To keep pace with robust increases in defense spending globally and the boom in commercial space activity, Aviation Week Network is launching exciting new changes to our coverage of these critical topics.
The Middle East's premier business aviation event, the MEBAA Show 2024, is gearing up to host a constellation of global industry leaders from December 10-12.
Flight Friday looks at indexed cycles against the equivalent month in 2019 of passenger narrowbodies and how they have recovered to beyond pre-pandemic levels.
Our Route Opportunities feature explores the latest unserved and underserved routes promoted through Routes 360, providing supporting information for airline network planners to consider and capitalize on.
Thirty-five years ago, Aviation Week chronicled the first flight of the ES-3A Shadow, the culmination of a $500 million modernization program to convert 16 S-3A anti-submarine warfare aircraft into electronic intelligence platforms. The U.S. Navy/Lockheed ES-3A prototype began its flight test program from Palmdale, California.
This cover, from July 4, 1994, shows the Omega 2, a kit-built aircraft said to blend versatility and performance. The aircraft has a high cruise speed and fighter-like handling of the all-metal aircraft mimics military trainers.
Recognizing outstanding achievements in the aviation industry, the prestigious Aviation Week Network's 67th Laureate Awards are now open for nominations.
The pre-production Cessna Citation CJ3 business jet flies over northern Oklahoma. Cessna has given the CJ3 an advanced, fully integrated avionics suite, a larger cabin and more powerful engines. The airplane flies farther, higher and faster than any of the company's entry-level airplanes and is a logical next step up for owners of smaller jets.
Small West African carrier Cronos Airlines is expanding its fleet and route map with the arrival of its first Embraer E175, which becomes the largest aircraft in its fleet.
In September 2004, Aviation Week featured DARPA’s Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) on its cover, just a few months before the highly ambitious effort was canceled. UCAR was being designed to operate autonomously and distinguish combatants from non-combatants in hostile environments, reclaiming battlespace in which manned helicopters would not fly (see p. 46).
The Global Aerospace Summit is set to return to Abu Dhabi in September 2024, bringing together leaders from the aerospace, aviation, space, and defence sectors.
