Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

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

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

Rob Spingarn and Scott Mikus
Many suppliers have found alternate sources of the metal, and OEMs have built up buffer inventory.
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 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 Garrett Reim
Starlink not built for battlefield, so Elon Musk makes on-the-fly updates to keep Ukrainians online.
Commercial Space

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

By Graham Warwick
If aviation is to be more accessible and ubiquitous, aircraft will have become quieter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Price per tail increase likely as negotiations are delayed; Lockheed points to pandemic impacts and inflation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Berlin’s reengagement with the F-35 comes as it prepares to make bolder defense commitments prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
This is the year is when the bevy of SPACs that formed in 2020 faces a deal-or-no-deal moment.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Optical communications technology is gaining ground in space.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Whisper’s quiet drone; Avoiding satellite collision; Refueling in space; Hypersonic funding boost; and Rapid hydrogen refueling.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Airlines are doubling their recruitment and training effort to address a national pilot shortage in the U.S.
Maintenance & Training

By Michael Bruno
With commercial LEO satellite constellations growing tenfold and governments eager to tap new-space, lasers comms’ have arrived.
Commercial Space

By Byron Callan
The war in Ukraine could push defense spending to grow annually as fast or faster than GDP for the balance of the 2020s.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick
The Russian government indicates it might “nationalize” aircraft operated by Russian airlines and owned by lessors outside the country.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
European defense technology firm MARSS develops an aerial ram to hard-kill drone swarms.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Startup companies are attracting both seasoned executives and new graduates with sustainability goals and company equity offers.
Advanced Air Mobility