The German aerospace cluster of Berlin-Brandenburg plans to fly a technology demonstrator for low-emission hybrid-electric propulsion systems for future 19-seat regional airliners.
The Pentagon is learning lessons on executing middle-tier acquisition approaches like rapid prototyping and fielding and will issue a policy later this year, according to a senior official.
U.S. aerospace manufacturers and policy leaders would be wise to pursue more environmentally friendly aircraft offerings for at least one simple reason: exports into Europe and elsewhere where climate change concerns are rising, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on June 25 to deliver 24 payloads into three different orbits during a trial run for the U.S. Air Force.
As the costs and complexity of such an effort become fully understood, some “gnashing of teeth” is expected that could prevent the Air Force from implementing the plan across the entire combat fleet.
Chief technology officers (CTOs) from Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce, Safran and United Technologies (UTC) used a Paris Air Show forum to voice their shared commitment to sustainable aviation, while acknowledging that a lot remains unknown.
Boeing is leaning towards offering the larger of the two proposed new midmarket airplane variants first for delivery in 2025 as it nears closing the business case and obtaining board permission for formal authority to offer later this year.
From landers ready to roam the Moon to companies that can downlink data in the blink of an eye, here is a look at space enterprises that are winning support.
Dutch carrier KLM has teamed up with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) to work on a wide-fuselage long-haul concept aircraft, known as the Flying-V, which would carry 314 passengers.
A U.S. Army artillery battery will receive a transport-erector-launcher (TEL) for a hypersonic weapon in late fiscal 2021 and fire the weapon for the first time in 2022.
Airbus says it has received a “surprisingly” large response to its contest that challenges computing experts, academics and professionals to solve five key flight-physics questions using quantum computing to improve aircraft design.
After at least six years of research and technology work on the Avionics 2020 demonstrator, Thales’ efforts toward creating a more intuitive cockpit have crystallized into FlytX, an avionics suite that also features connectivity.
Airbus is embarking on studies into what efficiency gains are possible in the current production system and what level of vertical integration makes sense in the future.
A newly published unit cost estimate by the U.S. Army of $43 million for a proposed high-speed rotorcraft is an encouraging sign that service officials are entering the program with realistic expectations, a senior Boeing executive says.
Over the next few weeks, the U.S. Army expects to find out whether the DOD will allow it to accelerate efforts to develop an advanced medium utility rotorcraft to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk.
Collins Aerospace has announced that Steve Timm has taken over as president of its avionics business unit, five months after the company merged with UTAS.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled a full-scale mockup of a lunar lander capable of soft-landing up to 6.5 metric tons on the surface of the Moon.
A planned acquisition of three A-29 Super Tucanos and three AT-6 Wolverines has entered the presolicitation notification phase required for all sole source contracts.
