In 2016, NASA announced its X-57 project. Then in June 2023, the project was canceled without a single test flight. NASA believes that even without any test flights, the program succeeded because it figured out how to solve numerous problems.…
Boeing’s interest in Embraer is self-evident. This interest goes back a long time. There are deep relationships between high-level people at both companies. But the Brazilain government is looking at the deal with apprehension. Even though Embraer (we have been…
Turboprops have had a good year in 2017. We take a look at the market and provide some insights to be found in the data. The turboprop market is big but not as exciting, perhaps, as the single-aisle market. We…
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It has been a long time since ATR made a sale in the USA. But today they got great news. Fort-Lauderdale, Florida Silver Airways announced an intention to purchase up to 50 ATR42-600s (20 firm) valued at a $1.1…
[UPDATED] One of the primary reasons the Russia state decided to merge its various aerospace companies was to ensure they did not spread national resources too thin. After the fall of the Soviet Union, money became real and budgets became…