Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
May 17, 2024
Eliminating contrails would cut aviation's climate impact by half, but can it be done? NASA climate scientist Richard Moore joins to share the latest research.
May 17, 2024
The OEM would be capable of building a larger narrowbody, but it is not clear that the company will go for it.
May 17, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 17, 2024
Launch customer Lufthansa Airlines has added uncertainty to Boeing’s public claims that the 777-9, already five years late, will be certified in 2025.
May 16, 2024
The company’s turboelectric airliner concept would reduce fuel usage, operating costs and contrails.
May 13, 2024
Plans to replace the three main fleets of mobility aircraft remain decades away, following the production run of the Next Generation Aerial Refueling System.
May 10, 2024
Brazilian helicopter operator Helisul has acquired Chilean counterpart Ecocopter to form one of the largest rotary-wing operators in Latin America.
May 08, 2024
The China Aviation Planning and Design Institute says it has won the bid to construct the second phase of the Comac C919 assembly plant in Shanghai.
May 08, 2024
Former Boeing CEO and Chairman Frank Shrontz, who led the company through key developments ranging from the 747-400 and 777 to the space station, died aged 92.
May 07, 2024
Bell has unveiled a fly-by-wire control system-equipped 429 twin-engine light helicopter as the company’s new flying testbed.
May 07, 2024
The goal of HyPower is to demonstrate the stable operation of a fuel cell in flight, including its restart.
May 06, 2024
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has partnered with Pyka to offer the startup’s electric uncrewed cargo aircraft to U.S. Defense Department customers.
May 03, 2024
Howmet's John Plant, often seen as a shrewd prognosticator of large aircraft manufacturing rates, has slashed his company’s expectations for 737 shipments.