Aircraft & Propulsion

Ask the Editors: A wave of consolidation in A&D has arrived due to COVID-19, the worst aerospace downturn since the dawn of the Jet Age.

Slovenia’s Pipistrel Aircraft has selected a Honeywell fly-by-wire (FBW) system for flight control of its planned Nuuva V300 cargo drone, the companies announced Oct. 21.

The question of whether or not urban air mobility can survive without Uber has been raised by an unconfirmed report that the ride-hailing giant is seeking “strategic alternatives” for its Elevate aerial ridesharing business.

Alaska Airlines has added Embraer 175 service in the state of Alaska, operated by partner Horizon Air.

Aviation’s electric propulsion pioneers are reliving the passion of the formative years of aviation as the push to develop electric and hybrid

Ask the Editors: Comac’s C919 is unlikely to appear in the airline fleets of developed economies in the next few years.

AirAsia X is liquidating its Indonesian unit and has written down its 49% holding in Thai AirAsia X as the long-haul LCC struggles to pay for aircraft leases across all of its AOCs.

Chinese LCC Spring Airlines will take delivery of up to seven Airbus A320 family aircraft by the end of 2020, increasing its fleet by about 7% as it expands its business by redeploying international capacity to domestic routes.

Kawasaki’s compound; Rolls’ eVTOL rig; ADAC OKs multicopters; Aerion’s eSTOL linkup; Eve for UAM; and Compact rotary power.

Switzerland’s RUAG International is selling production of the 19-seater Dornier 228 twin-turboprop regional aircraft to General Atomics’ European business.

The partnership will develop aviation-compatible fuel-cell stacks, beginning with the delivery this year of stacks and a customized test rig.

Recent comments by a senior Russian government official illustrate how authorities and aircraft manufacturers in the country are getting increasingly worried about losing access to Western technologies as political tensions between Russia, the U.S. and Europe rise.

China Express Airlines intends to order 50 COMAC ARJ21-700 regional jets for delivery by 2025, the carrier said on Oct. 15, detailing a previously reported deal.

For suppliers and servicers, China’s aviation recovery compared with depression elsewhere creates a dilemma: Run to China or run away?

The CEO of Italian aerospace and defense firm Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role.

The experimental aircraft would be one of a suite of demonstration projects to mature key technologies for a next-generation subsonic commercial transport by the mid-2020s.

The aircraft is the first of three A321LRs that SAS is taking on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.

Two representative unions have signed agreements with Airbus’ management team, marking significant progress in an effort to avoid forced layoffs at the OEM’s commercial aircraft business in France.

ATR is pursuing hydrogen propulsion as the most feasible path to substantially reducing the carbon emissions of its regional aircraft.

As Boeing’s second century is recorded, historians will debate whether the company suffered hubris or at times was just overconfident.

The order represents the first for an Airbus commercial aircraft since an undisclosed private customer bought a single A320neo on Aug. 7.

Airshow China, due to be held at Zhuhai Airport on Nov. 10-15, has been postponed, the organizer said, without mentioning a new date.

OEM trims 20-year fleet size, delivery projections in first forecast since pandemic started.

Boeing’s meager total of 11 large aircraft deliveries included seven of its Boeing 787s, a bright spot in what continues to be a difficult stretch for the manufacturer.