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NTSB issues preliminary report of UPS crash with dramatic moment engine leaves airplane
Nov. 20, 2025, (c) Leeham News: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report of the UPS Boeing MD-11F accident of Nov. 4 in Louisville (KY). Included are photos of the dramatic moment the No. 1… Read More
Airbus dominates orders, commitments on Day 2 of Dubai Air Show
Nov. 18, 2025, © Leeham News News: Airbus notched orders on Day 2 of the Dubai Air Show. Boeing announced a small deals today. The European OEM gained a new customer, flipping from Boeing, with a major deal… Read More
Airbus’ A220 conundrum
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Oct. 20, 2025, © Leeham News: Airbus and Boeing face a challenge that is good news and bad news. The Airbus A220-300 is essentially an orphan. An “A220-500” is needed, but so is… Read More
GE advances on RISE’s dust ingestion, installation testing
Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Arjan Hageman. Credit: GE Aerospace. Oct. 16, 2025, © Leeham News: GE Aerospace has begun dust ingestion testing of its RISE Open Fan engine, the earliest it’s ever done so. The company told… Read More
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