Aircraft & Propulsion

Labor market, general inflation and rising production rates are making the recovery a lot harder than most envisioned.

Hybrid-electric testing; Australian eVTOL; Delivery drone certified; AAM micro-weather; Faster LEO cleanup.

Virgin Galactic is reviewing initial responses to RFPs for structural and systems components for the company’s planned new Delta-class spaceplanes as it looks ahead to serial production.

Boeing continues to evaluate and develop improvements to the aircraft’s aerodynamics and flight control system ahead of long-delayed certification tests of the 777-9.

The FAA has awarded type certification of the Matternet M2 quadcopter after a four-year evaluation, the company has announced.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Data-driven Cascade modeling tool to inform Boeing product development planning.

Northrop Grumman quietly developed a nickel-alloy combustor that could unlock a decades-long hurdle to rapid propulsion.

The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs.

As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.

The aircraft is expected to begin remotely piloted test flights before the end of the year.

Lighter turbines; Seaglider advances; Recoverable satellites; Australian vertiport; and Korea’s UAM contestants.

Everyone needs to brush up on the fundamentals, and nothing can be taken for granted.

Aviation Week editors Jens Flottau, Guy Norris and Sean Broderick discuss scenarios and future challenges.

The largest Russian manufacturer of commercial aircraft has seen its first-half losses increase tenfold.

MagniX tests advanced batteries; DARPA pushes VTOL UAS capability; Jetoptera tests high-speed VTOL; and UK builds LH2 test facility.

Turbofan engine-makers face bewildering array of choices as they navigate toward as yet unknown power needs for next-gen single-aisles.

More than 6,400 new turbine-powered helicopters valued at more than $37 billion are expected to be delivered over the next 10-year-period from 2023-2032, according to preliminary data from Aviation Week’s 2023 Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast.

The 737-10 certification effort enters its final phase as Boeing prepares a third aircraft for the test campaign.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Program managers are in the middle of the maelstrom, wrestling with issues many have never dealt with in their careers. Aviation Week editors discuss what they heard at the 2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team meeting in August.

Mid-decade still looks feasible for the commercial launch of eVTOL air taxi services.

It is the only reliable avenue to decarbonize aviation without disrupting the air connectivity that drives the global economy.

The Airbus HAPs platform was lost hours before it would have broken the world record for the longest continuous flight, which stands at 64 days 22 hr. 19 min.

Textron’s tiltrotor Nexus; Eviation Alice taxi tests; eBeaver flight milestone; Regent’s blown wing; and Automating eVTOL design.