Aviation Week & Space Technology

Industry, academia and government are combining to rebuild the UK’s long-dormant hypersonics capability for the next generation of deep-strike weapons.

As a first generation of hypersonic weapons in the U.S. nears fielding, the Pentagon has adopted a different set of goals than range and speed for the next.

Expansion of wireless services in the upper C-band spectrum will require more resilient radio altimeters.

The next generation of RAF combat power will depend as much on autonomous systems and industrial resilience as on a new fighter aircraft.

The two airlines are working on the massive task of combining their safety systems in advance of the Dec. 17 merger date.

UAE plans to certify cargo eVTOL; India’s electric aircraft push; Radia’s outsize WindRunner progress; and boost for drag-reducing riblets.

Editors dig into the UK’s Defense Investment Plan, discussing how billions in new spending could reshape GCAP and airpower, electronic warfare and NATO strategy.

The carrier and the finlet developer collected more than 2,000 hr. of cruise data to confirm 1.2% fuel saving.

The long-delayed UK Defense Investment Plan resolves uncertainty over some but not all weapons programs.

The U.S. Defense Department is attempting to create an industry from next to nothing in 24 months.

Rocket Lab is placing an $8 billion bet to take on SpaceX in another market.

When the next-gen narrowbody programs launch is largely out of the hands of Airbus and Boeing.

Ten years after the C Series entered service, editors are joined by Richard Aboulafia to assess the success of what is now the A220 and explain why a decision to stretch it or not is such a conundrum for Airbus.

Airbus is promoting the idea of minimum investment and minimum change if it launches a larger A220, but the timing remains unclear.

As Airbus and Boeing develop A320neo and 737 MAX successors, opportunities will open for suppliers to deploy long-developed products.

Thousands of drones and increased aircraft range are changing the airborne division’s tactics.

America’s fixed-base operator industry, totaling some 3,500 facilities, is experiencing a wave of buying, building and upgrading

Developers aim to launch new satellites with very-high-frequency radio payloads to enhance air traffic management.

JetZero hopes its blended wing body demonstrator—taking shape in Mojave, California—will validate performance and inspire broader belief in its mission.

As Washington’s Air & Space Museum turns 50, its director Chris Browne tells Aviation Week about its newest galleries and gives a sneak peek of what's on display ahead of their opening on July 1.

Sixty-one years after the U.S. launched its first and only reactor into orbit, space nuclear power and propulsion now appear central to U.S. space superiority.

As satellites multiply and spacecraft become more maneuverable, concerns grow that space lacks the equivalent of air traffic control.

VoltAero founder Jean Botti was betting on a hybrid-electric layout for redundancy and quieter operations near airports, not for decarbonization.

Collaborative combat R66; NASA open-fan demo; quantum heads to the field; and Sora’s subscale eVTOL bus.

Historians may come to categorize military aviation as Before F-35 and After F-35, such is the Joint Strike Fighter’s impact on combat capability, interoperability, program execution and oversight.