Aircraft & Propulsion

​​​​​​​A California-based startup developing autonomous electric crop-spraying aircraft has raised $11 million in seed funding.

​​​​​​​A California-based startup developing autonomous electric crop-spraying aircraft has raised $11 million in seed funding.

Bombardier delivered a Learjet 75 light jet to Holand Automotive Group.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its 600th Gulfstream G550

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 500 midsize business jet to its launch customer.

Publicly traded shares of aerospace and defense companies around most of the Western world ended 2019 about 34% above where they began a year ago, and 6% better off than major stock market indices, Wall Street analysts said in year-end reports.

Early in 2019, Airbus’ salespeople had to accept a harsh reality—that the market for new A380s was too slow for production to be sustained beyond 2021.

In a way, Boeing's production facility in Renton, Washington and Embraer’s Sao José dos Campos site will look very similar in January 2020.

Aerostructures specialist Latécoère has agreed to acquire Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) assets in Querétaro, Mexico.

With extra Airbus A350s and A220s set to arrive in the coming years, Air France is making progress on simplifying its fleet.

Hunan’s government has invested in privately owned Chinese carrier Air Travel, prompting the company to shift its HQ to the province.

COMAC flew the sixth and last C919 prototype on Dec. 27, achieving an unpublished target that had begun to look doubtful.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

Production resumption is not linked to getting MAX flying again.

Spirit AeroSystems, the leading supplier of 737 aerostructures to Boeing, announced Dec. 20 that it will stop producing new 737 aerostructures and halt deliveries to its OEM customer on Jan. 1, 2020.

Electric and hybrid power makes inroads as engine-makers face continuing challenges in commercial and military sectors.

The year 2020 will see important milestones for the aviation industry for several reasons.

From environmental pressures to transformational technologies, significant changes lie ahead for the aerospace and defense industry.

A look back at aviation and aerospace milestones that occurred over the last 10 years.

Forecasts of business and commercial aviation market shares and specs on business and commercial aviation to watch.

Changes will go beyond MAX training curriculum

Air Arabia’s move into the Abu Dhabi market symbolizes how much the region has shifted, change that will become more visible in 2020.

Days after Boeing announced a coming halt to production of its 737 MAX, the first forecasts to emerge from financial analysts covering aerospace and defense (A&D) still see good business prospects for the sector in 2020 but with several caveats, and with far cloudier horizons.

Maximum effect: what a 737 production halt means for the workers and companies who depend on it.

Days after Boeing announced a production halt of the 737 MAX, the three major U.S. credit rating agencies have turned slightly negative on the manufacturer with new outlooks that stress growing demands on the company’s credit access and softening cash prospects.