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Aviation Week & Space Technology, July 14, 2025

VOL. 187 NO. 28 July 14, 2025
Cover of Aviation Week for July 14, 2025

General Atomics has unveiled the YFQ-42, a Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype, as it seeks to write a new chapter in its history of pioneering uncrewed aircraft systems. 

Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

DEFENSE

Aerial view of three GA-ASI aircraft
article

Original Disruptor General Atomics Faces New Threat

Jul 11, 2025
The maker of the Predator and Reaper family of uncrewed aircraft systems now finds itself as the target of an industry newcomer, but GA-ASI is fighting back.
Diehl IRIS-T SLM systems
article

Russia-Ukraine War Drives Multiprong Missile Defense Response

Jul 08, 2025
Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.
Airbus A400M
article

Turkey’s Military Factories Seek Global Growth

Jul 11, 2025
Turkey’s ASFAT is trying to turn domestic military factories into export powerhouses for aerospace maintenance and parts.
Boeing E-7A on tarmac
article

Budget Breakdown: Turkey’s Defense Spending Is Ramping Up

Jul 11, 2025
After a lull, Turkey is starting to lay out more for defense.

FIRST TAKE

Liberty Lifter concept
article

First Take, July 14, 2025

Jul 11, 2025
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

U.S. FEDERAL BUDGET

Redwire rollout solar array
article

New Bill Is At Odds With White House Plans for Artemis And ISS

Jul 09, 2025
Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.
Discovery space shuttle exhibit
article

Smithsonian Fights Texas Grab For Space Shuttle Discovery

Jul 07, 2025
Texas lawmakers are a step closer to snatching away the National Air and Space Museum's prized space shuttle and moving it from Northern Virginia to Houston.
Front view of Airbus A321neo
article

U.S. ATC Revamp Plan Receives Funding Boost

Jul 10, 2025
A spending bill that does not cover the Transportation Department squeezed in $12.5 billion for the agency’s ambitious air traffic control modernization plan.

MILITARY SPACE

Concept art of spacecraft in orbit
article

U.S. Space Force Is Preparing For New Era Of Protected Satcom

Jul 10, 2025
The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.

SUPPLY CHAIN

F-35
podcast

Podcast: How Can China's Grip On Pentagon Rare Earth Supply Chains Be Broken?

Jul 10, 2025
Rare earths are essential for a wide variety of defense systems to function but the U.S. is largely reliant on China for these strategic metals. Listen in as experts discuss what can be done.

COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Boeing 737-10 aircraft landing
article

Engine Anti-Ice Testing Paces 737-10 Certification Amid Delivery Hike

Jul 11, 2025
Strong June deliveries signal Boeing’s recovery is gaining momentum, but system tests on 737-10s remain a challenge toward completing MAX family certification.
MC-21 in flight
article

Aeroflot Switches To More MC-21s Despite Longer Delays

Jul 08, 2025
Russia’s main airline needs locally produced aircraft to replace Western jets, but that transition keeps facing setbacks.

GENERAL AVIATION

technician refueling aircraft
article

FAA Eyes Unleaded Avgas Options As Milestone Looms

Jul 09, 2025
The FAA adds a grant assurance for low-lead avgas while still aiming to eliminate leaded aviation fuel by 2030.

COLUMNS AND OPINION

aerospace supplier employees
article

Opinion: Aerospace Needs A New Deal For Suppliers

Jul 07, 2025
A Supplier New Deal built on fairness, collaboration and mutual investment could reset OEM-supplier relationships and enable higher production rates.
Embraer aircraft
article

Embraer’s E2 Outlook Remains Mixed Even After Big SAS Order

Jul 09, 2025
The E2 family has not sold as well as Embraer had hoped, as the market for it remains fragmented and complicated.

DEPARTMENTS

U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter taking off
article

Letters From Our Readers, July 14, 2025

Jul 11, 2025
Readers write about the U.S. Navy’s MH-60, SpaceX’s Starlink and FedEx founder Fred Smith. Plus: Behind the Scenes at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed in Ohio.
article

New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections, July 14, 2025

Jul 11, 2025
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
article

Aviation Week Events, July 14, 2025

Jul 11, 2025
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.