Aircraft & Propulsion

Hyundai-backed Supernal unveiled the latest update to its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept at CES 2024.

Australian company is drawing on its space sensor background to hone in on reusable, low-cost UAS.

NASA eyes Martian eVTOL; China’s electric LSA flies; Lithium-metal batteries for UAM; Wisk’s autonomous air taxi ConOps.

The raw materials and labor pain points of recent years have eased, but supply chain issues have metastasized.

The transformation of a former Delta Air Lines MD-90 into the NASA X-66A has begun at Boeing's Palmdale facility ahead of flight tests planned for 2028.

The airport’s flight cap reprieve provides summer season clarity, but European aviation increasingly will be in the environmental spotlight this year.

Maintenance specialist Sabena Technics has appointed Herve Grandjean as chief commercial officer.

With a capital infusion from a stock offering, what are Cirrus’ next moves?

The country’s order for armed H145Ms is the largest order yet for Airbus’ militarized light twin.

A record 223 orbital-class rockets lifted off last year, a 20% hike over 2022.

The International Air Traffic Association (IATA) estimates that an inventory of 40.1 million flights will be available in 2024.

Connectivity for far-flung overseas French destinations is a major focus for the country’s smaller airlines.

Hydrogen-electric VTOL bizjet; AeroHT flies tiltwing eVTOL; hydrogen-testbed Bonanza; carbon-neutral single-aisle.

All 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the A350 managed to escape the burning aircraft, but five of the six on board the Coast Guard aircraft died.

Australian startup Stralis Aircraft plans to retrofit a Beechcraft Bonanza with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system, aiming for first flight in 2024.

XPeng AeroHT, a subsidiary of vehicle maker XPeng, has completed the first uncrewed hover flight with a tiltwing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

Among the avionics equipment involved were a Honeywell BendixKing KI-203 installation kit, KT-74 transponder, and KA-61 L-band antenna.

Aresia, a French supplier of metallic components, is working on the production of liquid hydrogen tanks for future commercial aircraft.

For the airline and aerospace industries, many questions about pandemic recovery remain unanswered.

Major events in aerospace and defense during 2023.

Airbus is getting ready to offer outsized cargo services to external customers in 2024 with the BelugaST after obtaining an air operator certificate.

This week's Flight Friday focuses on two operator groups that have captured recent headlines due to new narrowbody orders.

As 2024 gets underway, cargo industry executives are closely watching the macroeconomic factors that will affect demand.

The German airline group, launch customer for the 737-100 in 1968, is going full circle, hoping to create flexibility in its fleet.

From new fighters to launchers, airline production ramps to air taxi certifications, 2024 will be a busy year.