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EU Awards €945 Million to 12 ‘Clean Aviation’ Projects
From our partners at AIN: Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking funds further R&D for decarbonization efforts By Hanneke Weitering • Science & Technology Editor Sept. 12, 2025, (c) AIN: The European Union’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking has awarded €945… Read More
Embraer E2 Finally Breaks Into The U.S. Market Following 50 Firm Orders +50 Purchase Rights from ULCC Avelo Airlines
By Chris Sloan Sept. 10, 2025, © Leeham News: Embraer announced today that Embraer’s E2 will finally break into the U.S. market with a firm order from ULCC Avelo for 50 E2-E195s and 50 purchase rights, becoming E2’s… Read More
GE increasing use of automation and AI to support MRO
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton A tool used by GE Aerospace for its Artificial Intelligence MRO process. Credit: AIN. Aug. 25, 2025, © Leeham News: GE Aerospace is using robotics, automation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as… Read More
Boeing starts the 787 production expansion in Charleston
By Bjorn Fehrm August 18, 2025, © Leeham News: In our July 16 Article “ Boeing ponders 16/mo production rate for 787,” we concluded that Boeing needed to expand its present 787 plant in Charleston, South Carolina, to… Read More
Airbus’ A330neo gets better and better. Part 2
Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm August 14, 2025, © Leeham News: We analyze Airbus’s A330-900, the larger of the A330neos. Last week, we examined the product improvements that Airbus will roll out in the coming years, including the… Read More
Collins Aerospace continues R&D on electrical options despite industry pullback
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Aug. 11, 2025, © Leeham News: At the Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in October 2021, a detailed green aviation plan was adopted to achieve net-zero carbon emissions… Read More
What’s the next new aircraft, Part 5
By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm July 31, 2025, © Leeham News: We wrap up our five-part series today on What’s the Next New Airplane in the coming decades. We now look at Airplanes 9-13 in Figure 1… Read More
Book Review: Rescuing DOC: The Tale of a B-29’s Triumphant Return to Wichita
Editor’s Note: The Oshkosh Air Show began this week. One of the airplanes to come to the show is the Boeing B-29, “Doc.” LNA’s partner, AINOnline, reviewed the book written by the organization that restored “Doc” to flying status…. Read More
Parent agency, FAA often at odds as politics outweighs safety
Subscription required. By Colleen Mondor June 26, 2025, © Leeham News: On March 12, 2019, then-Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and her staff flew from Texas to Washington (DC) on a Southwest Airlines 737 MAX. It was two… Read More