Aircraft

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Dreamliner Set to Fly As New Boeing ecoDemonstrator

Green aviation partnership is backed by Rolls-Royce and Lufthansa

Boeing 787 ecoDemonstrator test bed aircraft

Orbis Showcases Sight-saving Role at Farnborough Airshow

MD-11 airliner serves as a flying eye hospital

Orbis eye care charity

Geopolitics Drives Technology Shift to Defense at GKN

European investment in sovereign capability targets new drones

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

GKN Aerospace additive manufacturing

Amentum Sharpens Focus on UK Defense Objectives

Engineering specialist supports UK sovereign capability and logistics

Apache AH64-E helicopters

Blue Spirit Aero Makes Case for Dragonfly Family of Hydrogen-powered Aircraft

Hydrogen fuel cells, electric motors, and a blown-wing architecture make this a unique design.

September 2, 2025

Blue Spirit Aero aircraft at Paris Air Show 2025

Interview with Steve Varsano: Buying Your First Private Jet

If you fly often enough, it could make financial sense to purchase your own aircraft.

August 14, 2025

Bombardier Global aircraft taxiing at Geneva Airport

Textron Aviation's King Air Aircraft Supports Multiple Special Missions

Customers can customize the aircraft to accept all kinds of specialized equipment.

Special Missions Textron King Air 360 at Paris Air Show 2025

Elixir Aircraft Offers a New Approach to Flight Training with High Tech Carbon Fiber Airframe

Sailing-inspired technology supports a new way to build training aircraft.

Elixir Aircraft at Paris Air Show 2025

Cutter Aviation Reaches Pilatus Delivery Century Mark

The company became a Pilatus sales center in 2018

Will Cutter accepting Pilatus PC-24 in hangar

Safran Turbogenerator Will Power Electra Hybrid Aircraft

Electra recently received FAA G-1 issue paper defining certification path

Safran TG600 turbogenerator

Textron Aviation Bringing Bit of Color to AirVenture 2026

King Air 360 Crimson Edition, Citation CJ3 Gen2 make AirVenture debut

Charleston, South Carolina-based paint manufacturer Mankiewicz Coatings supplied the King Air’s red finish.

Korean Air Selects Global 6500s for Govt Contract

The two Bombardier Globals come in addition to four special-mission 6500s announced in October

HyeonCheol Cho, v-p of defense business for Korean Air (right), with Hoon Seok Jang, sales director for Bombardier Defense

AircraftPost: Preowned Bizjet Sales, Additions Dip in 1H

502 business jets sold while 728 were added to the market through June in 2026

Asian Sky Group Gulfstream IV-SP business jet

MEBAA Show 2026 in Dubai Marks Association’s 20th Year

Bombardier, Dassault Aviation among confirmed exhibitors

The show draws on the success of MEBAA Show 2024, which welcomed 10,000 attendees from over 100 countries; 145 exhibitors and 30 aircraft on static display.

Embraer’s Commercial Backlog Soars as E-Jet Output Climbs

OEM expects smoother E-Jet delivery cadence in 2027

Three E-Jets in hangar with open door

Swapping Metal for Thermoplastics Speeds Prototyping

Greene Tweed says reworkable tooling cuts lead times in half

Greene Tweed thermoplastics

Composite Specialist Toray Marks 100th Anniversary

Founded in 1926, Toray has more than 60 years of aerospace experience

Sustainability and Environment

Toray composite materials

The Thin End of the E-7 Wedge(tail)

Early warning system arriving late

Maintenance and Modifications

E-7 Wedgetail arrives at Scotland’s RAF Lossiemouth

Autoland Makes New Phenom 300EV Even More Phenomenal

Latest refresh of light jet adds more safety, range, and payload

Embraer Phenom 300EV

Sweden’s Air Force Marks 100 Years of Service

NATO newcomer rearms against resurgent Russia

Swedish Air Force GlobalEye

U.S. Aerospace Chases Supply-chain Stability

AIA chief warns budget swings still threaten suppliers

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Lockheed Martin F-35

777X Changes Force Boeing to Relearn Hard Lessons

777X change issues is a crisis four decades in the making

Boeing 777 assembly line

Trump Holds off on Aero Tariffs but Directs Negotiations

Proclamation cites national security concerns

GE9X engine

Sora Aviation Completes Subscale S-1 eVTOL Testing

UK start-up says 30-passenger all-electric aircraft could enter service in 2031

Subscale demonstrator with proprotors on fuselage-mounted booms