Program Management

With the flight of the first multi-engine hybrid-electric aircraft, the combination of electric and conventional propulsion takes a key step forward.

The airframe of the first Boeing 777-9 flight test aircraft has been completed in the company’s Everett, Washington, facility marking a key milestone towards rollout and first flight of the initial 777X family variant in early 2019.

Boeing and an AI startup have launched SkyGrid, a joint-venture company that will develop an airspace management platform for UAVs and urban air mobility (UAM).

There has never been a time in business aviation when the manufacturers of intercontinental business jets have had so many high-performance engine options.

Bombardier surprised many last month when it announced it was shedding the Q400 regional turboprop program, the last of its de Havilland products.

By October, 17 months after the first flight, two C919s had flown for less than 150 hr. The program reportedly needs a total of 4,200 hr.

Captive carry tests of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne low-cost space launch system began on Nov. 18.

Connectivity and data processing challenges are key priorities in Franco-German fighter studies.

Aircraft developers, systems and air traffic management providers respond to NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge.

As the U.S. pivots to an era of great power competition, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief has directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to study the future of military superiority that moves past modernizing equipment.

Airbus and British academia are studying the potential of very large satellite communication antennas to be placed in orbit.

Aeralis wants to debut its common fuselage at next year's DSEI defense show in London.

Hydrogen fuel-cell producer unveils a concept for a zero-emissions regional aircraft designed to link smaller communities.

Detail design of the MA700 is complete, and work has begun on most of the structure at Avic’s civil-aircraft factories.

Boeing has pushed back an announcement over pursuing the New Midsize Aircraft (NMA) until sometime in 2019, but increasingly, financial analysts are seeing the new aircraft as a fait accompli.

Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has officially launched preliminary design of its 12-seater, Mach 1.4-capable AS2 and revealed ambitions to develop bigger and faster follow-on variants, including potential commercial models.

Pieces of the complex U.S. hypersonic development jigsaw are coming together as the Pentagon places reliance on heritage design for common-boost glide concept.

Visiting near-Earth objects with multiple smallsats is to serve as a pilot run for a shared mission.

Airbus delivered 67 commercial aircraft to 25 airlines and 13 lessors in September, about 2.2 aircraft per day, up 29% from August, and nearly returning the Toulouse-based manufacturer to its prolific 2.7 aircraft-per-day output of June and July.

Northrop Grumman plans to wrap up its first round of ISS cargo delivery missions for NASA with a year-long demonstration of its Cygnus freighter’s abilities.

Fears of rocket attacks and use of incendiary, explosive-carrying balloons is prompting new interest in laser defense systems by the Israeli defense ministry.

The Pentagon will finalize the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition strategy in a few weeks, and the service acquisition executives have signed the document.

Airbus and partners aim to stimulate tech development for sustainable lunar exploration and development with a new international competition called The Moon Race.

Transcend Air defines an approach to intercity air travel that combines schedule services with tiltwing VTOL aircraft.

Boeing has received the first installment of $2.38 billion the U.S. Air Force will spend on the Huey replacement effort.