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Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters is completing the final assembly of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Demonstrator ahead of an expected first flight in the coming weeks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service will select two companies to begin building CCAs, though with a cost-sharing agreement to bring along a third.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Fast rotorcraft efforts might be accelerating across the industry, but keep watch on the light turbine helicopter market during 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Byron Callan
Politics, historical context and the workings of the U.S. defense industrial complex are among the reasons.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Darwin will develop digital assistants to enable extended minimum-crew operations in cruise.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s Clean Sky 2 research program ends in March, having matured an array of potential technologies for Airbus’ next airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By P. Barry Butler
Engineering education has evolved to include many real-world, hands-on opportunities that are essential for keeping students inspired about career options.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau
Former TWA Chairman Carl Icahn has become the airline’s third-largest shareholder. What is next?
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
A lighter-weight replacement is coming for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator as the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider moves moves through flight testing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
In what is becoming a year of going back to basics, aerospace manufacturing workers have the microphone.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Two-thirds of Europe’s Clean Aviation research projects are focused on more sustainable advanced propulsion technologies for service entry in the mid-2030s.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The AFWerx innovation unit is focused on cargo applications for advanced air mobility aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Amid discouraging outlook for turboprops, ATR is back in the black and working on new versions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
While acknowledging they have to improve competitiveness, Daher’s officials insist OEMs must accept price increases.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
The Boeing-owned company sees a path to pilotless flight without regulatory changes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The DARPA competition seeks an aircraft that can take off and land vertically and cruise faster than today’s helicopters and tiltrotors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Two of Germany’s large aerospace suppliers seek better access to the U.S. market and Boeing, with very different approaches.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Government-to-government discussions about a potential Saudi Typhoon order are ongoing.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Round the world on hydrogen; first-responder VTOL competition; stop-fold tiltrotor; another Chinese eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
The company has launched a bid to replace the Honeywell Integrated Power Package with a new system offering greater cooling capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Christine Boynton
Though Boeing’s 737-9 is now allowed to return to service after close inspections, the FAA’s decision to freeze production at current levels is a huge blow.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Astrobotic and JAXA wrestle with landing on the Moon.
Space

Readers write about 737-9 door plugs, ATC training standards, the Perseverance Mars rover, celestial navigation and GPS, and “rejiggering.”
Aviation Week & Space Technology