Program Management

Boom Supersonic has secured a strategic investment from the venture capital arm of American Express which will support development of the Denver, Colorado-based aerospace company’s Mach 2-plus 88-seat Overture airliner project.

A secret program inside GatorWorks seeks to deliver a high-speed, reusable propulsion system.

A wave of space startups suddenly going public in SPAC deals is revving up an already excited sector. But one of them is ahead of others and is about to take another giant leap.

NASA is bumping the upcoming reflight of Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner spacecraft until sometime after the arrival of four astronauts aboard SpaceX’s second operational Crew Dragon taxi flight to the International Space Station.

The virus crisis has been very tough on digital innovators throughout commercial aviation. Indeed, airlines slashed IT spending from nearly $50

Short-seller attack on Chinese startup EHang highlights the risks to investors in a nascent market.

Rolls-Royce’s ACCEL high-speed electric-powered aircraft has completed its first taxi tests ahead of flight testing.

Digital manufacturing trend yields new experimental, air-launched UAS at Lockheed’s rapid prototyping house.

NASA is reviewing updated proposals from three companies vying for funding to continue development of human lunar landing systems for the Artemis program and expects to select two programs for Option A follow-on contracts “within the next few weeks,” Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said on Feb. 24.

Singapore Airlines and Korean Air are two of the region’s airlines pushing back aircraft deliveries to delay growth and spending.

Airbus has said it could be “useful” if the trinational Future Combat Air System (FCAS) countries France, Germany, and Spain could build three new-generation fighter demonstrators to support developments in their respective state.

Slashed engineering spending, market coverage gaps and abandoned product developments are endangering Boeing Commercial Aircraft.

Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle developers move closer to certification hurdle

If NASA hopes to mount a human expedition to Mars by 2039 using nuclear in-space propulsion, it must make significant decisions linked to the architecture and funding this year, according to an independent assessment requested by the agency.

Agency’s focus is primarily on pilot human-factors issues.

Investors are putting billions into urban air mobility and space projects, hoping to strike the next Tesla.

The U.S. is freezing the sales of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia as part of a broader Biden administration policy shift of not supporting the nation’s war in Yemen.

Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.

British defense group Cobham is selling off its aerial refueling business to Eaton in a controversial $2.83 billion deal.

NASA is preparing for the in-orbit demonstration of a propulsion system for small satellites that combines the safety of using water as the propellant with the performance of a chemical rocket.

Originally conceived as a commercial communications relay, the MQ-9’s mission is coming full circle under ABMS.

Model-based systems engineering, MBSE, brings a new level of integration and efficiency to complex systems and processes across the many multi-domain challenges aerospace manufacturers face today.

Will Biden’s policy on aerospace business with China differ from Trump’s? The answers may be surprising politically but not economically.

Flagship Boeing widebody is suffering from production-quality issues forcing time-consuming rework on airplanes most do not need.

As Virgin Orbit gears up for the start of operational missions following its successful Jan. 17 demonstration flight, the California-based space company has revealed it has been selected to launch the first military satellite for the Netherlands.