Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
Falcon 9 success streak ends after 325 consecutive flights.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Defense officials are divided about the U.S. Air Force’s plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The company has unveiled detailed flight deck and engine program plans as it faces a challenging development schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is still limiting payments to Lockheed Martin amid upgrade struggles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
The airframer has upgraded its E2 family further, enhancing their range with lower fuel burn and automatic takeoffs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Many “emerging” technologies were thought of and first tried long ago.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Seven years after a pivotal demonstration, the service takes a key step toward fielding autonomous resupply rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
The low-cost model remains promising in Latin America, but U.S. budget carriers continue to struggle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The 100-day mission was designed to hunt for water ice near the lunar south pole.
Space

By Michael Bruno
If Boeing were a Taylor Swift song, it would be “Anti-Hero.” It’s me, hi, I’m the OEM, the problem is me.
Farnborough Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Heat exchanger for hydrogen engines; conformal LH2 tank; fuel system for LH2; and fuel-cell powertrain tested.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
From uncrewed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to heavy-lift tiltwings, Sikorsky’s family of systems shares common components.
Farnborough Airshow

By Robert Wall
Customer complaints and a desire to boost performance are driving a series of enhancements into the widebody engine family.
Farnborough Airshow

By Steve Trimble
The uncertainty for the Next-Generation Air Dominance program opens new doors for the F-22 fleet, which was once threatened with replacement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
More than half of the alliance’s member nations rallied at the annual summit to commit to harnessing satellite-derived data collection over the next five years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By William Garvey
He had an extraordinary ability to identify a problem, conceive a way to rectify or avoid it, and assemble the necessary tools, people and capital to execute.
Maintenance & Training

By Christine Boynton
An industry darling boasting a venerable but fading tenure of disruption faces an activist investor known for getting what it wants.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Listen in as editors unpack why long-range missiles in Europe and deterrence are back on the national security agenda.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Radia has tapped European aerostructures suppliers Aernnova and Leonardo to develop the airframe for its WindRunner turbine-blade transporter.
Farnborough Airshow

By Garrett Reim
A test to see if spacecraft can fly in very low Earth orbit will come in 2027. The orbit has intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance advantages.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The team is set to modify a Cessna Citation VII with a three-part adjustable wing.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The International Council for Clean Transportation concludes that current manufacturer delivery projections are not consistent with the 2050 net-zero target.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
In a milestone for electric aircraft, Electric Power Systems (EPS) has submitted the first application for FAA approval of a lithium propulsion battery system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
As the leasing landscape changes, lessors are employing lower-risk strategies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Both the U.S. and European members used the alliance’s latest summit to push new missile initiatives.
Missile Defense & Weapons