Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Jen DiMascio
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Fuel cells may be more suited to smaller commercial aircraft, while larger ones would retain turbine engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: After pandemic-related financial woes, a scrapped Embraer deal and hefty layoffs, Boeing will require years to recover.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
More than a dozen aerospace organizations have urged the European Commission (EC) to link recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to new measures designed to enhance the sector’s environmental credentials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Electric flight startup ZeroAvia has completed its first electrically driven flight in the UK as it gears up its operations to demonstrate a 250-300-nm flight with its hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Growing demand for freight capacity has led cargo specialist DHL Express to increase its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fleet with the addition of two Boeing 767-300Fs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Airbus is focusing on extending the A220’s longer routes while Embraer struggles with bundling and pricing for the E2.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Boeing has told its primary 737 supplier Spirit AeroSystems to produce only 72 shipsets this year.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: Airlines may be concerned about crowding in cabin aisles, but adopting ICAO’s guidelines would be the best practice.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
IATA has launched a new incident reporting tool designed to help airlines reduce and manage security risks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus conducted six dedicated test flights over nine months as part of the research project that culminated in April with the milestone first fully
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The near-term solution to resolving whether Ligado Networks’ planned 5G towers threaten GPS reception may be to appoint an independent, third-party engineering firm or laboratory to make an objective assessment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Certification of the aircraft, its propulsion system and operating rules are a first, European regulators say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Eric Bernardini
The situation calls for companies and leaders that can act fast and think ahead.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
Ask the Editors: Composite use is growing as a percentage of weight for manufacturers. Repair and recycling knowledge also are improving.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has completed the first fully automated vision-based taxi, takeoff and landing using an A350-1000.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA plans to restart its effort to mandate safety management systems (SMS) for manufacturers “shortly,” Administrator Steve Dickson said, calling the move “the biggest thing we can do” to improve how the agency oversees product certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Usually when a recession hits, secondary business priorities get pushed aside. Investments typically fall into that category, and venture capital (VC) experiments—a hard sell to corporate CFOs in a good time—appear all but doomed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A U.S. startup that is working with Boom Supersonic to develop a carbon-neutral fuel for future high-speed airliners has received an investment from the venture-capital arm of carmaker BMW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Ask the Editors: The best way to understand the fate of the SpaceJet is to look to the parent company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Waffling politicians usually are nothing to celebrate, but this time President Donald Trump was right on the money.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Last quarter, Amazon grew its year-over-year sales 26%. The percentage was slightly higher in its key North American market that generates 60% of its business.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
If China closes its borders to jetliner imports, the C919 and CR929 will enjoy very solid production runs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Emirates is highly dependent on the A380, and how fast it returns depends on how quickly the long-haul market rebounds.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) is back in the business of supporting Boeing and General Electric (GE)—leading aerospace and defense
Aircraft & Propulsion