Aircraft & Propulsion

The various crises faced by Europe’s aviation sector in recent months are often presented as headwinds the industry has to contend with.

Gil Wolin, a former publisher of BCA, died on Sept. 5.

Explosive growth in demand for private aircraft charter following the COVID-19 pandemic has remained on the rise since 2021.

The number of pre-owned twin-engine helicopter retail sales declined during the first half of 2022 compared to the same period a year ago, as did

Gulfstream Aerospace has completed the first flight of a second fully outfitted G700 production-test aircraft.

The decision by Rolls-Royce narrows the list of potential engine providers for the Mach 1.7 Overture airliner project.

The FAA has awarded Dassault Aviation a supplemental type certificate (STC) allowing installation of Universal Avionics’ InSight display system upgrade on the Dassault Falcon 900B trijet, Universal announced on Sept. 6.

Against the backdrop of an increasingly pressing need for new flight decks, Dassault Aviation has been working with ISAE-SupAero’s Department of Aerospace Vehicles Design and Control (DCAS) in Toulouse, which has set up a teaching and research chair on the architecture of cognitive air systems.

Montreal-based startup VPorts plans to build a network of vertiports in Quebec, focused initially on regional cargo and medical transportation using electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs.

As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.

Shanghai-based Vertax has flown a half-scale model of its design and is targeting certification in 2026.

The aircraft is expected to begin remotely piloted test flights before the end of the year.

A subsidiary of the independent fuel supplier will collaborate on logistics and distribution of G100UL. First bulk customer named.

The FAA has authorized the use of General Aviation Modifications Inc.’s 100-octane unleaded fuel across piston-engine aircraft types, an approval that represents a major step toward the transition to lead-free avgas.

Ultralight aircraft are usually the simplest of flying machines, often just tube and fabric—no certification, no pilot’s license, no commercial use.

Details have emerged of two additional consortia bidding to participate in South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge urban air mobility demonstration project.

Australian startup Skyportz has unveiled plans for the first in a network of vertiports to support advanced air mobility.

In July, Clay Lacy Aviation announced the completion of its 10th G1000 NXi upgrade, this one on an Embraer Phenom.

Sierra Nevada building two prototypes as it anticipates U.S. Army program to replace Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrails.

South Korean startup MintAir plans to build an advanced air mobility service using electric rotorcraft and has agreed to order up to 40 aircraft from Jaunt Air Mobility, in addition to a previous commitment for 100 aircraft from Skyworks Aeronautics.

More than 6,400 new turbine-powered helicopters valued at more than $37 billion are expected to be delivered over the next 10-year-period from 2023-2032, according to preliminary data from Aviation Week’s 2023 Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX is to evaluate high energy-density lithium-sulfur and lithium metal cells from Australian advanced battery startup Li-S Energy.

UK and New Zealand companies have joined forces to develop facilities to enable aerospace companies to test liquid hydrogen fuel systems for flight certification and support the shift to sustainable aviation.

Deliveries of piston aircraft, business jets and turboprops increased in each category during the first half of 2022, with aircraft billings up 5.2%, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).