How do MRO markets compare across aviation sectors for 2018?

A high-temperature airflow test site designed to evaluate a key technology in the Reaction Engines’ hypersonic air-breathing combined cycle Sabre rocket engine is under assembly at Front Range Airport near Watkins, Colorado.

Eastern European governments open their coffers for new defense equipment in response to forceful moves from Russia.

New fighter, transports and UAVs are prominently featured in Germany’s defense modernization plans.

President Xi’s ambitious goal may become more tangible in 2018, as Chinese UAVs patrol the Pacific and J-20 fighter production picks up.

To maintain their edge, aerospace and defense companies will have to learn about emerging companies, allocate research dollars to them and team with them.

Smart investors should be ready to place bets on who will win, and potentially lose, as companies race to electrify the airplane.

Orbital ATK’s eighth NASA-contracted resupply mission to the ISS initiated the ambitious departure phase of a multifaceted, month-long orbital journey.