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U.S. investigators spotlight potential dangers of improperly installed 737 rudder parts and urge FAA and Boeing to take action.

Drone delivery company Matternet is expanding beyond the health care market, launching its first home delivery service in Silicon Valley, California.

EASA, the FAA and IATA are increasingly using AI to process air transport incident reports in a bid to better detect safety trends—both successes and failures.

Salient Motion aims to develop and certify actuation systems for highly regulated industries such as aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing.

Talk of a pilot shortage has softened, but the need persists to increase opportunities to ensure a steady flow of qualified candidates.

The Ultra 2XL is a 3,000-lb. gross-weight coaxial-rotor uncrewed helicopter, powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine.

A 2022 CFM Leap-1A in-flight engine shutdown traced to non-conforming parts has prompted the FAA to plan mandatory replacements of the affected components.

Industry efforts are underway to address shortfalls in recruiting and training aviation maintenance technicians.

The JA1 is a single-person tailsitting electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

The walkout at Boeing halted much-needed progress on quality-focused changes and will make regaining momentum even more challenging.

Florian Guillermet speaks with Aviation Week about EASA-FAA cooperation, spoofing and jamming threats, and ensuring that EASA can meet its expanded mandate.

Florida-based VerdeGo Aero is aiming to certify a suite of hybrid-electric integrated propulsion systems under the FAA’s Part 33 rules for aeroengines.

Boeing was demonstrating progress on key metrics designed to judge its airplane production process before the current work stoppage, FAA's administrator said.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority plans to begin beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone demonstrations by year’s end.

Pipistrel has delivered the first Velis Electro two-seat flight trainer under an FAA airworthiness exemption, the company announced.

“When it comes to aviation safety, the authorities have to speak with one voice,” says Florian Guillermet, the new executive director of EASA, in his first interview since taking on the role in April.

The FAA has issued an update to its interim safety standards for vertiport design.

The FAA’s plan to revamp its foreign aviation authority audit program parameters for the second time in three years is generating pushback from stakeholders.

A final FAA rule outlining standards for pilot certification and operations of eVTOL aircraft is expected to be published before the end of the year.

Opened in April, Archer’s government affairs office is located at 500 L’Enfant Plaza.

The FAA has certified a one-time life extension for main gearbox housings for the Sikorsky S-92 twin-engine heavy helicopter.

The FAA is proposing to fine SpaceX $633,009 for allegedly failing to follow its launch license requirements during two Falcon flights from Florida last year.

The FAA said Sept. 17 that it has granted approval for the use of a second 100-octane unleaded fuel in piston aircraft, specifically Cessna 172R/S Skyhawks.

Gulf Air hopes to return to the U.S. market next year after an absence of almost three decades.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.