Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week published a four-page photo spread of the 747 rollout in 1968, along with a glowing editorial about the new jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
As the last Boeing 747-8 leaves its birthplace, Aviation Week looks at how design features of the first widebody have shaped and influenced the industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
No other aircraft has been as important for trade and intercontinental travel as the Boeing 747. When Airbus finally launched a competitor, it was too late.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has delivered the first of 18 skidded-landing variant AW169M intermediate-light twin-engine helicopters to the Guardia di Finanza.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even reports "positive discussions which are creating a level of expectation in 2023 and the years to come."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Researchers see a novel way to free up volume and electricity within small-satellite buses.
Space

By Kevin Michaels
The OEM needs to “think globally and produce locally” and modernize its supply chain model in North America.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Designing the stretched A220 dubbed the -500 is not as simple a task for Airbus as one might think.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is confident it can commercialize the Zephyr platform as a communications and Earth observation platform after a 64-day flight last year.
Connected Aerospace

By Bradley Perrett
The Super Interceptor must confront masses of cruise missiles but also include a high-performance air-to-air missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Regional rotorcraft; AAM flight planning; Ultra-low-NOx propulsion; and LH2 for UAVs.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
A modified Dornier 228’s prototype hydrogen-electric powertrain replaces one of its turboprops.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Plans to develop the Linx for entry into service in 2028 represents a change of direction for the startup company ARC Aerosystems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
Asia Pacific has taken a little longer to open up compared to other regions of the world, and it results in a very slow and gradual climb from the end of 2021
Air Transport

By Garrett Reim
Why SkyDrive believes its true “air taxi” model is a winner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The aircraft flew for 10 min. with the 600-kW ZA600 fuel-cell propulsion system replacing the 19-seat regional turboprop’s left-side turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Industrial and governmental joint ventures would allow more national partners to join the program and benefit from volume.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
NASA and Boeing have been working together on the high-aspect-ratio TTBW configuration for more than a decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky was among 17 killed after a State Emergency Service of Ukraine Airbus H225 helicopter crashed Jan. 18.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Noting widespread technology progress toward higher-airspace operations, the French Air and Space Force kicks off a doctrine study.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
The vertiport a a general aviation airport on the outskirts of Paris provides a window into the future of aerial mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Burning hydrogen in turbofans would eliminate CO2 emissions but could increase production of nitrogen oxides (NOx) over engines burning jet fuel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Aurora plans to fly an X-plane for DARPA in 2025 that will fly solely by using active flow control instead of mechanical control surfaces.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Hanwha, the major investor in air taxi startup Overair, will work with LG Energy Solutions on special-purpose batteries for urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Despite financial pressure on small suppliers, GIFAS sees limited need for further recapitalizations.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain