As the U.S. pivots to an era of great power competition, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief has directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to study the future of military superiority that moves past modernizing equipment.

Airbus and British academia are studying the potential of very large satellite communication antennas to be placed in orbit.

Working together to improve program performance is important not only for customers, but also for those who work on programs day in and day out, and to corporations who must answer for performance issues. The Aviation Week Program Excellence Awards honor those efforts.

Aeralis wants to debut its common fuselage at next year's DSEI defense show in London.

Hydrogen fuel-cell producer unveils a concept for a zero-emissions regional aircraft designed to link smaller communities.

Detail design of the MA700 is complete, and work has begun on most of the structure at Avic’s civil-aircraft factories.

Boeing has pushed back an announcement over pursuing the New Midsize Aircraft (NMA) until sometime in 2019, but increasingly, financial analysts are seeing the new aircraft as a fait accompli.

Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has officially launched preliminary design of its 12-seater, Mach 1.4-capable AS2 and revealed ambitions to develop bigger and faster follow-on variants, including potential commercial models.