Aircraft & Propulsion

The FAA has released a draft plan to move general aviation airplanes and helicopters to using unleaded aviation gasoline by 2030 in the continental U.S.

Daher Aircraft delivered 76 TBM and Kodiak aircraft during 2025.

Airbus Helicopters is calling on operators of its H160 rotorcraft to replace main rotor system pitch rods after a ditching incident in the ocean near Brazil.

This week's Program Profile features the Gulfstream G280 and G300. It includes Performance and Specifications, Delivery and MRO Forecasts, Average Retail Values, Utilization and more.

VP Racing and LyondellBasell announced that standards organization ASTM International has issued a first specification for their UL100E unleaded avgas.

Recruiting production workers has long been a headache for the French industry—which includes critical suppliers for Airbus and CFM International.

Embraer delivered 155 executive jets during 2025, outperforming 2024 when it delivered 130 business jets.

Cirrus has unveiled its 2026 edition of SR Series G7+ aircraft for its line of SR20, SR22 and SR22T single-engine pistons, bringing in a range of upgrades.

Dassault Aviation Falcon business jet deliveries in 2025 again missed a full-year target, while Rafale fighter shipments topped the company’s forecast.

Automation features for low pilot workload and extra safety are central to the Airbus ACH160 design philosophy.

Otto Aerospace’s slotted natural laminar flow wing is the secret sauce in the Phantom 3500 concept, but what is it, and how does it work?

Richard “Dick” Aarons, renowned former editor of Aviation Week’s Business and Commercial Aviation (BCA) for more than 50 years, died Dec. 11 at the age of 82.

Textron Aviation delivered the first Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet over the holidays to longtime Citation owners Dave Mecartney and Shannon Day.

Helicopter lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) plans to become a rotorcraft operator with the takeover of Belgium-based NHV Group.

Business leaders from across a variety of segments within the business aviation industry weigh in on what they predict will be in store for 2026.

As 2025 came to a close, Textron Aviation delivered the first Cessna Citation Ascend midsize jets to a retail customer, the company announced.

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has completed the first flight of the commercial version of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter.

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.

The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.

A Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to deploy the Garmin Autoland system in an emergency, which engaged and landed the aircraft on Dec. 20.

The market for crewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as for maritime patrol, will reach $23 billion through 2034.

As 2026 beckons, engine-makers position themselves for the industry’s most valuable prize: a place on the next-gen Airbus and Boeing single-aisle aircraft.

Eve Air Mobility conducted the long-awaited first flight of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing engineering prototype on Dec. 19.

Lufthansa plans to upgrade 134 Airbus A320 family aircraft with the FANS-C digital communications system to improve operations and lower CO2 emissions.

A Cessna Citation II carrying seven people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, 55, and his family, crashed and caught fire Dec. 18.