Aviation Week & Space Technology

Editors discuss the long-awaited certification of the Boeing 737-7, the MAX type with the longest range, and also explore how airlines are coping after a tumultuous first half.

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

Patriotic liveries, warbirds, drones, new aircraft and more spotted at this year's air show.

When a next-generation single-aisle airliner finally arrives, it could bring whole new companies, too.

As narrowbody orders ramp up, Qantas will need to add to its backlog to complete long-term Airbus A330 and A380 replacement.

Mitsubishi Electric is partnering with a startup to bring radar technology to the Asia-Pacific region.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

July’s Farnborough Airshow was dominated by defense announcements, but it was far from a washout for commercial aviation.

A range of concepts are in the mix as the U.S. Air Force considers options for a new bomber, including one that can take off and land vertically.

A well-mapped Solar System and fusion-powered probes may be routine.

Readers write about anemometers, data center satellites, life on Mars and quantum technologies. Plus: Behind the scenes at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.

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

U.S. airlines touted record revenues during the second quarter on strong demand and fare hike resilience—but a divide remains in place.

Long-awaited 737-7 certification builds on Boeing’s reset links with regulators, paving the way for approvals of the 737-10 and 777-9.

CFM and third-party MRO providers are adding Leap aftermarket capacity to support a projected doubling of the narrowbody engine fleet in the next five years.

A new last line of defense is being developed to defeat incoming missiles that threaten airlifters and tankers in flight.

The Middle East conflict and fuel price crisis hit European carriers’ first-half profitability.

America’s missile defense challenge is no longer primarily technological. It is economic.

The U.S. is moving ahead with plans for a privately owned outpost to replace the International Space Station.

The Spanish Air Force plans to acquire a new batch of combat aircraft through a third iteration of its Halcon program, the service’s new vision lays out.

Editors discuss the Pentagon’s modernization priorities, including the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft program, Air Force One modification issues and the Navy’s efforts to advance a more modular missile defense architecture.

Germany, Sweden, Canada and the U.S. are expanding launch infrastructure as military demand strains existing spaceport capacity.

Orville Wright and Alexander Graham Bell played a role in establishing the magazine 110 years ago.

The next-generation combat aircraft landscape in Europe remains in flux amid potentially shifting industrial arrangements and timelines.

With the Leap engine fleet growing twice as fast as that of the CFM56, CFM is focused on upgrades and production as single-aisle demand continues unabated.