Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Daniel Williams
Labor contracts prohibit many U.S. airlines from refreshing their regional jets with the latest technology. Does this open the door for a novel hybrid-electric venture—and perhaps even a turboprop comeback?
Check 6

By Chen Chuanren
Anduril and Korean Air Aerospace Division are widening their partnership to integrate UAS and command-and-control software to detect and fight wildfires.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has named the town of Vemagal in India as the location for a new final assembly line for the H125 single-engine light helicopter.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Management teams at Aubert & Duval, which include former Airbus and Safran employees, have worked to improve customer relationships and industrial processes.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Famous automotive manufacturers bet on space, electric air taxis and hydrogen power.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
LYON, France – Thales Alenia Space has started to build two reduced-scale proofs of concept for its Stratobus airship, aimed at carrying various payloads for long periods at high altitude.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Britten-Norman is working to complete its first UK-built Islander in nearly 60 years by March, paving the way for a production ramp-up of the small regional airliner.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Carbon-neutral 2070 vision; UK’s future flight projects; Kratos to build Chaparral; Powering data centers.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Tokyo is investing in green aviation tech to help the country gain market share.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The depth of the chill sent through hydrogen aircraft research by Airbus’ move to delay its zero-emissions aircraft program by 5-10 years has become evident.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company is falling behind on 777-9 certification, but not because of technical issues.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Guy Norris
Boeing has debuted an innovative flight test display amid its 737 MAX and 777X certification campaigns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Pratt & Whitney has teamed up with Czech Republic-based PBS Group on the development of a next-generation APU for commercial and military aircraft platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Call for action on GPS vulnerability; Uber Eats plans drone delivery; SoftBank demos HAPS payload.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Embraer confirmed with Aviation Week that “its employees are not on strike. Aircraft production and factory operations are continuing normally.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Matteo Peraldo
Beyond fixing the supply chain and production execution, the industry must reconsider how profits are shared across the value chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Aarok, the medium-altitude, long-endurance turboprop uncrewed aircraft system developed by French company Turgis Gaillard, has made its first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Antoine Fafard
A total of 20 widebody aircraft were delivered in August, pushing twin-aisle deliveries for the year to date more than a third higher than at the same point in 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Graham Warwick
Printing small turbines; cooling hybrid-electric; non-CO2 effects limit SAF; and Hamburg research projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
The first Britten-Norman Islander to be built in the UK in nearly 60 years is more than 50% complete.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
After installing the wing on a modified Cessna Citation business jet, Airbus engineers plan to fly as many hours as possible in 2026.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Union workers at GE Aerospace in the Cincinnati area are set to decide whether to ratify a tentative agreement reached with the engine OEM.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Startup Certo Aerospace, developing an uncrewed co-axial rotorcraft, has won a UK Defense Ministry contract to demonstrate logistics and medevac capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Most small UAS are battery powered and limited in flight time—but what about using aerodynamics to boost flight time by soaring the way birds and gliders do?
Aircraft & Propulsion