Airbus

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus has identified the first three customers for the Airspace cabin in the A220 narrowbody, with first deliveries planned for later this year.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jens Flottau
Airbus’ Board Chairman René Obermann will step down from his position in October and will be replaced by longtime board member Amparo Moraleda.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is designing a reconfigurable area that offers a position for a passenger's personal wheelchair and their companion in the economy cabin.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus is moving forward with the development of a “next generation of first-class experience” for the A350-1000.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s X-plane call; batteries for eR66; air-to-fuel SAF process; and volatiles key to contrails.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Orders are stacking up for both the Airbus A350F and Boeing 777-8F as the two new-generation large twinjet freighters approach production and test milestones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
German research organization Fraunhofer has taken the wraps off a 750-kW electric motor it has designed for a European research project to develop a hybrid-electric powertrain for regional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
When can Airbus and Boeing come close to matching or even exceeding their combined output during the second half of the decade prior to the pandemic in 2020?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
ITC investigates Joby over alleged patent infringement of Chinese-sourced eVTOL components following Archer complaint.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
Vantor expands its Worldview Legion constellation with new 40 cm and 20 cm imaging satellites for persistent high-resolution monitoring.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
The creation of Airbus' Skywise subsidiary will enable the airframer to help carriers streamline their operations, says Skywise CEO Marc Lemeilleur.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
For the first three months of 2026, Airbus has delivered 114 aircraft to 46 customers. In the same period last year, it delivered 136.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Alan Dron
Latin America’s largest carrier, LATAM, may not be receiving its first Embraer E195 E2 until late this year, but Brazil’s president Lula da Silva has given the airline’s deal with the OEM an unusual seal of presidential approval.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
As the race to counter Shahed drones heats up, newcomers have their breakout moment.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Molly McMillin
Airbus Americas is growing its U.S. supply base as demand for airliners expands and as it considers new variants and looks toward Wichita and beyond for support.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The regional airframer has envisaged the hybrid-electric ATR EVO since the early 2020s, and after periods of uncertainty, the project is gaining fresh momentum.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The British Army's H145 Jupiter Mk.2 helicopters begin operations in Brunei, replacing older aircraft and supporting missions like troop transport and firefighting.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Demonstrating quantum CFD; improved hydrogen-electric propulsion; counter-UAS on an eVTOL; and fuel-cell/turbine combination.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Bruno Even, Airbus Helicopters’ CEO for eight years, on April 1 hands over the reins of the world’s biggest rotorcraft manufacturer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
An ambitious project to turn the ATR-72 into an amphibious waterbomber is beginning to take shape in France.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
Designers of newer LED lighting systems are targeting new applications and improved performance.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The agreement between Airbus and Fairmat comes as efforts to recycle more materials from end-of-life aircraft continue.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
Airbus has used its modified Airbus Do-DT25 uncrewed aircraft system for the first time to intercept a drone target.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Nuclear fusion rocket power; Matrix autonomy joins the Army; ship-to-shore contested logistics; and sulfur’s role in contrails formation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Airbus is leading a flight test campaign to measure the effect of sulfur content in jet fuel on contrail formation and mitigation.
Emerging Technologies