Aircraft & Propulsion

Embraer and Brazil’s Correios postal service will jointly explore opportunities for freighter versions of the E190 series and C-390 tanker transport.

Novel hydrogen storage; Solar Skydweller flies uncrewed; Avic’s large cargo UAV; and UK integrated electric ducted fan.

The idea of a “warehouse in the sky” is not new.

The funding will be used to jointly develop technologies with the U.S. for a fission nuclear system for space power applications.

Industry analysts Ron Epstein and Richard Aboulafia join Aviation Week editors to discuss the momentous challenges facing Boeing’s next leader—and who that leader might be.

The 236-ft.-wingspan aircraft flew from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi over the Gulf of Mexico.

California-based NovaDev is aiming its planned EcoFlight EF-5C at replacing aging Boeing 757/767 freighters.

Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.

Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.

Latecoere is in the middle of an all-out battle to improve the punctuality of its deliveries, badly affected by supply chain issues.

Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications.

The two front-runners in the nascent U.S. air taxi market have staked out sharply different paths in their manufacturing strategies.

In a wide-ranging interview, Culp talks about the new company’s future and says he has no interest in taking his turnaround skills to Boeing.

High-speed testbeds make progress; validating a digital twin; non-CO2 emissions road map; power-beamed UAV; SAF via bacteria.

Startup plans to support growth in onshore wind energy generation by transporting larger turbine blades.

While French innovators are making gradual progress in electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, they are looking for critical funding.

Culp has been viewed by many as a logical candidate to lead a turnaround of Boeing.

The carrier expects to confirm deals by the third quarter as order activity in Asia heats up.

Now in its fourth year, the European Commission-led EDF aims to support defense research, development and cooperation among member states.

China’s Sinopec and France's TotalEnergies will jointly establish a sustainable aviation fuel production site in China.

A year after scrapping the SpaceJet program, Japan is revisiting plans to develop its own airliner—this time powered by hydrogen.

The eVTOL industry seems to be in a Boeing 367-like moment.

Demonstrator test program targets development of safety culture and expertise in advance of Boom’s Overture airliner effort.