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Airbus has launched a new technology demonstrator to mature superconducting electric propulsion for a future hydrogen-powered aircraft.

European missile manufacturer MBDA has been contracted to integrate its Marte-ER anti-ship missile onto the Romanian navy’s new Airbus H215M helicopters.

A consortium led by Airbus is to study options to provide Europe with a strategic airlift capability that could replace the need to use An-124s.

Christian Ceruti, Tarmac Aerosave’s chief commercial and development officer, on the company’s recent capability and facility additions.

The opening of final assembly lines in Tianjin, China, and Mobile, Alabama, have shifted the dynamics of Airbus A320 production.

Boston and Washington are expected to be the first destinations for the Airbus A321XLR once Iberia becomes the world's first carrier to operate the aircraft.

Airbus has signed an MOU with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Airbus' three-year technology research program Optimate is targeted at enabling more automation during aircraft taxiing at airports.

Initial flights suggest the rotorcraft will easily surpass fuel consumption and performance targets.

Quantum inertial navigation; airport hydrogen handling demo; lithium-metal pack tested; and autonomous agricultural helicopter.

Breeze Airways is working on approvals for scheduled international flights as it continues its fleet transition from Embraer E-Jets to Airbus A220s.

The OEM would be capable of building a larger narrowbody, but it is not clear that the company will go for it.

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

Airbus has been working on hydrogen as a way to decarbonize aviation.

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings has supplied the first of three Airbus A320ceos to South African Airways.

The announcement makes Airbus the first of four companies to identify themselves as participants in Phase 1 of the Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program.

Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.

What Bertrand Piccard’s new hydrogen-focused Climate Impulse circumnavigating enterprise could mean for Airbus’ ZEROe project.

Airbus delivered 61 aircraft to 33 customers in April 2024, including 51 A320neo family aircraft.

The acquisition of Aerovel and the company’s Flexrotor UAS moves the U.S. subsidiary of the European aerospace giant into a hotly competitive market segment.

April's Q1 results saw service revenues rise at the industry's dominant airframe duo.

Embraer’s near-term focus is on selling its products and ramping up production.

A lack of negotiations with Airbus over repricing shipsets for the European OEM—if not also a sale of related business units—is proving more harmful.

Distributed-propulsion testbed flies; Airbus hydrogen APU demo; uncrewed delivery corridor; another Chinese eVTOL; and Wright’s megawatt-scale electric engine.

The special conditions (SC) are needed to account for the tank’s design, which includes walls that also serve as external airplane skin.