10+ hour, 39+ min ago  (1037+ words) With no direct competitors, MHIRJ estimates CRJ200s could remain airborne for another two decades. MHIRJ Aviation's maintenance business is booming as airlines have been returning more CRJ regional jets to service, a trend the company expects will continue for years due…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago  (533+ words) OJ Sanchez will replace Greg Ulmer as president of Lockheed's combat aircraft manufacturing division, including the financially critical F-35 programme. Lockheed Martin has appointed a new head of its aeronautics business, which is responsible for key programmes including production of the…...

2+ day, 3+ min ago  (446+ words) German aerospace researchers have been testing a shape-shifting wing concept using an uncrewed aerial vehicle with a trailing-edge configuration driven by artificial intelligence. Morphing wings are able to adapt to optimise aerodynamics in local flight conditions. The specialist research centre…...

3+ day, 3+ min ago  (269+ words) Ravi K. aims to boost innovation at state airframer. A veteran of the Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft programme has been tapped as the company's new leader. Ravi K has assumed the role of HAL's chairman and managing director…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (535+ words) Thrust asymmetry followed crew's reduction of thrust to idle during cruise. Czech carrier Smartwings has emphasised overspeed correction procedures to crews after an in-flight upset involving a Boeing 737-800 which encountered turbulence during high-altitude cruise. The aircraft, en route from Prague…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (640+ words) Canadian airframer says it has addressed the problem and has not revised its 2026 delivery guidance. Bombardier has become the latest aerospace manufacturer to report that supply chain issues held up deliveries in the first quarter, reflecting the stubbornness of a…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (465+ words) The divestiture will leave Textron with Textron Aviation, helicopter maker Bell and defence-focused Textron Systems. Conglomerate Textron intends to divest its industrials business within 18 months and become solely a defence and aerospace company, better positioning it to capitalise on those…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (760+ words) Colorado-based engine maker Ursa Major has secured a nearly $35 million contract from an undisclosed US defence company for its developmental Draper rocket powerplant, designed for national security applications including hypersonic flight and space vehicles. Colorado-based engine maker Ursa Major has…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (785+ words) Alaska Air Group is rapidly expanding its cargo operations, with its Seattle-Tokyo route exceeding volume targets as the carrier leverages Hawaiian Airlines" widebody fleet to transform its freight capabilities. Alaska Air Group is scaling up cargo operations in pursuit of…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (629+ words) A lesson in hubris or an inspiration for aerospace visionaries? The former IT executive behind the Albuquerque-based start-up was both an entrepreneurial failure and GA disruptor The career of Vern Raburn " who has died aged 75 " is either a lesson in…...