Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Fast rotorcraft efforts might be accelerating across the industry, but keep watch on the light turbine helicopter market during 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Darwin will develop digital assistants to enable extended minimum-crew operations in cruise.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Speaking ahead of Singapore Airshow, a Bell executive says India is the most promising market for the company's helicopters in the Asia-Pacific region.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research program ends in March, having matured an array of potential technologies for Airbus’ next airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By P. Barry Butler
Engineering education has evolved to include many real-world, hands-on opportunities that are essential for keeping students inspired about career options.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Comac’s C919 and ARJ21 landed in Singapore on a gloomy Thursday afternoon for the 2024 edition of Singapore Airshow.
Singapore Airshow

By Jens Flottau
“We are not considering further increases seriously at this point,” Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
In what is becoming a year of going back to basics, aerospace manufacturing workers have the microphone.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
CAE Inc. recorded a 30% annual decrease in profit in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 due to a lackluster performance by its defense business.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
U.S. offshore operator PHi Group soon will begin long-delayed route-proving trials with the Airbus H160 medium-twin helicopter in the Gulf of Mexico.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is working to quadruple the production rate of the H175 to reflect the growing market need for the super-medium helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Two-thirds of Europe’s Clean Aviation research projects are focused on more sustainable advanced propulsion technologies for service entry in the mid-2030s.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Amid discouraging outlook for turboprops, ATR is back in the black and working on new versions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
While acknowledging they have to improve competitiveness, Daher’s officials insist OEMs must accept price increases.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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 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

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

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