Program Management

NASA seeks industry input on the potential for an electrified aircraft propulsion X-plane demonstrator.

Why the merger with Harris Corp. was the inevitable capstone to a boom-bust story.

The abort was the first unplanned shutdown during a terminal count of a Delta IV Heavy, which has flown 10 times since its debut in 2004.

Rolls-Royce and Uptake are about halfway through a two-month proof of concept to ascertain whether a different data-science approach will improve Trent engines’ reliability—including detecting problems before they occur.

The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider has cleared its critical design review.

Lockheed Martin has begun the second phase of a project to integrate an infrared search and track sensor internally on the U.S. Navy’s Boeing F/A-18E/F fleet.

Boeing will hold a set of regional meetings and conference calls next week with 737 MAX customers to address their questions and concerns about a new system that was introduced on the re-engined narrowbody.

Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has become the second sat manufacturer awarded a contract under DARPA’s Blackjack program to demo a constellation of low Earth orbit spacecraft.

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.