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

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.

The Climate Impulse enterprise is aiming at 2028 for the first circumnavigation on green hydrogen.

Innovations can help airlines reduce their environmental footprint and cater to evolving travel patterns.

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

The two German air taxi companies need state support to exit a funding crisis, but party politics and risk aversion may force their sale to foreign investors.

Air Canada is working to lease Boeing 737-8s for additional lift in 2025, as it contends with a tight capacity environment.

IndiGo's A350 order highlights how Boeing is slipping behind in the region that holds the greatest potential for commercial aviation in the coming decades.

The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.

Despite a comfortable backlog, the country’s industry continues to grapple with financial woes and recovering know-how.

Bombardier, Embraer, and Gulfstream have shown new aircraft can be developed at reasonable prices.

Airbus is raising production of its A350 widebody further to 12 aircraft per month despite the current supply chain constraints that show no signs of easing.