Aerospace America

Aerospace America is the official magazine of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). It serves around 25,000 aerospace professionals, including all AIAA members and many engineering and aerospace libraries. The magazine offers up-to-date news and insights on industry trends and technologies. With its friendly and engaging layout, it has built a strong reputation for providing useful and trustworthy information.

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The next steps for Airbus’ big bet on open rotor engines

2 weeks ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Cat Hofacker

Tests are underway on a design that could improve fuel efficiency by 20% The development of a new single-aisle aircraft is always met with fanfare, particularly if there’s novel technology aboard. For the airliner that Airbus is planning to debut in the 2030s, that tech could be an engine that represents a huge leap forward for air travel.
Joby pilot describes aircraft’s quiet transition between vertical and forward flight

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

Company offers more details on last month's first piloted transition For years, Joby Aviation chief test pilot James “Buddy” Denham has remotely flown the company’s S4 electric air taxi prototypes, watching the unoccupied aircraft soar overhead and grow quieter as they made a full transition from vertical takeoff to forward flight, in which lift is provided entirely by the aerodynamic forces on the wings.
Here are the stakes for next month’s GE Aerospace contract negotiations

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Cat Hofacker

The union representing GE Aerospace’s engineers is fighting to shore up the company’s U.S.-based workforce when national contract negotiations begin June 2. “We want them to invest in engineering. We want them investing into the plant,” said Jerry Carney, the GE Conference Chair with the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America.
Intuitive Machines’ lunar south pole landing attempt highlights challenges for Artemis

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Jonathan O'Callaghan

The Athena lander photographed on its side in a lunar crater. As any space watcher knows, landing on the moon is no easy feat. Of the 58 landings attempted since 1958, only 28 have been successful. The latest attempt by Intuitive Machines of Texas might contain specific lessons for NASA’s ambitions to return humans to the moon under the Artemis program, as well as the future robotic landers that the agency has funded under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, program.
Venus Aerospace’s hypersonic flight tech just took a big step

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Keith Button

Company claims first U.S. ground launch of a rotating detonation rocket engine A Wednesday morning flight test in the New Mexico desert could put a Texas startup one step closer to achieving its hypersonic ambitions.
Lunar limbo: the possible paths ahead for Artemis

1 month ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | David Ariosto

If approved by Congress, the White House's budget proposal would prompt NASA to reimagine its moon program. David Ariosto looks at the legal strategy, the architecture options and their tradeoffs.
Site visit: Inside the plant where BETA’s electric aircraft are being built

2 months ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Paul Brinkmann

Company targeting end of 2026 for certification of conventional-takeoff-and-landing variant SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — The brightly lit manufacturing floor in front of me hummed with the sounds of machinery and worker activity. The focus of all this attention? Various yellow-green-coated aluminum and dark gray carbon fiber composite components that will, once assembled, form three electric aircraft.
Viking on tour

2 months ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Jon Kelvey

She inherited NASA’s spare Viking Mars lander. Now, she wants to find it a permanent home. Rachel Tillman grew up surrounded by Mars science, courtesy of her late father.
Boeing increases MAX production amid tariff uncertainty and frozen orders

2 months ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | David Ariosto

Boeing 737 MAX airplanes on the assembly line at the Renton, Washington, facility during a June 2024 media tour. Credit: Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via APThe U.S.-China trade war may require Boeing to redirect aircraft originally destined for China to other customers around the globe, CEO Kelly Ortberg said during a Wednesday earnings call. Some 50 passenger airliners were scheduled to be delivered to Chinese customers this year, 41 of which had already been built.
Inside tests of Honeywell’s tech for preventing runway collisions

2 months ago | aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | Keith Button

Text and voice alerts would notify pilots of nearby aircraft Today’s lexicon of automated cockpit alerts include such classics as “Pull up! Pull up!” and “Terrain! Terrain!” If Honeywell Aerospace Technologies has its way, pilots could soon get a new one: “Traffic on runway! Traffic on runway!” The Phoenix-based avionics developer this month concluded the latest round of flight tests and demonstrations of its Surface Alert, or SURF-A. Honeywell is targeting June 2026 to receive FAA approval...