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.

USAF Expands Role of Boeing's F-15EX Eagle II Fighter

Multirole strike fighter could take on more complex missions than initially planned

Qatari F-15EX at Farnborough 2024

Safran Will Provide Electrical Power for Boeing's X-66 Flight Demonstrator

NASA-backed program is exploring technology for next-generation single-aisle airliners

Boeing's X-66 technology demonstrator for NASA

Piper Aircraft Shipments Climb 16% in First Half

Company is set to deliver 300 aircraft this year, including about 50 of the new M700 Fury

Piper M700 Fury

Boeing and Ukraine’s Antonov Collaborate on Defense

Antonov and Boeing collaboration could support Ukraine's UAVs

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Boeing Signs MoU with Ukraine’s Antonov for UAV Support

PAC/Chengdu JF-17 Thunder Displays Maneuvers at Paris Air Show (Display 3)

PAC/Chengdu JF-17 Thunder Displays Maneuvers at Paris Air Show (Display 3)

Airbus A350-1000 Flies at Paris Air Show 2019

Airbus A350-1000 Flies at Paris Air Show 2019

Embraer’s New E195-E2 Airliner Soars at Paris Air Show

Embraer’s New E195-E2 Airliner Soars at Paris Air Show

Airbus’s A330neo Flies at Paris Air Show 2019

Airbus’s A330neo Flies at Paris Air Show 2019

Vertical Starts Ground Tests With Second VX4 eVTOL Prototype

Flight tests will start when the UK Civil Aviation Authority issues a permit to fly

Vertical Aerospace VX4 prototype

Asian Sales Group Plans to Buy VoltAero Cassio Hybrid-Electric Aircraft

Global Sky signed a memorandum of understanding for 15 of the five- to 12-seat aircraft

VoltAero at Farnborough 2024

Netherlands and Austria Take Nine Embraer C-390s

Joint order signed at Farnborough on Monday

C-390 Millennium

RAF F-35B STOVL Flypast, Landing, and Takeoff at Farnborough Airshow

The aircraft operates from the new 'Queen Elizabeth'-class aircraft carriers.

Lockheed Martin F-35B landing

Embraer's E195-E2 Airliner Flies at the Farnborough Airshow

The Aircraft can carry as many as 146 passengers.

Embraer E195-E2 landing

RTX Increasing Missile Production to Meet Growing Demand

The missile house also plans an extended-range AMRAAM for air-launched applications

RTX's AIM-9X and AIM-120

Milan Prepares for eVTOL Air Taxi Services

Plans call for vertiports across the Lombardy region

Lilium Jet

Excalibur Rising: GCAP’s Flight Test Aircraft Takes Shape

The modified Boeing 757 will fly with a first round of antenna fairings installed

2Excel

GKN Aerospace Expands Mexico Facility

GKN's Chihuahua facility has doubled in size

GKN Chihuahua facility

Airbus, Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Engine Secure New Orders

Several A320neo customers chose RTX’s Pratt & Whitney GTF engines

Pratt Whitney GTF

Resurgent De Havilland Canada bags sales, launches refurb program

DHC to help streamline fleet planning

De Havilland Canada

New-look GCAP On Course for Next Phase Launch

Global Combat Air Program core platform sports a new look

GCAP consortium’s sixth-generation fighter

Lilium Expands 'Power-On' Digital Solutions Portfolio

Suite includes digital solutions from Microsoft and GE Aerospace systems

Sustainability and Environment

Lilium Power-On digital solutions

EnB Air Gives Bell 505 Helicopter a South Korean Debut

It is the first of the model sold to a commercial entity in South Korea

EnB AIR

Smith Myers Launches Artemis+ Next Gen Mobile Phone Detection System

Sensor capabilities extend applications beyond search and rescue

Smith Myers ARTEMIS System

GKN Delivers Wings for Supernal eVTOL Demonstrator

The all-composite assemblies made at GKN plants on the Isle of Wight and in Bristol

GKN Supernal wings