By Hanneke Weitering • AIN Science & Technology Editor  October 7 For two years, Heart Aerospace promoted one hybrid-electric airliner concept while ...

Sept. 9, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: ATR has a problem most aircraft manufacturers would like to have—customers placing large orders. Whether the Franco ...

By Karl Sinclair • Contributing Writer September 28, 2026 Subscription Required  Buckle up, folks. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. Soaring fuel costs are squeezing already-thin airline margins, and the ...

By Howard Hardee • Editor September 28, 2026 Subscription Required The trickle of oil escaping from the Strait of Hormuz and associated surge in jet fuel prices are unwelcome developments for all ...

By Howard Hardee and Charles Alcock  September 29, 2026  The first flight of the Airbus A350 Freighter on September 29 signified more than the European ...

By Charlotte Bailey • AIN Staff Writer  October 1, 2026 Deutsche Aircraft this week opened the final assembly line at Leipzig Halle Airport in northeast ...

We started looking at thermoplastic composites last week. The thermoplastic matrix behaves like the plastics we use every day; it melts when heated. The plastics used for aeronautical thermoplastic ...

Sept. 9, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: Honeywell Aerospace and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Pentagon’s commercial technology arm, have completed a ...

Boeing’s admission that the long-delayed certification of the 777X is expected to slip into next year may not surprise many industry observers. For months, it has appeared that the airframer’s ...

Sept. 9, 2026, © Leeham News and Analysis: After years of grappling with casting restraints, GE Aerospace has moved to acquire longtime supplier Consolidated ...

Textron Aviation and Merlin unveiled a concept on Monday for an autonomous cargo airplane based on the Cessna SkyCourier, proposing to replace the cockpit with a nose cargo door and hand flying duties ...

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has assured the market that FAA certification of the 737 Max 10 is nearly in hand, with deliveries of the most-stretched variant of the 737 family still expected to begin next ...