Airbus

By Helen Chachaty
The flight test campaign took place Oct. 2-9 on board the Provence frigate off the Mediterranean coast.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) Istanbul site is the German company's ninth conversion modification site globally.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Alan Dron
Airbus has unveiled its latest measure to cut emissions—but at sea, not in the air.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A transmission upgrade underway for the KUH-1 Surion may help pave the way to a high-speed helicopter in the 2030s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Northrop Grumman have teamed up to bid on the modernization of the UK’s Skynet military communications satellites.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Airbus will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 recapitalization program on its own without prior partner Lockheed Martin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet has completed a fuel- and noise-reducing retrofit program which means Airbus’s Descent Profile Optimization technology is now in place across its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Once again operating an all-Boeing fleet, Alaska Airlines has sold its remaining Airbus aircraft to American Airlines for delivery in the next six months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Richard Aboulafia
New aircraft concepts offer hope for airlines struggling with high fuel prices—and for Boeing in its quest to remain commercially relevant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force is testing an upgrade to the Airbus MRTT boom flight control software on the F-15SG.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Chachaty
France is to invest €6.41 billion ($6.75 billion) in the Dassault Rafale fighter program between 2023 and 2026 and has earmarked €5.36 billion after 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
ACJ expects new onboard connectivity to be 10 times faster.
NBAA

By Sean Broderick
In some cases, parts are in short supply. In others, raw materials needed for repairs are not available.
Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.
Dubai Airshow

By Lee Ann Shay
The Inside MRO archives show both change and continuity in the European MRO industry since 1999.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has made several substantial changes to its leadership team following the decision to carve out its commercial aircraft business into a separate unit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Use of the technology readiness level model for production is being reexamined.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The company says the trials are an “important step” as the AAM industry prepares to introduce eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Deeply intertwined supply chains mean that breaking up is not just hard to do—in some cases, it is impossible.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has begun constructing a new maintenance facility for Germany’s fleet of A400M airlifters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The custom battery cell selected by the unidentified aircraft developer has an energy density of 400 Wh/kg.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
EasyJet has become the first airline to buy carbon credits from Airbus’ Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) scheme.
Airlines & Lessors