Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Beyond current supply chain issues, engine makers ramp up research for future propulsion technology options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
Listen in as three Aviation Week editors discuss—and sometimes debate—whether Boom’s new supersonic engine plan is for real.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
Compare commercial, military, business aviation and helicopter MRO markets for 2023, based on Aviation Week Network data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The ground tests are of the hybrid-electric propulsion system that will power the modified De Havilland Dash 8-100 flight demonstrator starting in 2024.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Hermeus will use a modified version of the 29,000-lb. thrust engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration’s first budget proposal after the release of its National Defense Strategy will focus on competition with China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is facing fatigue crack issues on older A380s. These are more widespread than initially thought and may lead to a tighter inspection regime.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Hybrid-electric Sikorsky; Air NZ picks zero-emission partners; Avio’s fuel-cell hybrid; and H2 for long-range drones.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has loaded its UltraFan new-generation turbofan demonstrator into the company’s Testbed 80 facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Several operators of smaller De Havilland Canada Dash 8s around the world do not see viable replacements for their turboprops on the market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
With the AW609 closing in on the 20th anniversary of its first flight, could 2023 finally bring high-speed rotorcraft to the commercial market?
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Embraer wanted to start development of a large conventional turboprop in early 2023, but is delayed in finding the needed engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is planning to begin offering commercial services with its high-flying solar-powered Zephyr uncrewed aircraft by the end of 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The team is tasked with developing and supporting a purpose-designed propulsion system for the company’s Mach 1.7 Overture transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Energia family is a concept series of propeller-driven aircraft, powered by cleaner technologies such as hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Work will focus on the electronic control system for CFM International’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) demonstrator engine program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Embraer’s decision to delay the launch of its proposed new turboprop aircraft has raised many questions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
Is propulsion falling behind airframers’ ambitions? Listen in as our editors break it down.
Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
In recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, many new factors emerge that are making civil aircraft production a major challenge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom has revealed the formation of an industry team to design, develop and support a purpose-designed propulsion system for its Mach 1.7 Overture transport.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
The hybrid-electric propulsion system for the latest demonstrator will be built around a turbine engine being developed by an unnamed major engine manufacturer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
After agreement on emissions trading for aviation, sustainable aviation fuels remain in focus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Jouppi, Sterling Richmond
Aviation Week has assembled this guide to some of the most important contests that are unfolding between 2023 and 2032.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
An eVTOL behaves and is controlled differently as it changes between thrustborne and wingborne flight and back.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace