Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Boeing-owned company sees a path to pilotless flight without regulatory changes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The DARPA competition seeks an aircraft that can take off and land vertically and cruise faster than today’s helicopters and tiltrotors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
MTU's three-year Herops project under Europe’s Clean Aviation research program aims to demonstrate a 1.2-megawatt propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Round the world on hydrogen; first-responder VTOL competition; stop-fold tiltrotor; another Chinese eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Two of Germany’s large aerospace suppliers seek better access to the U.S. market and Boeing, with very different approaches.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Dan Dumbacher
Boeing’s leadership team must continue to ask the hard questions and look further to honestly assess company culture that could contribute to future problems.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
New, more hands-on production surveillance is likely to emerge from Boeing’s supply chain and quality missteps.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior VP for global supply chain and fabrication, told a key supplier conference that suppliers and the OEM owe each other transparency.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brandon Patrick
Aviation Week projects that regional defense investment will to climb to $270 billion by 2032 from $197 billion in 2023.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Daher says the hybrid-electric Ecopulse demonstrator has now logged 1.5 hr. of flight testing in full electric mode.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Doug Ackerman, vice president for supplier quality at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, updated a key supplier conference on the nature of its supply chain problems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The company hopes to unleash untapped benefits of the aircraft for commercial and military use.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
U.S.-European startup Cosmic Aerospace has raised $4.5 million in seed financing to progress development of a 24-passenger all-electric regional aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A Transport & Environment study highlights uncertainties surrounding ambitious e-fuel plans in Europe.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Turboprop runs on hydrogen; USAF completes electric flights; SAF from ethanol; Hydrogen light aircraft flies.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
The service, blocked from starting new acquisition programs, used a long-standing autonomy demonstration effort to begin CCA work.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Sash Tusa
More details are emerging about Airbus' plans for a new clean-sheet narrowbody, but when could it launch and will it generate significant emissions savings?
Check 6

By Swaati Ketkar
Safran India CEO Jetendra Gavankar on the OEM’s expansion plans for MRO workforce, capabilities and facilities.
MRO

By Daniel Williams
This week’s Flight Friday looks at the effects caused by the engine issues with the CFM Leap and the Pratt & Whitney GTF (PW1000G).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Why the aerospace supply chain’s recovery is always two years away.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Ankara finally secures approval for new F-16s, but Athens will receive the long-desired F-35 first.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
A blade strike on Flight 72 grounded Ingenuity helicopter after almost three years on the planet.
Space