Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Brazilian startup Moya Aero has made its first transition with a subscale version of its tiltbody uncrewed electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Keith Mwanalushi
GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty on advances in aircraft propeller blade designs and their impacts on maintenance processes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator made a successful second flight from Mojave Air & Space Port, California, on Aug. 26.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
H3 Dynamics will supply fuel cells to a project developing a modular, distributed hybrid hydrogen-electric propulsion system for future regional aircraft
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
MagniX unveils hybrid testbed; VoloCity vibration testing; UK gets first vertiport; electric aircraft training.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The hypersonic aircraft developer has completed low-speed taxi tests of its Quarterhorse Mk. 1 vehicle ahead of flight tests planned for later this year.
Emerging Technologies

Jerrold T. Lundquist
The goals of the U.S. National Defense Industrial Strategy need to be truly implemented to open the market to companies outside the traditional competitors.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Multiple energy-dense battery options are becoming available for aviation use, but are they good enough?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
Amid growing skepticism that airlines can achieve net zero emissions in 2050, a report lays out a road map for rapidly scaling up SAF. Listen in as one of those skeptics, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick, talks with a co-author of the plan.
Check 6

By Guy Norris
The startup’s blended wing plan is moving forward with new airline funding and a growing development team.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Robinson Helicopter’s tie-up with United Therapeutics to develop a hybrid-electric version of the R66 is a sign of new CEO David Smith’s drive for innovation.
Advanced Air Mobility

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