Aviation Week & Space Technology

Editors discusses the latest developments with the NRO, the Victus Haze rendezvous and proximity operations missions, and what awaits the new slate of U.S. defense and intelligence space leadership.

Highly specialized technicians and pilots need unique skills to maintain and fly Goodyear’s fleet of blimps.

The lack of Western engines means two Russian programs have had to be suspended, and expected export deals have not come through.

Taiwanese officials are watching the U.S.-Israel-Iran War closely.

Beta certification progress; Elroy matures cargo eVTOL; Ampaire’s hybrid-electric APU; and AIR picks SunTrax as base.

Archer sees defense, autonomy and AI as building blocks of a broader aerospace business that can support its longer-term air taxi ambitions.

Listen in as our editors discuss good earnings, bad earnings, SpaceX, AI, the aftermarket, Boeing, an electric airplane and a Groundhog Day moment.

The U.S. Air Force’s latest fighter deployment to Australia has revealed a reality: If it wants to get into the fight quickly, it needs support from allies.

The U.S. office is increasingly incorporating commercial remote-sensing vendors into its space-based architectures as partners instead of as an afterthought.

A major U.S. Army training win is pushing Robinson and its R66 into new military territory.

Venture capital investment in defense tech is booming, but as with other sectors that have seen such booms, there will be some big winners and many losers.

AeroDynamic Advisory expects production of small propulsion military engines to double in the next three years and exceed 8,000 per year by 2028.

British startup Hill Helicopters’ homegrown GT50 has run at last, putting its ambitious aircraft plans closer to the ultimate test.

High operations tempo, increasing threats drives a shifting strategy for air defenses and the systems the Army needs.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had a clear domestic aerospace casualty: the once-vaunted government-controlled space industry.

Frank Kendall, U.S. Air Force secretary during the Biden administration, is not the first person you would expect to go all-in on autonomous weapons.

Military demand is driving a push to deploy new and larger satellite constellations.

The competition narrowly misses the target of quadrupling drone payload-to-weight ratio.

JetZero, nTop and Nvidia bring artificial intelligence to the early stages of aircraft design.

Winning bidder Apollo has pledged support for EasyJet’s existing strategy.

The regional airliner demonstrator is the heaviest electric aircraft yet to fly.

The U.S. startup reaches a milestone in the software certification process.

Robert Wall and Brian Everstine discuss the annual Space and Missile Defense Conference in Huntsville and focus on the major themes that emerged there.

While top suppliers reported second-quarter results that mostly beat expectations, they also lifted outlooks for the whole year.

New contenders are emerging to vie for the outsize cargo market as the current fleet continues to age and shrink.