Airbus

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Cryoprop superconducting propulsion; North American hydrogen hub airports; Aurora’s high-speed VTOL; CAE’s electric Archer trainer.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has launched a new technology demonstrator to mature superconducting electric propulsion for a future hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Tony Osborne
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.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Christian Ceruti, Tarmac Aerosave’s chief commercial and development officer, on the company’s recent capability and facility additions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams, Guy Ferneyhough
The opening of final assembly lines in Tianjin, China, and Mobile, Alabama, have shifted the dynamics of Airbus A320 production.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By David Casey
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Jens Flottau
Airbus' three-year technology research program Optimate is targeted at enabling more automation during aircraft taxiing at airports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Initial flights suggest the rotorcraft will easily surpass fuel consumption and performance targets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Quantum inertial navigation; airport hydrogen handling demo; lithium-metal pack tested; and autonomous agricultural helicopter.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
The OEM would be capable of building a larger narrowbody, but it is not clear that the company will go for it.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus has been working on hydrogen as a way to decarbonize aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings has supplied the first of three Airbus A320ceos to South African Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.
Airlines & Lessors

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

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

By Steve Trimble
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.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

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

By Sean Broderick
Embraer’s near-term focus is on selling its products and ramping up production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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