Why Boeing's 777X has finished flight testing but still can't enter service until 2027

The airplane must receive crucial ETOPS certification.
Flying

Rolls-Royce Launches Flight Testing of Pearl 10X Engine

Rolls-Royce has commenced the first flight test campaign for its new Pearl 10X business aviation engine. The Pearl 10X engine is selected to power Dassault's new Falcon 10X ultralong-range flagship ...
The Aviationist

Flight Testing Of The B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is On Track

The secretive test campaign is proceeding well, according to the Air Force acquisition chief, and working its way through test objectives. As we often reported, the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber is ...
The Aviationist

LITENING Targeting Pod Completes Initial Flight Testing on U.S. Navy Super Hornet

The successful completion of the initial flight testing is a further step towards deploying the LITENING pod to the fleet. The LITENING targeting pod has successfully completed its initial flight ...
New Atlas

Archer's Midnight eVTOL makes first piloted flight – minus the VTOL

Archer has released video footage of the first flight of its Midnight eVTOL with a pilot at the controls, though the aircraft rolled down a runway to take off rather than using its rotors to lift it ...

Ahmedabad-Based Cligent Aerospace Successfully Completes Flight Testing of Indigenous Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft Demonstrator

Cligent Aerospace, an Ahmedabad-based aerospace startup developing next-generation hybrid-electric aircraft, has successfully ...