Aircraft & Propulsion

German electric commuter; LH2 refueling demo; Korean urban air mobility testing; and Merlin autonomy progress.

Interview with Reinhard Schwaiger, sales director at Deutsche Aircraft.

South African defence group Milkor has unveiled key design details of its latest unmanned aerial vehicle – the Milkor 780.

Textron Aviation and Tassili Travail Aérien (TTA) signed a purchase agreement for two new Cessna SkyCourier aircraft at the last Paris Air Show.

China United Aircraft Group on Oct. 30 conducted the first flight of its new T1400 Boying large, uncrewed tandem-rotor helicopter.

Slower production growth likely means Airbus will push back a larger version of the A220.

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department is acquiring an additional two Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk helicopters to bolster its existing fleet of five aircraft.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors record a podcast with consultant and contributing columnist Kevin Michaels on the commercial upcycle.

After more than a decade without a clean-sheet aircraft, many observers believe the legacy aerospace industry has entered a period of stagnation.

EASA's first annual report into the uptake and development of SAF in Europe highlights just how much of the road to reducing aviation emissions remains ahead.

Flown by NASA X-59 lead pilot Nils Larson, the much-anticipated first flight of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft began at 8:14 a.m. PDT Oct. 28.

Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.

GPS backup on a chip; DARPA heavy-lift drone challenge; Canada funds air mobility projects; and motors for defense drones.

GE points to indications that—if integrated in a specific way—the Open Fan may even have more fuel efficiency benefits than previously thought.

Kratos Defense will use the Hermeus high-speed Quarterhorse aircraft as part of its support work for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency’s MACH-TB program.

Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has achieved sustained combustion in a prototype burner component under initial test for the first version of its purpose-designed Symphony engine.

Improved durability and easier installation underpin CFM’s adoption of third-stream architecture for its open fan engine.

Aside from a small handful of startups, the boom in advanced air mobility shows signs of going bust.

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

Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has launched a project to convert Boeing 737-900 aircraft to freighters.

Safran has implemented a dual-source strategy since the Leap program began, and the missing link was final assembly.

Demand for air travel remains strong and will ensure fleet growth over the next 10 years, but will industry be able to deliver?

Airbus has inaugurated a second A320-family line at its assembly site in Tianjin, adding production capacity toward its target of 75 new A320s per month.

China’s long-delayed AVIC MA700 turboprop has broken cover as video footage surfaced online showing the aircraft conducting taxi testing, giving the clearest view of the aircraft since its engine supplier changed.

We will soon find out whether the high entry barriers around jet engines have diminished and how they are affecting countries that seek greater self-sufficiency.