Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Guy Norris
Wind tunnel tests intended to show that an unusual airfoil design could allow drag-reducing laminar flow to be passively maintained over a large percentage of a wings.
Emerging Technologies

Brian Wynne
Moving quickly will enhance safety and enable the U.S. to unlock the future of aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Embraer’s autonomy project; Unmanned cargo handling; Hydrogen pioneers partner; Denmark boosts e-fuels; and Hydrogen valley airport.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Risk reduction wind-tunnel buffet onset tests at NASA take Boeing’s transonic truss-braced wing concept to the edge of the envelope.
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick
Loss of Russian suppliers due to fallout from war in Ukraine will change supply chain, not cripple it.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lori Ranson
Next-generation narrowbodies dominate airline orderbooks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The reignited Airbus-Dassault dispute delays French-German-Spanish future combat air system project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Retired astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is heading back to the ISS to oversee three private travelers.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Long in the making, space-based optical communications is finally joining the mainstream.
Connected Aerospace

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

Readers write about the Sikorsky/DARPA H-60 OPV, a pilot-in-command's duties, the ISS partnership and the Space Launch System.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Uncrewed “wingmen” for the Air Force’s next bomber and fighter will be large, sophisticated and costly.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Ben Goldstein, Guy Norris, Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Slowly coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation is facing another huge task: dealing with the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Jen DiMascio
Egypt approved to receive F-15EX; North Korean missile test failure; Satcom prototype clears review; and Boeing’s Australian suppliers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

Rob Spingarn and Scott Mikus
Many suppliers have found alternate sources of the metal, and OEMs have built up buffer inventory.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Kevin Michaels
The Russian titanium supply cutoff has two silver linings for the battered aerospace supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Jono Anderson, Jim Adams, Michael Gomez and Rik Parker
Cyberactivity targeting the aerospace and defense industry is intense, and the ecosystem that must be protected is more complex than ever.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Starlink not built for battlefield, so Elon Musk makes on-the-fly updates to keep Ukrainians online.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Attendees from 72 nations and 590 exhibitors at HAI’s Heli-Expo boost hopes of a return to pre-COVID civil helicopter industry growth.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Aviation Week analysis suggests annual defense spending by Europe biggest spenders could rise to over $400 billion by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
In addition to the weapons that NATO is planning to send to Ukraine, in a dramatic role reversal, Russia is appealing to China for help in replenishing its weapons stocks.
Defense

By Garrett Reim
Undefined safety and noise regulations, cloud future vertiport and eVTOL operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
Airlines will be boosted by the decision to remove restrictive travel bubble system.
Airlines & Lessors