Aircraft & Propulsion

This week's Flight Friday focuses on two operator groups that have captured recent headlines due to new narrowbody orders.

As 2024 gets underway, cargo industry executives are closely watching the macroeconomic factors that will affect demand.

The German airline group, launch customer for the 737-100 in 1968, is going full circle, hoping to create flexibility in its fleet.

From new fighters to launchers, airline production ramps to air taxi certifications, 2024 will be a busy year.

Rolls-Royce has begun tests of aerospace-rated pumps able to handle hydrogen in its cryogenic liquid state as it aims for future zero-emissions flight.

As Archer, Joby and Volocopter inch closer to certification, several obstacles still stand in the way.

If 2023 is any indication, 2024 could be a yearlong Festivus in the supply chain.

Airbus announced plans for a new conventional narrowbody in June. Now the French government is making it clear that the project is its top funding priority.

General Electric has released new details of a plan to achieve reusable, air-breathing propulsion at hypersonic speeds by 2025.

Despite the conflict in Gaza, the Middle East’s military modernization is continuing.

Heir apparent Chris Calio to take over sprawling aerospace and defense giant.

The latest phase, which officially gets underway in February 2024, will build on small core technology work undertaken in the initial part of the HyTEC program.

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.

Dutch startup is the latest to move away from all-electric propulsion and toward a larger hybrid design that it hopes will better meet market requirements.

Chief operating officers are returning to prominence across aerospace and defense companies as the industry labors to recover from the COVID-19 disruption.

As Boeing elevates a possible successor to CEO Dave Calhoun, industry guru Richard Aboulafia joins our editors to discuss the company's 2023 and its path forward.

Boom Supersonic has chosen Honeywell’s Anthem integrated flight deck for its Mach 1.7 Overture airliner.

Hydrogen is conspicuous by its absence from ATR's latest product development strategy that looks out over the next decade and beyond.

Here are short items on advance air mobility company developments.

With over 3,000 aircraft delivered since 1984, the Cessna Caravan is a workhorse of global aviation—known not only for its ubiquity, but also its utility.

Boeing is promoting Stephanie Pope to COO in 2024, a move that catapults the veteran Boeing leader on to the short list of potential CEO successors.

Maeve Aerospace has revealed plans for an 80-seat hybrid-electric turboprop offering 40% lower fuel burn in cruise than the aircraft it is replacing.

Airbus Flight Academy is making the final preparations before beginning to operate the Elixir two-seaters it has chosen to replace Cirrus SR22s..

A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.

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