Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
The UK’s efforts to rearm are marching at two beats—one fast-paced, another glacial.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The slotted transonic airfoil—studied by NASA is the 1960s to delay drag rise and enable higher cruise speeds—will debut on Otto’s Phantom 3500 business jet.
Emerging Technologies

Anthony L. Velocci, Jr.
Whether Boeing’s reset endures will depend on its willingness to protect dissent and accept short-term pain in service of long-term credibility.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
A small transonic wing section, tucked under a NASA F-15B for flight testing, could pave the way for more efficient next-generation airliner wing designs.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency will test whether commercial deorbiting can keep its low-Earth-orbit architecture safe and sustainable.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Listen in as Aviation Week editors break down the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy and what it means for the budget.
Check 6

By Garrett Reim
Contract negotiations will likely factor in the growth of AI, which promises productivity gains but raises concerns about job cuts and the industry’s future.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Massy-Beresford
Languishing traffic and mushrooming business failures highlight regional arilines’ predicament.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
A weapons and combat aircraft manufacturing complex is rising out of Ohio soybean fields, representing Anduril’s bid to disrupt the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
Aviation Week editors share the highlights of Boeing's latest financials, touching on the manufacturer's positive turnaround, challenges ahead and program updates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Robert Wall, Garrett Reim
Space maneuvers to avoid collisions are becoming more frequent.
Operations & Safety

By Tony Osborne
European defense planners are exploring how a reserve of civilian aircraft could help close a strategic airlift shortfall.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Regional airlines continue to navigate an evolving marketplace as they look for replacements for 50-seat airliners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno, Bill Carey
The Trump administration has started the clock on a near-total ban of foreign UAS and parts. Editors and Drone Girl’s Sally French explain what is happening and what it means.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
P&WC advances hybrid propulsion; GE’s hybrid Passport success; Europe’s Clean Aviation launches ultraefficient regional projects; UAE orders uncrewed VTOLs.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The University of Oxford study highlights the potential for efficiency-focused policy to cut aviation fuel use without affecting capacity.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Controlling access to sensitive information in military programs has always been a driver of bureaucracy and inefficiency in defense procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Listen in as Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Graham Warwick report back from their annual pilgrimage to AIAA SciTech.
Check 6

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers are blasting the Pentagon for wasting time and money for the U.S. Navy fighter program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Week Staff
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
Congress pushes back on Trump’s plan to cut NASA spending.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

U.S. Space Force Col. Phoenix Hauser
The Space Force is breaking ground with commercial partners and intelligence agencies to deliver the moving target indication data to fight and win tomorrow’s wars.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Readers write about the Boeing 757 and Airbus A321XLR, Aviation Week’s Space Tech Challenge Awards, the Check 6 podcast on GCAP and NASA’s future under Jared Isaacman.
Aviation Week & Space Technology