Aircraft & Propulsion

The AAM Stock Composite rose by 2.7% last week, compared to a roughly 0.8% decline in the S&P 500.

Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.

CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.

Cryogenic hydrogen propulsion; airborne 5G connectivity; Airbus UK wing research; and fuel cell for propulsion.

Suppliers no longer trust Airbus and Boeing production forecasts and believe ramp-ups could be significantly delayed.

Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.

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

Brunswick, Maine-based amphibious aircraft manufacturer Mallard announced several sales of its seaplane to Indian customers at Farnborough Airshow.

At Farnborough Airshow 2024, an absence of new aircraft orders spoke volumes. Listen in as Aviation Week's team analyze the week, breaking down the deals that did take place and sharing the buzz from airlines, suppliers and manufacturers.

Ethiopian MRO, the maintenance division of Ethiopian Airlines, has agreed with ATR to develop repair and training capabilities from its base in Addis Ababa.

The company has unveiled detailed flight deck and engine program plans as it faces a challenging development schedule.

The airframer has upgraded its E2 family further, enhancing their range with lower fuel burn and automatic takeoffs.

CEO Klaus Roewe says the shift of the Lilium Jet’s first flight into early 2025 is linked to some key suppliers missing out on EASA software validation requirements.

Aerospace engineers 2Excel have begun adding lumps and bumps to a Boeing 757 that will help test the future GCAP fighter aircraft's potential sensor suite and mission systems.

P&WC is working with Maeve on a propulsion system for the European startup's planned hybrid-electric regional turboprop for the 80-seat-class market.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has agreed to perform a flight demonstration of ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines in 2026.

Embraer is introducing an automatic takeoff function onto its E2 family of passenger jets, leading to much-enhanced range capabilities from short runways.

Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl shared plans to begin full-scale core tests of its Overture airliner's Symphony engine in 18 months.

The Radia WindRunner is specifically designed to transport the largest and most efficient wind turbine blades and components directly to wind farm sites.

Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.

NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson spoke to Aviation Week about the space agency's mission to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft.

Pratt says the engine developed for the company’s Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator has run at full power for the first time.

We take a look at how the static display at Farnborough Airshow's ground crews handle the arrival and positioning of aircraft for the static display.

Airbus Helicopters has selected a hybrid-electric propulsion system to be developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada and Collins Aerospace for its H145-based PioneerLab technology demonstrator.

From uncrewed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to heavy-lift tiltwings, Sikorsky’s family of systems shares common components.