Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau, Victoria Moores
Airbus and Boeing are exploring new narrowbody designs. But with no plans for new long-haul aircraft, today’s widebodies could dominate the segment for decades.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
GKN Aerospace has joined a project aimed at growing the use of additive manufacturing in aircraft production.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Boeing is boosting performance of two 787 variants as it lays the groundwork for higher production rates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Big widebody twins form the backbone of today’s high-capacity air transport system and are set to grow even larger.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Nvidia-powered aviation; non-CO2 emissions research; hydrogen-electric aircraft network; and transformative battery challenge.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
ZeroAvia has been selected to receive an EU grant to establish a commercial hybrid-electric aircraft network in Norway using converted Cessna Caravans.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Archer announced a pact to acquire Hawthorne Airport in Central Los Angeles, expected to form the operations hub of its planned air taxi network in the city.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Hybrid-electric Passport tests, revelations of a third-stream adaptive concept and positive supercomputer results mark key advances for the RISE program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sash Tusa
In the third quarter of this year, there have been fascinating, if early, signs of improvement in the civil aircraft supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

By Daniel Williams
Following the tragic MD-11F accident at Louisville, Kentucky, Flight Friday looks at flight cycles of the last tri-jet aircraft built for commercial service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Regent Craft said it will soon resume sea trials with its Viceroy electric seaglider following an accident in in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
With a continued robust market, Bombardier may increase production as early as 2027, as long as its supply chain can keep up.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
StandardAero entered an MOU with Indonesia-based GMF AeroAsia to form a partnership related to services for CFM International CFM56-7B engines.
Services & Support

By Guy Norris
Safran Helicopter Engines expects to deliver more than 800 turboshaft engines in 2025, though this falls almost 200 short of the target it outlined last year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
South Korea plans an industrial leap into the ranks of modern fighter engine-makers, outlining a 14-year plan to field a supersonic, high-performance turbofan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Aircraft demand recovered immediately after the pandemic and airframers have been struggling with production ever since, but is the tide now turning?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Victoria Moores
The Boeing 777-9 is planned to arrive in 2027, seven years after the initial target. Customers are struggling to adapt amid a broader shortage of widebodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
ATR received a request from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to fly a demonstrator in 2029.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
As Boeing slows down 777X flight testing, GE is accelerating GE9X dust ingestion durability testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
A better picture of how Western aerospace and defense manufacturers are adapting to the accelerating retrenchment in globalization is emerging.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace, a UK air taxi startup, is set to commence transition flight testing this week.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The Republic of Korea Air Force plans to field aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence by the early 2030s to fly alongside KAI F-50 and KF-21 fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
Steady rate increases on Boeing’s two key in-service commercial models signal that the airframer’s turnaround is gaining steam.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation announced the start of manufacture of conforming propeller blades for its S4 eVTOL air taxi at its factory in Dayton, Ohio.
Advanced Air Mobility