Aviation Week & Space Technology

A plan to buy thousands of palletized missiles next year to be launched by airlifters introduces a new kind of weapon along with integration challenges.

Listen in as Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Sean Broderick join Jens Flottau to share their thoughts on the preliminary report into the first crash of the Boeing 787.

Airlines in Latin America are feeling good about their short-term prospects but are keeping a close watch on the second half of the year.

Many airlines have partnerships with rail, but studies show high train ticket prices on various routes can deter travelers.

The majority ownership will help the French-Dutch group expand Scandinavian connections in Europe and beyond.

The maker of the Predator and Reaper family of uncrewed aircraft systems now finds itself as the target of an industry newcomer, but GA-ASI is fighting back.

After a lull, Turkey is starting to lay out more for defense.

A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.

Readers write about the U.S. Navy’s MH-60, SpaceX’s Starlink and FedEx founder Fred Smith. Plus: Behind the Scenes at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed in Ohio.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Turkey’s ASFAT is trying to turn domestic military factories into export powerhouses for aerospace maintenance and parts.

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

Strong June deliveries signal Boeing’s recovery is gaining momentum, but system tests on 737-10s remain a challenge toward completing MAX family certification.

Rare earths are essential for a wide variety of defense systems to function but the U.S. is largely reliant on China for these strategic metals. Listen in as experts discuss what can be done.

The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.

A spending bill that does not cover the Transportation Department squeezed in $12.5 billion for the agency’s ambitious air traffic control modernization plan.

Before the Indian Space Research Organization launches the first uncrewed flight test of its Gaganyaan capsule, one astronaut is now an experienced space flyer.

The E2 family has not sold as well as Embraer had hoped, as the market for it remains fragmented and complicated.

Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.

The FAA adds a grant assurance for low-lead avgas while still aiming to eliminate leaded aviation fuel by 2030.

Missile defense has become an all-domain juggling act to handle low- to high-end threats.

Russia’s main airline needs locally produced aircraft to replace Western jets, but that transition keeps facing setbacks.

Space rockets and Boeing C-17-sized wing-in-ground effect vehicles rank among candidates attempting to solve one of the U.S. military's toughest problems.

Texas lawmakers are a step closer to snatching away the National Air and Space Museum's prized space shuttle and moving it from Northern Virginia to Houston.

A Supplier New Deal built on fairness, collaboration and mutual investment could reset OEM-supplier relationships and enable higher production rates.