Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation’s second Cessna 408 SkyCourier flight test twin turboprop has made its first flight in Wichita, the company announced Aug. 11.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
GE Aviation is progressing with engineering and certification testing on its Catalyst engine designed for Textron Aviation’s Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Israeli start-up Gadfin has been selected by multinational energy company Enel Group to demonstrate electrical infrastructure inspection using a fuel-cell-powered long-range drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army's first intelligence-collecting jet has been deployed to the Pacific region as part of a demonstration of sensor technologies that will inform requirements for a new fleet of fixed-wing aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Bill Carey
Wireless charging system developer WiBotic on Aug. 6 announced Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorization of its line of transmitters and receivers for charging drones, mobile robots and industrial automation devices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen could be introduced for niche airport applications as early as 2025 and enable deeper decarbonization of aviation by 2035, a Boeing-supported report by Australian researchers concluded.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission has launched a consultation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), giving respondents until Oct. 28 to set out their views on policies aimed at making better use of cleaner fuels to help reduce airlines’ carbon dioxide emissions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Boom and Virgin Galactic agreements with Rolls-Royce mark a potential competitive ramp-up in the commercial supersonic market sector.
Program Management

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems intends to keep pursuing its acquisition of Asco Industries and certain aerostructure assets from Bombardier, despite retrenchment in the com
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer will push back the planned entry-into-service date for its E175-E2 until 2023, as the Brazilian manufacturer contends with weak airliner demand in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR and MTU Aero Engines plan to cooperate on development of a zero-emissions hydrogen fuel-cell power train for flight testing in a 19-passenger Dornier Do 228 regional aircraft, from 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Airline MRO Barfield now repairs unmanned aircraft systems components at its facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft has launched VisionAir, a comprehensive ownership program to aid new owners of the $2.85 million Cirrus Vision Jet, a single-engine personal jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic has unveiled the outline configuration of its ongoing high-speed air-breathing passenger transport study and announced Rolls-Royce as its propulsion partner for the Mach 3 design concept.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The next prototype of Eviation’s Alice all-electric, nine-passenger aircraft will undergo final assembly and flight test at AeroTEC in Moses Lake, Washington.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese urban air taxi developer EHang is to expand its production capacity for autonomous air vehicles as it works to develop domestic and international markets for the passenger-capable aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests.
Space

By Guy Norris
High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic and engine-maker Rolls-Royce have agreed to study propulsion system concepts for the Colorado-based company’s proposed Mach 2.2 Overture aircraft design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The flight-test program for Gulfstream Aerospace’s flagship $75 million G700 ultra-long-range jet is surpassing testing milestones in speed and altitude, the company said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Spirit AeroSystems, the Wichita-based supplier for mostly Boeing and Airbus commercial aircraft, agreed to an expanded role on the Aerion AS2 that includes producing the forward fuselage, the companies announced on July 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace has completed 550 flights of a large-scale technology demonstrator in an initial phase of testing for its tilt-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has used 236 aircraft as security for its $6 billion debt-restructuring program, which was approved by the Irish High Court July 21.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
EmbraerX has begun “flights” of an engineering simulator for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Swift Engineering has flown the first in a planned family of commercial persistent stratospheric unmanned aircraft.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce is planning to make the first flight of its ACCEL high-speed electric-powered aircraft later this year.
Emerging Technologies