Aircraft & Propulsion

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

De Havilland Aircraft has unveiled plans for a massive aircraft production and aftermarket support facility near Calgary.

Vertical Aerospace completed a merger with Broadstone Acquisition in December 2021, taking the company public.

German state fund WSF has sold its last stakes in Lufthansa. Now the real work to reposition the airline can begin.

Detroit show debut for eVTOL; Compact rotary hybrid engine; Fuselage-integrated hydrogen tank; and Air Force targets autonomy innovation.

Eviation Aircraft is set to begin high-speed taxi tests of the all-electric Alice aircraft in coming days as part of final preparations for first flight, says the company’s new CEO, Greg Davis.

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.