Boost-phase missile defense challenges the historic model for space-based interceptors, but a startup is proposing a possible thrust-based solution.

Regime change has long been considered a boots-on-the-ground operation. Now the U.S. and Israel are trying to do it from the sky.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Readers write about the FARA cancellation, crewed space exploration, the late Robert Liebeck and the world’s largest eVTOL air taxi.

Aviation Week takes the wraps off NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft as preparations begin for envelope expansion tests.

Industry consolidation accelerates as Dubai Aerospace Enterprise agrees to buy Macquarie AirFinance, expanding DAE’s fleet to more than 1,000 aircraft.

The manufacturers are wrapping up a software update that is intended to reduce the risk of smoke in the cabin following engine failures.