Boeing

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s delivery totals dipped in February as an expected slowdown in 737 activity was exacerbated by unanticipated hold-ups on two widebody programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Air cargo has been booming. Even though the market is now slowing, airlines see a need for more aircraft than currently planned for the long term.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
No procurement funding for the single-engine jet trainer appears in the fiscal 2024 budget request rolled out by the U.S. Defense Department.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Shield AI and Boeing have agreed to explore ways to deepen an existing relationship by working to introduce artificial intelligence pilots on combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing and India’s GMR Aero Technic have partnered to set up a 737 freighter conversion line at the MRO company’s facility in Hyderabad, India.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Officials call for clean-sheet designs, saying commercial-derivative refuelers are not survivable.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force have demonstrated a ground-based anti-jam satellite communications capability using an on-orbit satellite.
Space

Christian Albertson
Aviation Week forecasts the CFM International Leap engine fleet to grow to more than 28,500 active engines in 2032 from just over 6,800 in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
The first Airbus aircraft assembled outside of Toulouse was grounded in November.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
Boeing is interested in offering commercial Space Launch System flight services to the U.S. Space Force.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
An upgraded Exploration Upper Stage is due to fly on the fourth flight of NASA’s Space Launch System.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A plan emerges to establish weapons-making capacity in Australia, starting with perhaps a new production order for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Research ramps up to create technology foundation for new, cleaner aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Before the coronavirus pandemic, IAG was Europe’s most profitable legacy airline group. Now it is struggling to keep up.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
A key certification agreement between Boeing and EASA lowers hurdles to 777-9 clearance and keeps a new twinjet on target for service entry in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Dragon spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station early March 3.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy challenged the UK Royal Navy’s carrier strike group during its deployment to the Pacific in 2021, an Airbus official says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Avincis was previously the name of a wider group of helicopter operating companies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Industry sources are expressing increased confidence Boeing can meet its revised schedule for 777X entry-into-service two years from now.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A new container launcher will be developed for the Saab/Boeing Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb system that the U.S. government approved for Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The clock is ticking for the 777X if it has any hope of meeting Boeing’s revised 2025 delivery target.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation says it will enter another round of mediation with rival Wisk Aero at the end of March.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
What is the “Voodoo II”? And why does the Voodoo II project’s special patch say “Two-0-Thunder”?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The latest 787 delivery pause came after Boeing discovered a latent error in old certification data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Moore, an expert on advanced air mobility, joins Aviation Week editors for no-holds-barred discussion of the challenges facing AAM startups in 2023.
Advanced Air Mobility