A senior Airbus official admitted last week that Boeing's 747-8 will put pressure on the A380. But A380 programme head Charles Champion, speaking in Kuala Lumpur, said it was good news. Boeing’s 747-8 will increase the competition with the A380 freighter, “but at least we are glad that Boeing recognises there is a market for aircraft [bigger than] the 747.”
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
Developing novel propulsion technologies has proven more challenging than expected, leaving Embraer’s chief engineer now predicting his team would need until 2040 to bring a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft to market.
German turboprop manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft is justifying an ambitious outlook for its D328eco, arguing that there are fewer rival manufacturers pursuing the primary markets. Deutsche Aircraft, in its latest full-year financial statement, says its planning for the D328eco “assumes” sales of 1,000 aircraft, based on various market studies – a ...