Aircraft & Propulsion

United Engine Corporation is instead focusing on building import-substitute engines now that Russia is cut off from Western technologies.

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.

A survey of Boeing’s Organization Designation Authorization found some encouraging signs, but also significant concerns related to internal pressure to minimize safety issues.

The CEO of Air Astana expects the flag carrier to add 24 more aircraft which will all be delivered by mid-2025.

Choosing a successor for its A330s is the next stage of the carrier’s fleet upgrade program.

Ottawa and Berlin have committed to a Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance to boost investment, production and transatlantic trade in hydrogen, with a goal to export clean hydrogen from Canada to Germany as soon as 2025.

Switches for the eAOA system featured in the flight deck of the Boeing 737-10 test aircraft that visited July's Farnborough Airshow.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has made the CR929 program more difficult to manage, with Western sanctions causing more delays.

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

The aerospace technology and component provider has begun ramping-up its 787 production lines; “[It’s] a factor that will increase FACC’s revenue stream as we speak,” the CEO says.

AeroTEC’s flight-test center in Moses Lake, Washington, will host the first flight of Eviation's Alice.

The invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions now imposed on Russia have made the program even more complex.

Supplied by SWISS, the aircraft will support increased demand for long-haul leisure travel.

ST Engineering says it will be the first MRO provider in Asia-Pacific to integrate Calspan ASE's data-acquisition control system.

American Airlines has placed a firm order for 20 Boom Supersonic Overture airliners.

Archer Aviation’s production electric air taxi, called the Midnight, is being designed to fly 45 back-to-back 20-mi. missions a day with a pilot and four passengers and a 10-min. recharge between flights, at prices comparable to ground ride-sharing, the startup has revealed.

The 20 new-generation aircraft will replace the airline's existing A330ceo fleet.

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has announced two new investors as it continues to work toward flying a hydrogen fuel cell-powered nine-seat demonstrator.

The titanium supply chain is slowly being re-worked to rely less on Russian sources, aerospace executives say.

South Korean automaker Hyundai has revealed new details of its broad-based advanced air mobility development strategy after unveiling a full-scale cabin mockup of its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi concept and signing a propulsion collaboration deal with Rolls-Royce.

United Airlines has made a $10 million predelivery payment on 100 of the 200 electric air taxis it agreed to purchase from Archer Aviation in February 2021.

American Airlines formally accepted a 787-8 from Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina, production site on Aug. 10.

Western sanctions tanked Irkut's plan to produce the baseline PW1400G-powered MC-21.