Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
Red Flag, the service’s most important combat training event, shifts to overwater for the first time in its 48-year history.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
The high volume of expected drone operations raises questions about the amount of infrastructure and personnel needed to handle and manage them.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Controllers may expect automation to revolutionize their jobs, just as it has revolutionized cockpits, an air traffic management expert says.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Projects to develop electrified propulsion for single-aisle commercial aircraft enter their second phase at ARPA-E.
Emerging Technologies

By Jen DiMascio
Aero India highlights India’s ambition to move beyond simple assembly to creating advanced, exportable aircraft design.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
An upturn in commercial deliveries marks turnaround for Bell as the long-delayed certification of the 525 helicopter nears.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Incursions and other close calls trigger proactive move to flag safety risks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
eVTOL propeller test; hybrid-electric turboprop; hydrogen supply networks; and vertiports for Dubai.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Can European airline tie-ups with rail operators help cut emissions?
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. pushes for more Ukraine aid; U.S. tankers grounded; Polish MQ-9 flights to start; and replacing Russian platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
An undeniable trend voiced in recent supplier surveys and conferences is that providers favor Airbus over Boeing—and maybe any other OEM.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Several airlines have placed orders for electric and hybrid-electric aircraft, but how will they be integrated? Early clues are beginning to emerge.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
A new wave of modernization priorities are set to be unveiled in the next U.S. Air Force budget request.
Defense

By Garrett Reim
Congress says no to U.S. Air Force buying electric aircraft, but the program continues.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Propulsive efficiency gains could diminish for bigger turbofans unless nacelle drag can be reduced. Flight tests show promise from a short inlet design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Australia ditches problematic European choppers for U.S. ones.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has been selling more A321neos than A320neos since 2019. Now it is also producing more of its largest narrowbody—with significant strategic implications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Emphasizing resilience, Daher unveils a 2027 strategy to make the most of airframers’ planned production ramp-up.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Thermoplastic fuselage; Tailless flight control; Robotic sheet-metal forming; Hydrogen aviation ecosystem.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
While fuel savings in flight are the preponderant environmental outcome of using composites, changes in manufacturing would be welcome.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Among the lessons the French Air and Space Force has learned from the war in Ukraine is the importance of suppressing enemy air defenses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Joe Anselmo, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick, Brian Everstine
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss a week of high drama, including the shootdown of China's balloon and the future of high-altitude surveillance.
Check 6

Readers write about the Boeing 747's legacy, pilot mental health, 100-year-old American companies and Boeing KC-46 refueling issues.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Prachi Patel
Emirates’ cabin upgrade project marks the beginning of a long-term effort to modernize the inflight experience.
Interiors & Connectivity

Aviation Week parroted the U.S. government’s statement that the aircraft was down due to a mechanical failure, not a Soviet missile, which proved to be wrong.
Budget, Policy & Operations