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While chatting to a customer in the family bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, Wilbur Wright was idly twisting a piece of cardboard that had once contained an inner tube, when [...]

Ready to make Overtures A flock of startups wants to break the sound barrier FOR 27 YEARS Concorde epitomised jet-setting glamour. Yet its elegant delta wings came with the ear-splitting [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US Navy (USN) has started final tests of two systems competing to win the Next Generation Jammer Low-Band (NGJ-LB) competition to deliver an updated electronic attack [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim Los Angeles Drones have featured in air combat training for decades, but today's jet-powered versions are so sophisticated that their successors may soon also have active roles [...]

A German start-up has unveiled what it says is the world's first five seater self-flying taxi. Lilium said the prototype had its first test flight earlier this month, in which [...]

Byline: enhancement Bearingless design validated on Bluecopter demonstrator increases maximum take-off limit and aids weight saving Airbus Helicopters is to institute a series of modifications on the H145 that will [...]

Byline: propulsionmichael gubisch london Powerplant producer 'optimistic' scalability will help keep programme in play with big two despite NMA withdrawal Rolls-Royce sees a range of potential applications for its UltraFan [...]

Byline: marketJon Hemmerdinger Boston However, Boeing chief executive hopes it will receive board clearance for authority-to-o f fer milestone before year-end Boeing will not take a firm decision to launch [...]

If evidence were needed that the commercial aircraft market favours financial heft over innovation, consider Bombardier's journey through 2018. The year started with the financially challenged Canadian aerospace champion targeting, [...]

Never let it be said that Airbus thinks small. Knitting together production facilities spread across Europe involves elaborate logistics: ships, trains, trucks and outsized cargo aircraft. Like the component parts [...]

programmeBoeing has powered on its first 777X test aircraft, a move that allows the company to progress with a broad array of systems tests prior to next year's planned first [...]

Byline: developmentcraig hoyle londonAn-26 replacement programme advances, withtwin-turboprop entering preparatory testing station from final assemblyA first example of the Ilyushin Il-112V light transport has emerged from the VASO manufacturing plant [...]

Embraer has completed successful testing of troop unloading and evacuation via the front and rear doors of its KC-390 tactical transport/tanker at the Brazilian air force's Brasilia base.Performed on 21 [...]

Airbus has flown the first ACJ320neo, the corporate version of its re-engined twinjet, for the first time. The aircraft, powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines, became airborne from the Hamburg [...]

Byline: programmeghim-lay yeo washington dcN/ABoeing has joined the fuselage sections of its first 777X test aircraft, as it gears up for a maiden sortie in 2019.The airframer connected the nose, [...]

Byline: developmentdavid kaminski-morrow hamburg Airframer hints at increases to maximum take-off weight and range for potential XLR variant of strong-selling narrowbody The A321neo's maximum take-off weight could be increased above [...]

Byline: testingMavis Toh singapore Comac has achieved power-on for its third C919 flight-test prototype, as it continues to work towards achieving first flight for the aircraft by year-end. Aircraft 102 [...]

Boeing has released images of its initial 777X static-test airframe, providing a better look at the manufacturer's latest widebody twin.The airframe, a -9 variant, was rolled out of Boeing's Everett, [...]

Byline: modificationmark KWiatowski cambridge Heavily-adapted Global 6000 business jet edges closer to assuming special-mission role The United Arab Emirates' secretive programme to adapt a pair of Bombardier Global 6000 business [...]

Russia is close to commencing ground and flight trials with its first modernised Tupolev Tu-22M3M bomber, a lead example eduring mid-August. Modifications have includedalso enhancing commonality with the remanufactured and [...]

Byline: programmeaaron chong singapore High-temperature assessment checked system changes designed to simplify maintenance Comac has completed a 12-day programme of high-temperature evaluations on the ARJ21 regional jet at Turpan Jiaohe [...]

Hindustan Aeronautics' LCA Navy fighter has passed a significant milestone, with the engagement of an arresting hook during taxi tests. â 'Carrier compatibility trials are slated tobe carried out atshore-based [...]

Airbus has formally listed the 251t version of its re-engined A330neo as a new weight variant, detailing the aircraft's basic characteristics.The airframer has revised its airport planning documentation to feature [...]

Dawn's early light Meet Zephyr, a high-flying drone that can do the work of a satellite ON AUGUST 6th a flimsy-looking pilotless aircraft, the Zephyr S, came slowly in to [...]

Byline: developmentkate sarsfield london Epic Aircraft has completed structural testing on its E1000 single-engined turboprop and hopes to secure US type inspection authorisation for the $3.25 million composite aircraft in [...]

Byline: OPERATIONSKATE SARSFIELD LONDON Bombardier has secured steep-approach certification from Transport Canada for its Challenger 350, and says US and European validation for the enhancement is expected soon. The approvals [...]

Gulfstream has secured Federal Aviation Administration type certification for the G500, and is preparing the super-large-cabin, long-range business jet for service entry in the fourth quarter. The US regulator has [...]

Although the UK's first Boeing P-8A Poseidon is only in the early stages of production, the Royal Air Force is already making major strides with gaining experience on the maritime [...]

Byline: developmentAaron Chong Singapore Beijing reveals intention to update naval aircraft inventory by replacing unreliable Shenyang-built copy of Russian jet Beijing wants to develop a new carrier-borne fighter to replace [...]

Byline: David Kaminski-Morrow London Airbus is readying the BelugaXL, successor to the A30-60ST, for its maiden test flight, as it prepares to deliver the first two of a total of [...]

Byline: Michael Gerzanics Toulouse The 366-440-seat A 3 5 0-1000 gives Airbus a direct rival to Boeing's hugely successful 777-300ER, with the promise of cash operating cost savings. We put [...]

Byline: David Kaminski-Morrow London The Airbus twinjet defied expectations and survived market onslaught of Boeing's 787, but Toulouse is now struggling to maintain order momentum for its re-engined widebody Just [...]

Tomorrow's squadron leaders will be accompanied by drones JULY 16th sees the opening of the Farnborough air show. Plane spotters attending the show, which by entente cordiale alternates annually with [...]

Byline: programmekate sarsfield london Bombardier has inducted the first customer-owned Global 7500s into its completion centre in Dorval, Montreal, as the ultra-long-range business jet, previously named the Global 7000, moves [...]

Byline: unmanned systemsstephen trimble washington dc Ve r tical take-o f f and landing asset should pe r form combat, su r veillance and suppo r t tasks, with selection [...]

Byline: programmeMAVIS TOH singapore Requirement to operate from high-altitude sites in China drives thrust increase request Developers of the Russian-Chinese CR929 widebody have increased their engine thrust expectations for the [...]

Byline: programme European industry's drive to develop a future medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) remotely piloted air system (RPAS) has taken another step forward, with its key partners unveiling a full-size mock-up [...]

Byline: programmeStephen Trimble Washington DC Textron Aviation has completed the first round of windtunnel testing for the Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop it launched last November with an order by FedEx [...]

Byline: DevelopmentGarrett Reim los Angeles First prototype of tactical transport back in the air after October incident, while Embraer advances on delivery target Embraer's first KC-390 prototype returned to flight [...]

Byline: delivery Acceptance and delivery from Embraer's assembly line in São José dos Campos typically takes a week. KLM Cityhopper's team for the process usually comprises two pilots, two engineers, [...]

Byline: TestinGKate Sarsfield farnborough Textron Aviation is nearing the end of the certification effort for its Cessna Citation Longitude, and expects to secure US approval and begin customer deliveries of [...]