Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Ben Goldstein
Shifting marketplace dynamics and a shortage of pilots have rendered proposed contracts obsolete in a matter of months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, Latitude, Maia Space, Orbex, PLD Space, RFA and Skyrora are forming a new ecosystem in space launchers.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
China’s Pterodactyl; Spirit’s secret production shop to open; U.S. GBSD under pressure; and Pacific military exercises pick up.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The long-awaited wave of European airline consolidation could finally be arriving.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Electric R44 milestone; Hamburg sustainability drive; Autonomous flight progress; eVTOLs for medical delivery; European detect-and-avoid.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Design is beginning on large-scale airframe modification programs that will convert two A380s into flying technology testbeds.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s plans for a rationalization of its helicopter fleet calls for phasing out the NH90 after a troubled career.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Carole Rickard Hedden, Byron Callan
The industry is looking to digitalization to offset higher prices and workforce challenges.
Defense

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

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

By Michael Bruno
Does Boeing risk becoming a value trap, a promising public company suffering stormy days, yet never able to get through them?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
Last month Ed Stone retired as Voyager project scientist. The mission still needed a successor.
Space

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

Readers write about the AW&ST Aug. 8-28 cover, program management, the AT-802U, Eviation’s Alice and robotic systems to boost Hubble.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Recreational flights in New York may pave the way for public acceptance of the new technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
After a three-year hiatus, SpaceX’s heavy lifter is back in business.
Space

By Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Europe’s aerospace supply chain may have to deal with a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis other regions if energy prices stay elevated.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
TA-0 flight data matched predictions, sets up initial drop test before high-speed flight with first reusable Talon in early 2023.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
With an eye on contested logistics, service officials want more capable mobility aircraft sooner than originally planned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Building on lessons from the PW1100G, Pratt & Whitney’s expanded Advantage test and pre-production readiness program is targeting a smoother entry into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A320becomes hydrogen laboratory; China’s large cargo UAV; Embraer’s autonomous bizjet vision; and XPeng’s drive/fly eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Upcoming flight trials by Universal Hydrogen mark a key milestone on the road to zero-carbon-emission air travel.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
New research shows China’s growing capabilities to disrupt military satellite communications.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing an interface standard it hopes will be adopted by commercial industry, too.
Space

By Steve Trimble, Jen DiMascio, Michael Bruno
He stared down Lockheed on the F-35 negotiations, devised a politically-neutral tanker competition and ramped up Pentagon innovation.
Budget, Policy & Operations