Avionics International

11/25/2025

📢 New Aircraft Market Q&A with Richard Aboulafia

As 2026 approaches, aircraft values, production rates, and global demand are shifting faster than at any point in the past decade. To help make sense of it, we sat down with one of the industry’s most respected analysts: Richard Aboulafia, Managing Director at AeroDynamic Advisory.

In this in-depth conversation, he shares candid insights on:

✈️ Widebody momentum — including the 777X’s extraordinary order book
✈️ A321 production constraints and the 5,000+ backlog
✈️ Why lessors are bullish despite elevated interest rates
✈️ How geopolitics is reshaping airline network planning
✈️ The real timeline for next-generation narrowbodies
✈️ Where electric aircraft promise ends and engineering limits begin

This is one of the clearest assessments you’ll find on the forces shaping aircraft values in 2026 and beyond.

👉 Watch the full video interview https://www.aircraftvaluenews.com/video/expert-qa-interview-with-richard-aboulafia/

Prominent aerospace and defense analyst Richard Aboulafia answers a wide variety of questions that pertain to aircraft values and lease rates.

11/20/2025

YFQ-44A Has First Flight, Anduril Planning for Weapons Shot Next Year - Avionics International

Anduril Industries‘ YFQ-44A Fury prototype drone for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program had its debut flight Oct. 31 at a California test site, according to the […]

11/20/2025

GE Aerospace’s F110-GE-129 Engine To Power Shield AI X-BAT - Avionics International

GE Aerospace‘s F110-GE-129 engine with the Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) is to power Shield AI‘s future X-BAT drone fighter jet, according to a Memorandum of Understanding between the companies. […]

11/20/2025

Eyes on the Sky: How Next-Gen HUDs Will Transform Cockpits in 2026 - Avionics International

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As we approach the cusp of 2026, one of the most significant avionics trends set to reshape the cockpit isn’t artificial intelligence, […]

11/20/2025

Electronic Warfare and Air-to-Ground Missions Focus of GA-ASI Gambit 6 Design - Avionics International

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) said on Nov. 4 that it is developing the Gambit 6–the company’s latest version of the Gambit series drones–for electronic warfare and air-to-ground operations. […]

11/20/2025

How Avionics Are Driving the Next Wave of Air Freight Efficiency - Avionics International

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Modern air cargo fleets are leaning heavily on advanced avionics systems to extract every efficiency gain. Enhanced navigation systems, such as Performance-Based […]

11/19/2025

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11/14/2025

✈️ Old Jets, Big Risks! The global airline fleet is aging faster than anyone expected—so what does that mean for aircraft values, lease rates, and operator costs?

Our newest Aircraft Value News video breaks it all down:
✅ Fleet ages climbing faster than projected
✅ Aging jets = higher risk, higher cost
✅ Shifting leasing models and market values

🎥 Watch now and see which aircraft are most at risk in 2025 and beyond!

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Air travel demand is soaring. New jet deliveries are stalled. Aging fleets are flying harder than ever. This confluence of trends adds up to bad economics — and a threat to safety.