Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine
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.
Check 6

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 vetting airline pilots, reviving the SR-71A and USAF pilot training. Plus: Behind the scenes where Artemis III astronauts train in the Rockies.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Jens Flottau
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
European industry is pushing ahead with collaborative combat aircraft, but government funding has yet to match those ambitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

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

By Guy Norris, Irene Klotz
High in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, U.S. military rotary-wing pilots are being taught to operate military helicopters safely in risky environments.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Richard Aboulafia
Cruise missile demand is surging worldwide, although with fewer big military targets left, their strategic value remains deeply uncertain.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
The European aiframer aims to surpass its 2019 delivery record for the first time, seven years later.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Inside Pratt & Whitney’s new aeroengine casting plant tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

By Lori Ranson
Carriers in Mexico welcome the U.S. Transportation Department’s lifting of restrictions on operations from Mexico City, but a December FAA safety audit looms large.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The airframer pushes out its 737 production rate target as it struggles to increase the manufacturing pace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
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?
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Demand from carriers for more complex premium seats adds certification challenges while suppliers struggle to fulfill orders on time.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz, Guy Norris
NASA's lunar landing training program focuses on managing mental overload, sensory miscues and communications during risky vertical flight profiles.
Operations & Safety

By Joe Anselmo, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
Check 6 revisits how a misconception of the MiG-25 transformed U.S. air power, until a Soviet pilot’s defection revealed the truth.
Check 6

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

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

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Scott Mikus
Analyst Scott Mikus joins Aviation Week editors to discuss third-quarter earnings and why an oversupply of narrowbodies may be looming.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to attempt the first roundtrip mission to Mars.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Reliable Robotics begins autonomous flight system tests under the FAA’s eIPP initiative.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
NASA prepares to practice integrated flight operations with Blue Origin and SpaceX.
Space Exploration