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Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 26. AI speeds up processes.
February 6, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We have completed a detailed, step-by-step analysis of the certification requirements a Part 25 Air Transport airliner in the 200-seat segment must meet. In our series, we have seen work that could… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 24. Post certification, Sustainment phase.
January 23, 2026, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 21. Certification Implementation.
December 19, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 18. Prototype Parts and Systems.
November 28, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 17. Critical Design Review, CDR.
November 21, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 14. Detailed Design.
October 31, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 13. Preliminary Design Review, PDR.
October 24, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 12. Preliminary Design; Requirements Definition.
October 17, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 11. Interior Preliminary Design.
October 10, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New projects talk about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Faster aircraft development. Part 8. Conceptual System design.
September 19, 2025, ©. Leeham News: We do a series about ideas on how the long development times for large airliners can be shortened. New project talks about cutting development time and reaching certification and production faster than… Read More