Comac is looking at supersonic speed and unconventional configurations among the technologies for aircraft to follow the widebody airliner it will develop with UAC.

Major aerospace manufacturers aim to provide commercial drone operating and data processing services to large customers beyond the military UAS market.

An analysis from space industry boosters in Washington seems aimed at the future, but really it is a warning about not repeating the past.

Aviation Week’s pilot notes Boeing’s Leap-engined 737-8 has bigger displays and refinements such as fly-by-wire spoilers. Only a short training course is needed to upgrade from the 737NG.

Boeing has begun working on a new software load that will unlock new operational capabilities for the long-serving F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle.

Leonardo DRS’s Bill Lynn on the company’s prospects for trainer success, the U.S. defense budget and persistent questions about the sale of the company.

Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill on May 1 to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, including $593 billion for the military.

SpaceX launched its first satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, the classified NROL-76, on May 1.