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NSPA issued a tender for three contracts with industry to deliver up to six rotorcraft concepts that could meet the current NGRC specifications.

Suppliers no longer trust Airbus and Boeing production forecasts and believe ramp-ups could be significantly delayed.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Sales rose 8% annually to $19.7 billion and earnings per share increased 9% to $1.41, coming in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.

Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX and Safran jointly called for further research into the non-CO2 impacts of aviation.

Listen in as our team on location at the Farnborough Airshow discusses key themes from the international event, which has seen a more muted presence from both Boeing and Airbus this year.

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The funding will support the development of alcohol-to-jet fuels by enabling the development and scale up of ethanol-to-SAF capabilities.

The partnership is aimed at exploring the financing and commercialization of hydrogen-powered aircraft as part of Airbus’ ZEROe concept aircraft project.

Seven years after a pivotal demonstration, the service takes a key step toward fielding autonomous resupply rotorcraft.

Airbus, Air France-KLM, Qantas and a collection of other partners are investing a total of around $200 million in a sustainable aviation fuel financing fund

At a media briefing at Farnborough Tuesday, a follow-on order was firmed for seven more Airbus A330neos, with purchase rights for nine more.

The purchase agreement, finalized at Farnborough on Tuesday, will add more than 30 new Airbus aircraft to JAL's fleet, with some replacing older Boeing 767s.

“We hope to power their ZEROe,” ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov said on the first day of this year's Farnborough Airshow.

Boeing does not believe the arrival of the extra-long-range Airbus A321XLR will eat into its widebody sales.

Drukair has signed on with Airbus for three A320neos and two A321XLRs in a move that underlines Bhutan’s ambitions to become better connected.

Airbus will stay focused on its own goals and standards as its US rival, Boeing, works through its commercial aircraft production problems.

Airbus and ACI World have agreed to work together to support the move towards sustainable aviation.

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Airbus Commercial Aircraft CEO Christian Scherer says the OEM is going “far deeper” into the supply chain than in the past to help its suppliers recover.

Airbus is starting to make changes to its satellite plans, including becoming more conservative on potentially high-risk programs, after a series of earnings hits.

Airbus Helicopters has selected a hybrid-electric propulsion system to be developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada and Collins Aerospace for its H145-based PioneerLab technology demonstrator.

Heat exchanger for hydrogen engines; conformal LH2 tank; fuel system for LH2; and fuel-cell powertrain tested.

Contrary to Boeing's position, Airbus Commercial CEO Christian Scherer believes COMAC is already a serious competitor.

The 2024 Farnborough Airshow could have been a celebration of the industry’s achievements and bright future.