Tilt-rotor V-280 Valor completes test flight program
Bell announced on Thursday that the tilt-rotor V-280 Valor aircraft has completed its flight test program after three…
Embraer’s new passenger turboprop may be launched in 2022
Embraer is increasingly determined to invest in the passenger turboprop market as its core business in commercial aviation.…
Boeing will supply 14 new Chinook helicopters to the RAF
The Royal Air Force (RAF) agreed to purchase 14 new Chinook helicopters from Boeing in a $578 million…
Helvetic Airways is the 6th airline to receive the E195-E2
Helvetic Airways has taken delivery of its first E195-E2 from a total order for four aircraft, Embraer announced…
Antonov An-225 returns to flight after 10 months
The massive An-225 returned to the skies this week. The largest aircraft ever built in history, with a…
Volocopter performs first public flight in France
Volocopter announced on Monday that the eVTOL 2X had made a 500 meter flight at Le Bourget Airport…
Irkut plans to launch MC-21-400 by 2025
Irkut, manufacturer of the MC-21 commercial jet, is about to complete the aircraft’s certification and begin deliveries in…
Rafale and F-35 are mentioned as favorites in Swiss fighter competition
The Swiss government is expected to decide soon on a replacement for the Boeing F/A-18C/D fighter jets used…
Will Airbus be able to deliver the first A321XLR in 2023?
Airbus confirmed last week that the A321XLR, the longer-range variant of the single-aisle jet, will enter service in…
USS Gerald R. Ford undergoes first explosive shock trial
On Friday, the US Navy’s new nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) came within…
Largest Boeing 737 in history, MAX 10 takes first flight
About to complete four years since its launch at the Paris Air Show on June 19, 2017, the…
US Air Force formalizes new KC-Y competition for tankers
The US Air Force has officially launched a new bid to select a future aerial refueling aircraft starting…
Japan focuses efforts to enable supersonic passenger jet project
Even after disappointment with the expensive and troubled SpaceJet regional jet program, Japan’s government doesn’t seem willing to…
Boeing closes deal with German companies targeting the P-8 Poseidon for the Navy
Although the German government has not yet formalized an agreement, the choice of the P-8A Poseidon jet as…
Qantas expands E190 agreement with Alliance Airlines
Alliance Airlines E190s debuted on QantasLink in May, but Australia’s largest airline is already certain that Embraer’s regional…
Russia to develop two-seat Su-57 fighter variant
The Su-57 stealth fighter will have a two-seat version, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov confirmed to TASS on…
Ryanair’s first 737 MAX 8-200 is on its way to Ireland
More than two years after the initial plan, Ryanair is set to receive its first 737 MAX 8-200…
Airbus and Boeing celebrate a truce in trade disputes between the US and Europe
The dispute between Boeing and Airbus over illegal subsidy charges that has been going on in court since…
GE and Safran launch CFM RISE program, which forecasts new engine 20% more efficient
General Electric and Safran announced on Monday an ambitious program that foresees the development of the new generation…
Airbus establishes two development centers for its zero-emission aircraft project
Airbus has decided to establish two Zero Emission Development Centers (ZEDC) at its units in Bremen (Germany) and…
