Aircraft & Propulsion

The open fan propulsion system will be flight-tested on an A380.

The engine-maker says it has performed the world’s first test in simulated altitude conditions of a megawatt-class and multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system.

GE has announced plans to rebrand its three business units into GE Healthcare, GE Vernova and GE Aerospace.

With large-capacity widebodies out of production, rising passenger numbers demand a new twin-aisle design, Emirates President Tim Clark said.

Boeing has become a founding member of a UK organization that will help develop and bring sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to market.

Aircompany Armenia and its partner company, cargo startup Georgian Airlines, have ordered three 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF)

It marks Delta's first new Boeing aircraft order in over a decade.

The program is exploring ways to support the aviation industry's bid to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050.

In 2011, a team led by L-3 Communications demonstrated electric taxiing at Frankfurt Airport with a Lufthansa Airbus A320.

News in brief from the Farnborough Airshow.

The manufacturer continues to see signs of returning demand for long-haul aircraft.

DHC has launched three cargo conversion options for the Dash 8-400.

The 130-aircraft order is a major vote-of-confidence in the future of the yet-to-be-certified stretch-MAX model.

The recent establishment of a second 737-800 freighter conversion line at Boeing's MRO facility at London Gatwick signals its strategy of providing flexibility in search of capacity.

Offshore vertical-lift specialist Bristow could acquire up to 50 Lilium Jets after signing a "non-binding memorandum of understanding."

More than 2,000 hours of development and certification testing have been completed so far.

The Raytheon companies are developing a hybrid-electric technology demonstrator program.

Liquid hydrogen ground tests will begin later this year.

Rolls sees 2030 as the likely timing for service entry,

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stan Deal is optimistic about the order pipeline.

Raízen will help Embraer reach its target of having SAF blends representing 100% of its fuel consumption within Brazil by the end of the decade.

Eve has unveiled a mock-up of the proposed cabin and shared a revised external configuration.

Step behind the scenes with Aviation Week editors to hear about their sit downs with Guillaume Faury and David Calhoun prior to Farnborough Airshow.

The 2025 date gives the OEM "that necessary time to work the regulatory environment and deliver on all of our promises," Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stan Deal said.

Boeing’s latest 20-year outlook sees traffic and global GDP growth figures lower than the comparable 2021 forecast assumptions.