Aviation Week & Space Technology

How will the fatal Houthi attacks that closed Riyadh Airport affect commercial aviation in the region? Aviation Week's team examine the immediate impact on Saudi Arabia and how it could alter grander plans for the industry.

With more than 80 satellites aloft, the U.S. Space Development Agency faces an integration challenge as future users count on the forthcoming mesh network.

Defense companies are increasingly competing on speed—how quickly they can learn, integrate new technologies and deliver usable capabilities.

Amid transportation uncertainties, NASA offers to remain travel broker for aspiring space station operators.

The transaction addresses one of the most critical bottlenecks in modern gas turbine manufacturing: investment castings.

Airlines, air navigation service providers and technology specialists are working on trials to assess the impact of contrail mitigation on decarbonization.

Roughly 10 years after major U.S. carriers began rolling out basic economy, they are introducing tiered fares in premium and first-class cabins.

What can students learn that will remain beyond AI’s reach decades from now?

Eve Air Mobility CEO Johann Bordais discusses the Eve-100's path to 2028 certification, production ramp-up, and industry consolidation.

Can Turkey repeat in space the success it has had with drones on Earth? The answer should become clear in the next few years.

Cabin equipment suppliers vie for a share in the growing market of lithium battery fire mitigation, offering bags that can contain the hazardous phenomenon.

Azerbaijan, aiming to seize opportunities presented by political conflicts around it, is building a new air cargo and business aviation hub.

The U.S. Army announces a new autonomous warfare command and orders the creation of autonomous units as industry floods AUSA with drones and robotic systems.

JetBlue faces mounting pressure as fuel costs, weakening bonds and pushed-back profit goals test its JetForward plan.

Will Project Agincourt spur the new U.S. Autonomy Command to great things? Editors discuss the implications of the Pentagon's military autonomy efforts and the broader context of uncrewed systems in modern warfare.

Heart’s hybrid turbogenerator, CycloRotor propulsion testing, attritable turbojet lubrication and lithium-sulfur drone power.

U.S. drone makers face rising expenses and supply chain challenges as Washington pushes to onshore critical components production.

Skyband's M100 uses Iridium's PNT service and an inertial sensor to detect GPS jamming and spoofing, targeting business jets first.

Editors assess the progress of JetZero's blended wing body aircraft and explore its efforts to find the right powerplant that would suit both civil and military customers.

The U.S. Navy’s pick of Boeing to build its next-generation F/A-XX fighter brings the service’s future carrier air wing into clearer focus.

Initial public offerings and artificial intelligence are minting armies of new business jet customers.

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

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

Readers writer about aerospace primes, GE Aerospace's acquisitions, the SR-71 Blackbird and risk calculus at NASA. Plus: Behind the Scenes at MRO Asia-Pacific.

The FlyDubai Flight 1073 incident revealed vulnerabilities in airline protocols but also the resilience of today’s commercial aircraft.