Aircraft & Propulsion

SEATTLE -- Even as Boeing recommits itself to returning the 737 MAX to service by the middle of 2020, the company says it is going back to the drawing

Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) has delivered its first two PD-14 turbofan engines to the Irkutsk aviation plant.

Airbus introduces advanced autopilot modes and a vortex-ring-state prediction tool on its new twin-engine medium helicopter.

Boom Supersonic has partnered with Flight Research Inc. (FRI) to test its XB-1 demonstrator in a supersonic corridor stretching across the Mojave Desert.

Automaker investments and flying prototypes are boosting the credibility of urban air mobility.

Boeing did not have the best year, and how many aircraft can and will be built will likely be open questions for years.

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

MRO Holdings submitted a proposal to acquire Mexicana MRO for an undisclosed sum. Greg Colgan, MRO Holdings’ CEO, would not disclose the terms but said the proposal addresses the challenges and opportunities of Mexican MRO. “This is not just a marketing play…we did our homework,” he says.

Sabena Technics opened its sixth maintenance hangar at its Bordeaux site this month. Philippe Rochet, the company’s CEO, speaks to James Pozzi about its plans for the facility.

Deliveries of single-aisle airliners plummeted nearly 24% in 2019, largely due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, but should bounce back more than 34% in 2020, Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia said Jan. 23.

Adding simulator training to Boeing’s latest projected 737 MAX certification time frame could push Southwest Airlines’ next MAX revenue flights into the 2020 fourth quarter, estimates laid out by the airline’s executives show.

Israeli startup Eviation’s prototype Alice electric regional aircraft caught fire during ground testing at Prescott Regional Airport, Arizona, on Jan. 22.

A Lockheed Martin C-130 air tanker has crashed in Australia during a firefighting mission, killing all three crewmembers on board.

As the one-year mark of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding nears, airlines and lessors have to decide whether they want to make use of an upcoming opportunity to cancel orders for the aircraft.

With a global offsetting scheme confirmed as the near-term mechanism for capping growth in carbon emissions from international flights, the aviation

Boeing’s new recommendation that 737 MAX pilots undergo simulator training before they return to flying the airliner justifies recent moves by major

The 100-150 seat aircraft sits in a “tween” market between smaller regional jets and larger narrowbodies. The question is: How big is that market? New

Shell Aviation has a presence at some 900 airports in about 60 countries supplying aviation fuel. The company fuels an aircraft every 14 seconds and

The production pause will yield carnage that Boeing and its Tier 1 partners must proactively manage to ensure the production ecosystem.

Boeing plans to re-start 737 MAX production “months” before the FAA approves it to fly again, which could be as soon as early spring based on the company’s newest estimate, Boeing president and CEO Dave Calhoun said.

Boeing appears to be watching a new turboprop in the planning at its likely future joint venture partner Embraer with some interest.

The first converted Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft flew for the first time Jan. 22, from Seletar Airport in Singapore.

A new era of high speed civil flight is beckoning but are commercial supersonic or even hypersonic aircraft justifiable amid rising concerns over aviation’s environmental impact? Guy Norris and Graham Warwick discuss this and other topics from AIAA’s annual SciTech forum where the global challenge of achieving sustainable aviation took center stage.

New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.

Boeing is telling customers and suppliers that the 737 MAX will not receive its first regulatory approvals until “mid-2020,” which all but ensures MAX operators will not have the aircraft before the peak mid-year travel period ends.