Performance goals for the next generation of aircraft will benefit from progress in measurement techniques and a drive to increase investments in test centers.
The clear gulf dividing Europe and North America over the level and intensity of hydrogen propulsion research appears to be of growing concern to Airbus.
As Airbus gears up for the first flight of a high-aspect-ratio, morphing-wing aircraft in 2026, engineers are working on accompanying measurement techniques.
Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.
Airbus must deliver just over 320 aircraft in the last three months of the year in order to reach its target of handing over around 770 aircraft to customers in 2024.