Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
After three orbital flight tests, Boeing’s crewed passenger spacecraft still needs work.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Reaching its 2025 delivery goal was always going to be challenging for Airbus. Now it turns out it is unachievable.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Steven Grundman
The author of the 1997 U.S. defense acquisition reform plan critiques Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new strategy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
The agency’s Lift Challenge aims for at least a fourfold increase in drone payload-to-weight capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
The Middle East, as the crucible for challenging durability and performance conditions, is the focus for ongoing dust ingestion engine tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
A sense of urgency led member states to fuel ESA with record funding.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Sharon Devivo
We need clarity about the regulations and access to loan funds for students, to ensure the pipeline of up-and-coming pilots is not slowed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The controller would transition to a supervisory role, no longer dealing with routine operations such as frequency changes, automation promoters say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Powertrain demonstrators advance under Airbus’ rescoped effort to field a hydrogen-electric commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Inexpensive, mass-produced cruise missiles could ensure that the U.S. and allies have enough firepower to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble
From low-cost drone interceptors to advanced cruise missiles to air-to-air missiles, the United Arab Emirates wants to do it all.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne, Brian Everstine
Strategic decisions loom for some of the biggest Western airlift programs.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
X-plane escapes cancellation; China’s hybrid powertrains; Modular cargo UAV, India’s indigenous aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The United Arab Emirates is emerging as a hive for light attack and training aircraft developments with further offers from Calidus and Edge Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The United Arab Emirates is shifting its space program focus to economic gains and security, blending civil-military efforts in a bid to become a space power.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Coast Guard is set to receive $24.59 billion through 2029 for fleet modernization, including a controversial $172 million G700 purchase.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Christine Boynton
For Emirates’ long-haul fleet, the challenge is twofold: maintaining aging widebodies while looking beyond their likely life spans to the next big thing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps legacy Hornets will get the safety system in 2026; development is starting for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
ACMI operators are increasingly looking to markets in the Southern Hemisphere to pick up business in the European low season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s autonomy pick; Cranfield’s hydrogen pivot; hybrid powerplant progress; flying cell tower testbed.
Emerging Technologies

Aviation Week Staff
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky’s CEO discussed the company’s new uncrewed H-60 Black Hawk and the Nomad, a scalable rotor-blown-wing uncrewed system.
Aircraft & Propulsion