Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The first new-build 480B helicopter made since production restarted was on display at the Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo convention.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus plans to develop a single-engine Instrument Flight Rules capability for its H125 light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has updated on the progress of its AW609 and the Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor (NGCTR) technology demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Robinson Helicopters aims to steady annual production of its light helicopter family as it continues to see a rebound in deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Sikorsky and GE Aerospace plan to develop a fully autonomous hybrid-electric testbed powered by a CT7 turboshaft-driven hybrid-electric propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Helicopter operator PHI will help Kaman explore potential missions for the Kargo to refine its design for the commercial market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Whereas carbon dioxide has a cumulative effect and persists in the atmosphere for 100 years, contrails have a much stronger and immediate effect.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo executives believe their AW09 single-engine helicopter could achieve similar levels of success as the company’s twin-engine AW139.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky has pushed back certification and market entry of its S-92A+ upgrade two years to 2025 and shelved plans for a future S-92B.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The new owners of MD Helicopters are envisioning raising production to 50 helicopters a year by 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Merging with blank-check company Kernel Group Holdings will generate funds for development of the Jaunt Journey eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is expanding its use of simulation, enabling the company’s engineers to iterate faster and reduce the cost of development.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is exploring the use of big data collected from operators of its helicopters to better understand its fleets.
Connected Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Honda pursues SAF; Lithium-air battery; Fly-by-wire for GA; SAF from camelina.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
A key certification agreement between Boeing and EASA lowers hurdles to 777-9 clearance and keeps a new twinjet on target for service entry in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
MD Helicopters says it has ended a seven-year-long dispute with parts manufacturer Aerometals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
Helicopter In Service Fleet (ISF) is expected to grow from ~21,500 in 2023 to over 24,000 in 2032.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
The converted aircraft lifted off at 8:41 a.m. Pacific time and landed back after a 15-min. flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
General Electric plans to invest $355 million in existing aerospace-related sites in 2023 after conducting so-called lean process improvement reviews.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Airbus and Boeing will be building a lot more A350s, A330neos, 787s and 777Xs in the coming years—Wall Street analyst Rob Spingarn explains why.
Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
Startup The Air Co. plans to demonstrate a mobile synthetic fuel production plant.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Garrett Reim
Eviation is using masses of data from the first flight of its all-electric Alice commuter aircraft last year to inform the design of the production version.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
New engine reliability issues are helping drive the need for work on older engines, forcing MRO providers to adapt.
Supply Chain