Aircraft & Propulsion

Blended wing body developer JetZero has received an FAA airworthiness certificate for its 12.5% scaled demo, clearing the uncrewed twin-engine aircraft.

Aviation Week editors break down the seismic leadership changes announced by Boeing and what they mean for the company's future.

Leadership changes at Boeing have Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal out effective immediately, while both CEO Dave Calhoun and chair Larry Kellner revealed their departure dates.

Certifying electric engines; Call for UK hydrogen funding; More eVTOLs for USAF; and the UK’s future flight road map.

Boom Supersonic has flown XB-1 demonstrator, the world’s first privately developed faster-than-sound civil aircraft.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at the return of Asia-Pacific region operators (excluding China and India) to pre-pandemic levels of utilization.

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

FAA revises type certification basis for eVTOLs, beginning with Joby

The aging aircraft’s final deployment measures air quality in Asia as researchers lament lack of space in its replacement, a Boeing 777-200.

CFO Brian West told a Bank of America investor conference that Boeing would buy back Spirit using cash and debt; Boeing ended 2023 with almost $16 billion.

The company is working on changing long-established priorities that valued speed over quality.

Fuel systems for hydrogen; 3D printing on the Moon; LH2 tank breakthrough; the cost of avoiding contrails; and Velis Electro approved for training.

A leaner supply chain could emerge where even the smaller suppliers will operate in the billion-dollar range.

The EU’s Clean Sky 2 public-private research program is producing results in airframe components such as wing boxes and fuselages.

Having seized the pole position in electric vehicles, Chinese industry is racing ahead in advanced air mobility.

The high costs of power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel are preventing the technology from moving forward.

The FAA launched its audit in the wake of the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines 737-9 incident in which a door plug blew off the aircraft.

For decades, aircraft manufacturers have preferred derivatives over all-new aircraft. That approach appears to be ending.

Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon TA-1 test vehicle, a key step toward supporting regular and reusable hypersonic test capability.

This week’s #FlightFriday looks at the A320 family, and their breakdown of their average flight cycles per month showcased by their engine type.

Talks to acquire troubled aerostructures supplier Spirit Aerosystems hold big implications for Boeing—and Airbus. Our editors break it down.

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

Can a second marriage born of a shotgun wedding be successful? Boeing and Spirit talk merger.

CAeS has released details of the finalized hydrogen fuel cell packing design it is developing for flight tests on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.

Baltimore-based Wave Engine Corp. has successfully flown a UAV from a standing start on the runway powered by a valveless pulsejet, also known as a wave engine.