Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Irene Klotz
The inflated aeroshell will face dynamic regimes from Mach 25 to subsonic.
Space

By William Garvey
The “X” shaves $1 million off the price.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
For the first time in a generation, inflationary drivers are pushing up prices across the supplier base. What are the effects?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
UK and Qatari Eurofighter crews will be helping secure the upcoming FIFA World Cup through a unique partnership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Industry officials expect a quick decision on next variant of the Precision Strike Missile program after submitting bids in September.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Fresh off their $7.3 billion acquisition of Meggitt, Parker Hannifin’s leaders talk about the company’s future in aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Aviation Week Network recognizes 20 exceptional students leading change in the aerospace and defense industry.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Eurocontrol says FRA should now be rolled out by 2024, leading to improved efficiencies.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Pushed by the drive for sustainability, novel propulsion systems that until relatively recently seemed years away are quickly coming into focus.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
As Airshow China 2022 draws near, speculation grows about what new aircraft may be on display.
AUSA

By Bradley Perrett
Without schedule pressure to develop the Long March 9, China pursues resusable designs.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein says a new pilot development program is about time-building, not formal training.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren, Jens Flottau
The Comac C919 will soon fly scheduled services, but the UAC MC-21 is being held back by fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jen DiMascio
Services firms exposed to interest rate hikes; C-130 propeller woes; hypersonic test bed ordered; and Hungarian C-390s in production.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
ZeroAvia’s fuel-cell bet; 5G for UAM; Swiss eVTOL partnership; DARPA’s wireless energy network; and Electra wants to demo AAM.
Emerging Technologies

P. Barry Butler
Algorithms are being written to improve training and maintenance and better visualize risks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Safran thinks an electric taxiing system could save up to 4% of fuel burn on narrowbodies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Why incorporating virtual reality in helicopter pilot training can make it safer.
Maintenance & Training

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

By Graham Warwick, Jens Flottau
Lilium’s new CEO Klaus Roewe is confident the eVTOL manufacturer can freeze the production design next year and fly the Pegasus in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

Peter Cannito
Ready or not, the next era of space exploration is upon us. The Moon and Mars are calling, and through advancements in key technology the means exist
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight plans to develop and certify its electric urban air taxi in Europe, manufacture the vehicle in China and market it globally.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
TruWeather sees a need to build microweather sensor networks to support urban air mobility operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Incoming MTU CEO Lars Wagner hopes to break CFM International’s Boeing 737 monopoly to power possible narrowbody successor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.
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