Aviation Week & Space Technology

Space remains popular. But everything moves faster in a vacuum, including cash burn.

From sustainable materials to improved wheelchair access, cabins must be a part of aviation’s reassessment.

GKN’s hydrogen hopes; Dutch zero-emission regional plan; Sceye stratospheric airship; and Amazon Prime delivery drone.

Trials will measure ability to handle applications such as a long-range artillery shell and a Mach 4 air-launched missile.

The concept of a winner-take-all battle between the FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the title of global aviation safety’s “gold standard” regulator is amusing at best, and absurd at worst.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association offers seminars, a refresher course and services to address needs or concerns of participants.

Pilot labor is unabashedly leveraging a very real pilot demand/supply imbalance for its benefit.

Like many of AOPA’s “Rusty Pilots,” Ted Malone set aside life’s interruptions to return to the wild blue yonder.

For new space and advanced air mobility startups, the past two years have been a heady experience of investment, mergers with special purpose acquisition companies and high-risk plays into segments of the aerospace and defense industry that were mere dreams a decade ago. As the economy changes, Aviation Week editors discuss what comes next.

Soaring fuel and fares will test the strength of the recovery—and the consumer.

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is switching to European CS-25 large-airplane certification of its ES-19 electric regional aircraft, from the CS-23 commuter category, to reduce regulatory risk and expand the potential market.

The FAA’s amended type certification process is successful, but agency needs more flexibility to put less focus on cost justifications.

An interim software fix for the Pegasus is delayed due to errors in the first modified aircraft.

Norway has canceled its NH90 program and is demanding a refund after struggling with availability of the naval variant.

The pinnacle of aviation manufacturing could be located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and see everything under one roof.

Modeling and 3D-printing advances combine to enable development of high-temperature alloy with lower cost and greater performance.

NASA takes on UAP study; Three-way weapon competition; Gray Wolf development slows; AFRL building “virtual range” for directed energy

Electroflight battery; AR air combat; Unconventional UAV; Drone acoustic DAA; Hover with range.

A trend that was already underway before the pandemic has been given a boost by COVID-19.

SpaceX is making headway in space MRO.

After a 20 year search for a CF-18 replacement, Canada is months away from signing a F-35 contract.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

Readers write about the U.S. Navy T-45, the way to a better Boeing and increasing turbulence.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

After Ukrainian invasion wake-up call, Germany sets course for €100 billion recapitalization with military aviation at its heart.