Aviation Week & Space Technology

Production constraints and certification requirements are still proving to be major bottlenecks in getting aircraft seats to customers. Editors break down the interiors crisis with Tronos' Gary Weissel.

The service’s Advanced Tanker System is slated to focus on autonomy, changing the USAF design.

A lot can be done, now and on future aircraft, to make pilots feel more comfortable on the flight deck.

Record revenues are helping lower-cost carriers navigate sustained high fuel costs, and they expect further benefits ahead from new premium offerings and growing loyalty programs.

Singapore Airlines is revisiting premium cabins amid social media backlash as fare hikes slow global air travel demand and fuel budget-airline failures.

The unveiling of the X-70 Fractal and promises of more experimental aircraft raise as many questions about NASA’s plans as they answer.

A new study from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University puts the risk of air travel in perspective.

The fuel price crisis weighs on airline costs as hedging cover dwindles.

Chip supply or grid capacity likely will not be the biggest bottleneck for AI—it is likely to be the human brain’s limited working memory.

As the F-117 Nighthawk goes on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center for the first time, editors are joined by the museum's director to reflect on the stealth aircraft and its place in history.

Unique geography, backed by technology and talent, anchors Australia’s push for space sector growth.

Safran expects Airbus’ eAction will have twice as many actuators as the A320.

NASA unveils adaptable X-70; LTA airship stretches legs; Zipline boosts drone delivery; Maxwell’s hybrid-electric amphibian.

NASA is firming up how to deliver the promised Moon base, naming vendors to help deliver payloads and services to the lunar surface through contracts potentially valued at more than $11 billion.

Editors are joined by Gen. Lee Levy to try and answer the trillion dollar-plus question of what the outcome of the midterm elections really means for the U.S. defense budget.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Boeing has surpassed Lockheed Martin as the largest OEM by value of military aircraft deliveries, according to Aviation Week’s new military aircraft forecast.

European industry is pushing ahead with collaborative combat aircraft, but government funding has yet to match those ambitions.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Readers write about vetting airline pilots, reviving the SR-71A and USAF pilot training. Plus: Behind the scenes where Artemis III astronauts train in the Rockies.

Airlines in the Arab world are projecting a 10% fall in traffic this year. Whether the situation improves will depend on developments in the Iran war.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

To say that the 2026 midterms ushered in a “blue wave” would be an understatement.

As Russia shadows a commercial satellite in orbit, a new U.S. government report warns that growing adversary cooperation is reshaping space security.

Inside Pratt & Whitney’s new aeroengine casting plant tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains.