Aviation Week & Space Technology

Demand from carriers for more complex premium seats adds certification challenges while suppliers struggle to fulfill orders on time.

NASA's lunar landing training program focuses on managing mental overload, sensory miscues and communications during risky vertical flight profiles.

Lockheed Martin’s Future Interceptor is designed to close a critical gap in U.S. air and missile defenses. But has the Army waited too long?

The airframer pushes out its 737 production rate target as it struggles to increase the manufacturing pace.

Check 6 revisits how a misconception of the MiG-25 transformed U.S. air power, until a Soviet pilot’s defection revealed the truth.

China’s eVTOL sector is booming under the low altitude economy initiative—nearly two dozen startups have flown full-scale aircraft, SMG Consulting says.

Muon beam part inspection; quadcopter soars on beam power; turning methane into SAF; and ultra-low-NOx hydrogen turbojet.

Analyst Scott Mikus joins Aviation Week editors to discuss third-quarter earnings and why an oversupply of narrowbodies may be looming.

Private airstrips outnumber public ones 8,600 to roughly 4,900 yet lack government backing, leaving them vulnerable to closures and conversion.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to attempt the first roundtrip mission to Mars.

Reliable Robotics begins autonomous flight system tests under the FAA’s eIPP initiative.

NASA prepares to practice integrated flight operations with Blue Origin and SpaceX.

The number of satellites burning up in the stratosphere annually has grown since a 2023 study and is expected to continue to increase.

Swearingen’s SJ30-2 makes a comeback as SyberJet’s stretched SJ36 and upgraded SJ34.

A report to lawmakers details the Air Force’s desire to increase its fleet size and notes its ongoing sustainment woes.

Startups say alternative position, navigation and timing services are less vulnerable to jamming.

Continuing to navigate through the persistent headwind of high fuel prices, U.S. airlines are eyeing the year ahead with a degree of caution.

Despite a relatively quiet profile on its eVTOL program, Beta Technologies became the first U.S. startup to secure market survey approval from the FAA.

Electra has landed its EL2 hybrid-electric blown-lift demonstrator on Manhattan’s Downtown Skyport.

After three years, the U.S. Space Force has formalized a new avenue to tap into commercial capabilities to assess and respond quickly to orbital events.

In airport safety, the devil may be in the details of cumulative small deviations from standard procedures.

Aviation Week editors discuss the evolving European fighter landscape, introducing France’s approach to its next-generation fighter it calls ACF.

If airlines do not accelerate capacity growth again, the passenger narrowbody market is at risk of oversupply.

Rim-drive electric fan flies; USAF’s logistics blended wing body demo; Moya transitions cargo eVTOL; Evio advances hybrid-electric battery.

Editors discuss what the Boeing 737-10's long-awaited certification means for the industry and what's happening with the 777X. They also reflect on the A340-600 after Lufthansa retired the quadjet.