised a $40 million Series A funding round.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
According to a new report from the AIA, the U.S. aerospace and defense (A&D) industry’s workforce suffered a 13% attrition rate last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The Series A++++ round raised “hundreds of millions of yuan,” Volant posted on Weibo on Aug.19, and was led by the Beijing Robot Industry Fund.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.
Check 6

By Kurt Hofmann
FACC has reported significant revenue and earnings growth for the first half of 2024 backed by rate rises, notably the shift from Airbus A320neo to A321neo.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Alaska Airlines has become the first commercial operator to declare serious interest in the BWB under development by JetZero, signing options for an undisclosed number of aircraft from the startup.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
AUKUS defense pact partners have been testing the integration of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) on uncrewed air systems (UAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A fault in a circuit board in the pitch trim servo of a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter could be a potential factor in the fatal crash off the coast of Norway in February, investigators say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
New requirements to validate human factors assumptions and the need to comply with a 2013 rule have pushed Boeing down an unfamiliar path to 777X type inspection authorization.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Near-space tourism provider Halo Space is gearing up for its next test flight over Saudi Arabia using its full-sized capsule designed for passenger flights.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
An engine choice for a 737 successor may be years away, but Boeing is showing signs of preferring ducted engines to the outwardly more efficient open fan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
Roberto Cingolani wants his company to play a greater role in the global aerostructures business and shape the development of new-generation combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
CFM International blames high-pressure turbine blade supply issues for Leap 1A delivery delays that are adding to Airbus’ production headaches.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) spinoff Aalto has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesian telecommunications company Mitratel.
Commercial Space

By Sash Tusa
The Tempest program faces a political stress test in Britain’s new strategic defense review.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Household has placed an order for two new helicopters from Italy’s Leonardo to replace the pair of Sikorsky S-76C++ it has in service.
Aircraft & Propulsion