Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau
Pratt & Whitney has been working for months to figure out how to schedule needed PW1100G repairs. The fleet management plan is painful for everyone involved.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA on Sept. 13 announced that drone operators now have until March 16, 2024, to equip their aircraft for the so-called Remote ID requirement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin is proposing the assembly of the S-70M Black Hawk in the UK as part of its bid to secure the country’s New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems say the latest 737 MAX production-quality issue will affect near-term deliveries but not plans to boost production.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Flying electric on LH2; Clean Aviation adds projects; UK back in EU’s Horizon; and lower-cost e-fuel SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
NASA-funded multiuniversity project builds and tests an integrated modular motor drive for electric aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Azorra believes that the engine problems besetting the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 are easing
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Energy Department’s advanced project agency launches aircraft contrail avoidance and high-energy battery projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
EASA’s final rules for eVTOL operations differ in significant areas from the FAA proposals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Editors discuss NASA’s recent contract awards to study tech for high-speed airliners—and the one supersonic project that is still pushing forward, Boom.
Check 6

By Guy Norris
Building on good results of initial 4,000-lb. demonstrator RDRE engines, NASA says larger pressure-gain rockets hold promise for future space missions.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket passes key tests, looks toward first launch in 2024.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The announcement adds to 20 projects awarded more than €700 million in funding in September 2022, following the first call for proposals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Previous work on hypersonic accelerator and high-speed patent provide possible clues as to GE’s ambitions for rotating detonation technology.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The families of those killed when a Leonardo AW169 helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff in 2018, say they are considering legal action against the OEM.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
Long-term pressure gain remains the goal, but compact combustion is accelerating near-term adoption of the technology for high-speed propulsion systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The recommendations follow an investigation into the crash of a Leonardo AW169 helicopter that killed five people, including the owner of Leicester City FC.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Net income reached $1.5 million in the April to June period, or $0.15 earnings per share (EPS), compared to a loss of $0.01 EPS in the second quarter of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Safran Aircraft Engines has invested in additional capacity at its site in Guiyang, China, to support the ramp up of Leap engines for A320neo-family aircraft.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Energy Department is supporting development of 1,000 Wh/kg energy storage, enough to power a 100-seat, 700-nm range all-electric regional aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
As demand for widebody aircraft recovers, Airbus must make critical decisions about engine options and other important competitive issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Daniel Williams
For this week’s Flight Friday we look at Embraer’s E190-E2 and E195-E2.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Brian Everstine
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are vying for the NGAD program while the three military services are teaming on uncrewed aircraft development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Chen Chuanren
With limited growth prospects in Western markets, Embraer aims to grow in China and India.
Small Narrowbody Jets