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

In this week’s podcast, we go behind the scenes for a glimpse into how the cover story of the Jan 11-24 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology…

Landmark flight on one of Air Force’s oldest designs paves way for use of artificial intelligence in military aircraft and spacecraft.

From flight trainers to regional miniliners, European light aircraft manufacturers are moving to exploit propulsion electrification.

Germany joins race for European vertical smallsat launch competing with Norway, Sweden, Portugal and the UK.

A half-dozen startups are making the pace in the race to unlock UAM, with at least as many close behind. Who will be the winners?

South Korea is to establish an urban air mobility (UAM) test site in the southern coastal town of Goheung under a national plan to commercialize air taxi services by 2025.

The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) is an air traffic control organisation based in Dakar, Senegal. It came into being more than 60 years ago and manages 16.1 million square kilometres of airspace. Vincent Chappard met the organisation’s director general, Mohamed Moussa.