The flying public may not be so interested in it—yet—but pilotless commercial airplanes could be a boon to the aerospace industry and some financial analysts see a natural evolution in that direction coming.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo “Unity” is closing in on the start of rocket-powered flight tests after completing a gliding sortie.

A slew of recent CEO comments confirm how classified or “black budget” work is gaining significance for industry’s bottom line.

With the space industry entering a new era of innovation and advancement—driven in no small part by money and energy from the private sector—Aviation Week is establishing a new bureau, our 17th, at Cape Canaveral.

Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, is being readied for a series of ground and flight tests in the build-up towards captive-carry evaluations of the company’s LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle.

Lower A380 production and continued challenges ramping up the A320neo put Airbus under pressure in the first half of 2017, while the road looked smoother for Boeing.

The subcommittee markup would provide $2.15 billion for the Space Launch System, an addition of $212 million over the president’s request.

Bell Helicopter is about to begin tethered ground tests of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor ahead of first flight in September.