Aviation Week & Space Technology

Beyond its Phantom 3500 business jet, the startup is eyeing drones and airliners.

Education providers and industry must collaborate more closely to make the right investments in the workforce of tomorrow.

Editors discuss the next-generation freighter market after first flight of the Airbus A350F and with Boeing's 777-8F in line to take off soon.

The FAA’s proposed rule seems more likely to create a boom market for regulatory gaming than to drive real technological progress.

Boeing’s victory caps a two-month series of U.S. Navy disclosures that transform the vision for the future carrier air wing.

As the Army fields a full lineup of exquisite munitions, a parallel effort is creating a complementary inventory of affordable long-range alternatives.

The U.S. Space Force is launching the first operational air moving target indicator satellites. Is the warfighter ready to use them?

After a decade in development, SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy transport reaches orbit for a test run.

Operators are avoiding 737 MAX flight management software with a known issue while the FAA weighs how to address the problem fleetwide.

The Airbus A350F has started its flight-test campaign, and the Boeing 777-8F will soon follow. The two aircraft may benefit from substantial pent-up demand.

For years, space has been a key enabler for NATO members. Now the alliance wants to make sure it becomes a supported—not supporting—operational area.

For the first time in 35 years, the U.S. Air Force will train more than 1,500 pilots, although a shortage will remain.

Editors react to Boeing being announced as the winner of the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX contest ahead of Northrop Grumman and share their impressions of the next-generation tactical combat aircraft's design after a new rendering was released.

North American regional airlines are recovering from pandemic lows, facing pilot shortages and exploring new tech to meet demand for underserved small communities.

Editors reflect on what we learned at AFA on space and the Iran war, as well as launch concerns for the Space Force and how that resonates with what we heard at World Space Business Week.

Nearly 27 years after the final Blackbird flight, NASA quietly launched a project last summer to return an SR-71A to flight.

Planned airport infrastructure investments in Europe highlight the gap between emissions targets and projected flight growth.

Electric trainer flies; large cargo UAS takes shape; clean-sheet aerial firefighter flies; and Europe’s energy-dense aviation battery.

A special Lockheed SR-71A has gone missing after being displayed in front of a NASA facility for more than 26 years. Meanwhile, the NASA administrator is dropping hints that a new X-plane is in the works that happens to look a lot like a Blackbird. What's going on here?

Boeing marked the 15th anniversary of its first 787 delivery in late September, a few weeks after it delivered its 1,300th 787.

Long-running tensions between Boeing and GE Aerospace over engines surfaced again, with 777X the cause du jour. Editors explain the dynamics at play along with other new developments at Boeing.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

Showing several nuclear-tipped weapons falling squarely on President Donald Trump’s adopted home state of Florida seemed like someone was sending a message.

Clean Aviation research programs will support Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce ducted engine ground tests as CFM wraps up its latest RISE dust ingestion trials for Open Fan.

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