Industry News

An article discussing the advancements made in electric aviation in 2023 in Aviation Today reports that the aviation industry is under sharp scrutiny…

Florida Today reports that SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 on Sunday morning…

CleanTechnica reported that a team of MIT engineers “is now creating a 1-megawatt motor that could be a key stepping-stone toward…

Spaceflight Now reported that a senior NASA official “raised concerns Wednesday that ‘difficulties’ with SpaceX’s development of the huge new Starship rocket could delay the Artemis program’s…

Forbes reports that on Thursday morning, the FAA “paused all flights to New York City’s…

Aviation Week reports that the Federal Aviation Administration “has published a long-awaited document outlining proposed pilot training…

Reuters reports that NASA is “pushing ahead with plans to hand ownership of the Space Launch System (SLS) to a Boeing-Northrop joint venture…

Spaceflight Now reports that a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship “loaded with 7,000 pounds of supplies and equipment, including two add-on roll-out solar blankets…

Breaking Defense reports that Lockheed Martin has chosen “GE Aerospace’s CF6-80E1 engine to power the aerospace giant’s LMXT tanker pitch for the Air Force…

ExecutiveGov reports that NASA has conducted a hot fire test of an RS-25 certification engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center…

Aviation Week reports that Airbus is predicting that shippers “will need 560 widebody freighters of more than 80-ton capacity from 202-41. Boeing expects demand for 515 widebody freighters…

Reuters reported that The Boeing Company CEO Dave Calhoun says that progress on resolving supply chain issues has been…

Florida Today reports that SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 on Sunday morning…

Space News reports Sierra Space announced May 31 that it has powered up its Dream Chaser spaceplane “in its assembly facility for the first time [in a key test], feeding electrical…

Reuters reports AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly says that airlines could face plane, engine…

The AP reports, “North Korea’s attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to…

The AP reports that Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced travelers “will soon be able to book seats on the carrier’s first commercial flights due to start five years…

Aviation Week reports that NASA is “reaching out to the private sector for assistance with the Artemis program, this time to provide…

Reuters (5/30) reports that The Boeing Company has increased production of its 787 Dreamliner…

Space News reported that NASA and The Boeing Company say they are “still working towards a July launch of the CST-100 Starliner on a crewed test flight…

Aviation Week reported that The Boeing Company says it is “on track” to reach its projected 2023 delivery of 400-450 737 MAX aircraft, with company CFO Brian West…

Aviation Week reports that on May 25, United Launch Alliance announced that it has “canceled the planned…static hot fire of its first Vulcan-Centaur rocket…

Aviation International News reports that hydrogen “may be the fuel of the future, but it’s probably best used to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)…

UPI reports that SpaceX postponed the Arab League satellite launch due to weather for the second straight night.

ExecutiveGov reports that the Federal Aviation Administration is asking for feedback from UAS industry members “on requests by four companies to fly uncrewed aerial vehicles…

Reuters reports that on Tuesday, Virgin Orbit “revealed that it was closing for good after a $36.4 million asset sale, including an agreement to sell the bulk of its…

Aviation International News reports that EASA “has published what it claims are the world’s first proposed noise certification standards for eVTOLs.”

The AP reports that the ISS welcomed the Axiom Space organized flight Monday, with the four passengers including two visitors from Saudi Arabia.

Aviation Week reports that Gulfstream’s five G700 test flight aircraft are winding down from certification test flight, with FAA approval anticipated sometime this fall.

Space Coast (FL) Daily reports that NASA’s DART mission “was recognized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics with the organization’s newest award…

Aviation Week reported that a series of tests at GE Aerospace’s Evendale, Ohio, site are being validated…

Aviation International News reports that NASA is “deploying a Pilatus PC-12 for test flights in the Cleveland area as part of its work to pave the way for the autonomous operations…

UPI reports that SpaceX successfully “launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying nearly two dozen satellites for its Starlink Internet mission…

SPACE reports that the Artemis II crew has begun training for the mission. The astronauts will “be the first humans ever to fly atop NASA’s Space Launch System megarocket and ride in the agency’s Orion spacecraft.”

Aviation Week reports that deliveries of the Boeing KC-46 tanker to the US Air Force “are still paused amid an ongoing problem with the aircraft’s fuel tanks…

Aviation Week reports that preparations for Axiom Space’s “second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) cleared its May 15 flight readiness review and remains on track for a liftoff early next week…

Aviation International News reports that the Airbus H160 helicopter got closer to FAA certification this month with the Federal Aviation Administration’s issuance of a notice…

Space News reports that the European Space Agency said that, “after weeks of effort to loosen a stuck pin,” the JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) successfully deployed its 16-meter-long antenna.

Aviation Week reports that the Federal Aviation Administration published an airworthiness directive limiting a draft order to replace decompression panels on Boeing 787s…

UPI reports that on Sunday morning, SpaceX “successfully deployed another batch of Starlink satellites into space…

Aviation Week reported that Airbus A380s that “sit idle in severe environmental conditions may be susceptible to wing-spar cracking previously linked…

Aviation Week reports that a “United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan-Centaur rocket was rolled out to its launchpad on May 11 for a final series…

FlightGlobal reports that start-up electric air taxi company Archer Aviation “says it continues to progress toward…

Aviation Week reports that NASA is “seeking industry input in developing a strategy for a commercial, controlled end-of-life…

Aerospace America reports that Whisper Aero “has long promised that the propulsion technology it is developing for the U.S. Defense Department…

Bloomberg reports that before SpaceX “can try again to send its massive Starship rocket into orbit, the company needs to…

Aviation International News reports that Vertical Aerospace “expects it will need at least an additional 12 months to certify…

Reuters reports that Virgin Galactic Holdings announced May 8 that its “four-member test flight will take place…

Aviation International News reports that EASA “has published what it claims are the world’s first proposed noise certification…

SPACE reports that the first two satellites “in NASA’s new hurricane-hunting constellation have taken to the skies.”