Aviation Week & Space Technology

International Airlines Group called off the Air Europa deal due to regulatory hurdles.

Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.

Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.

The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.

As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.

The U.S. and Sweden are dangling incentives to secure combat aircraft orders in Thailand and the Philippines.

The Russian aircraft manufacturer is pursuing attack and logistics UAV concepts that have evolved because of the war in Ukraine.

Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.

As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.

Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.

The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.

Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.

The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.

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

The CODA system automatically translates and standardizes commercially derived data points to support space domain awareness missions.

Data from 363 prior missions was key for the speedy return to flight.

New requirements to validate human factors assumptions and the need to comply with a 2013 rule have pushed Boeing down an unfamiliar path to 777X type inspection authorization.

But how to return the Perseverance collection to Earth remains to be determined.

An engine choice for a 737 successor may be years away, but Boeing is showing signs of preferring ducted engines to the outwardly more efficient open fan.

Roberto Cingolani wants his company to play a greater role in the global aerostructures business and shape the development of new-generation combat aircraft.

Cost overruns and schedule breaches are driving a new look at engine replacement and radar modernization requirements.

The service is weighing a quick start for its next tanker while pausing the sixth-generation fighter program.

CFM International blames high-pressure turbine blade supply issues for Leap 1A delivery delays that are adding to Airbus’ production headaches.

The design builds on experience from the Air One vertiport operational demonstration in Coventry, England, in April 2022.

The multinational airline group cited regulatory challenges as it announced it was abandoning its plan to acquire Air Europa.