Aircraft & Propulsion

Thales PureFlyt next-generation flight management system (FMS) has been selected by Airbus for its commercial airliner series representing a key breakthrough for the European avionics maker.

Boeing will move its corporate headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, home of the Pentagon and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., according to news reports.

UPS’s drone airline subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has embarked on a strategy of deploying autonomous and remotely operated aircraft across a range of use cases from medical delivery drones to large feeder aircraft.

Lufthansa is slowly warming up to the idea of potentially reactivating its Airbus A380 fleet, should strong demand growth be sustained over the next few years.

Under Russian ownership in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Let L-410 manufacturer was crippled by the effect of sanctions.

E-commerce growth is encouraging more startups to enter the market for autonomous middle-mile logistics aircraft.

While the French aerospace industry has long experienced difficulties in hiring to meet its needs in production, the problem has become more acute in the tail end of the COVID-19 crisis.

BAE Systems has lifted the veil on a new lightweight head-up display (HUD) it is targeting at the business jet and single-aisle airliner market.

Spirit AeroSystems, the leading supplier of aircraft subsystems to Boeing, this week reached production of 31 737 MAX shipsets a month and expects to stay there

Airbus is going ahead with the long-debated further increase in its single-aisle output over the next three years and is delaying entry-into-service of the A321XLR by a few months.

Swiss light aircraft developer Junkers Aircraft is proposing reviving development of the Ju-52 trimotor as a potential low-cost transport aircraft.

Airlines see regulatory writing on the wall and start making SAF commitments.

Boom Supersonic has signed a 10-year agreement for carbon dioxide removal via Climeworks direct air capture technology.

Fuel prices have been driven sharply upward by a combination of an aggressive war, cartel avarice and climate idealism. Short-term cost increases will

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to cooperate with Kawasaki Heavy Industries on the development of core technologies for hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft.

Customer concessions for delayed 737 MAXs or 787s aside, Boeing did not have to finance the delivery of any of its airliners in 2021, the second year in a row that third-parties have backed all aircraft receipts, according to Boeing Capital executives.

Supporting more flights, a long-idled fleet, and rising new-aircraft production rates could be too much for the commercial supply chain to handle.

Qantas has confirmed a much-delayed order for the Airbus A350-1000s it will use for its Project Sunrise ultra-long-range flights; it has also finalized orders for Airbus narrowbodies to replace its domestic fleet.

A new report from one of the leading credit rating agencies has a somewhat surprising answer: significant but maybe not existential.

UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator in summer 2022.

Virgin Australia has boosted its fleet growth plans by increasing its commitments for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

The OEM says longer certification timelines are a new fact of life as development woes and fixed-price contracts force first-quarter losses.

Issues with delays to the first 777X deliveries show the depth and breadth of Boeing’s challenges.

Russian operators’ reregistration push triggered by new Russian law permitting operators to take ownership of leased assets.

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