Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
An airline operator pre-working group will guide plans for the commercial blended wing body as subscale flight tests pave way for a multirole demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
MTU Aero Engines continues to seek financial compensation from its partner Pratt & Whitney after GTF-related costs led to the German company's first ever loss.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Tony Osborne
Listen in to hear from Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Tony Osborne on the ground at Heli-Expo as show organizers have moved to embrace eVTOLs.
Check 6

By Kevin Michaels
Every dollar of aircraft production underpins at least another dollar of supplier activity in all tiers.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Saudi Arabia's The Helicopter Company has signed multi-year framework orders with Airbus and Leonardo for a combined 250 helicopters at Heli-Expo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Sikorsky has unveiled the configuration of the Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator (HEX), a fully autonomous prototype to be developed with GE Aerospace, at Heli-Expo.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo is performing a study with Italy’s armed forces on potential missions for the AW609 as the company works to certify the tiltrotor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
FAA certification for Bell's fly-by-wire 525 twin-engine, super-medium helicopter is expected by mid-year, company executives say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The use of uncrewed systems by Ukraine is inspiring nations including the UK to make major investments in drone capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) trade association is rebranding itself as Vertical Aviation International (VAI).
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Flight tracking, data recording and connectivity links will come as standard on Leonardo’s AW09 light helicopter when it enters the market in 2025.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
An array of technologies is being matured that could transform the design of airliner wings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Ten years after MH370 and 15 years from AF447, industry is closing safety gaps spotlighted by those two accidents.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Offshore helicopter industry leaders tell Aviation Week about the challenges they face as growth returns after a prolonged downturn.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Chen Chuanren, Christine Boynton, Joe Anselmo
Comac presented the C919 at an international air show for the first time. It is likely the first step in a long journey to commercial success abroad.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Mike Hirschberg
Requiring manufacturers to pay a third of the cost and then suddenly canceling a program results in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost funding.
Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
China’s Comac has provided more details of the stretched and shortened variants of its C919 single-aisle family at Singapore Airshow.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Taking technologies from demonstrator programs like UltraFan, Rolls-Royce aims to significantly improve the durability of its latest Trent widebody engines.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
JetZero says it is poised to begin flight tests of a subscale version of its full-scale blended wing body multirole demonstrator in the next few weeks.
Singapore Airshow

By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Chen Chuanren, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Listen in as editors at Singapore Airshow discuss Comac's starring role, the C919's prospects in today's market and what this could mean for the Airbus-Boeing duopoly.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
The high-speed promise of its planned Mach 1.7 aircraft is attracting interest from carriers operating on longer distance Asia-Pacific routes, Boom says.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Comac has its C919 aircraft on display at Singapore Airshow 2024. Guy Norris outlines the differences between the aircraft's two variants.
Singapore Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
ST Engineering’s AirX signed a deal with Turkey’s Eurasia Mobility Solutions for 10 AirFish 8 Wing-in-Ground aircraft—the platform’s first customer.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
After speed, autonomy and intelligence, Sikorsky Innovations shifts its focus to new technology challenges.
Aircraft & Propulsion