Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Richard Aboulafia
Companies that supply engines, avionics, missiles and other systems find a market as nations seek to develop their own aircraft
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
After being shut out of a patrol fleet acquisition, Ottawa’s aerospace industry is gearing up to compete for a new airborne early warning contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Scaled Composites, which has built and flown a new aircraft roughly every year since forming in 1982, is still expanding in its 17th year with Northrop Grumman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Operators are working to receive automated flight approvals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
A Thales-led consortium aims to improve pilot training using new sensors, including eye-tracking devices.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
The Pentagon’s advanced research agency has selected six teams to develop preliminary designs for a shipborne VTOL uncrewed aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The company is flight-testing a subscale rotor blown wing as it pursues advanced UAS for an array of missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Canada's procurement agency plans to fast-track its new fighter training program, awarding a contract within three years and introducing the jet by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
With 120-150 seats, the new airliner will be able to burn both liquid hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Proponents of artificial intelligence in aerospace say the technology will help workers, not replace all of them.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
With the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the head of Lockheed Martin’s advanced development arm challenges U.S. Air Force planners and competitors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airspace and border control reforms are in the spotlight as European airlines seek smooth operations , less impact from labor actions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Daedalean and Avidyne make progress toward U.S. and EU approval of vision-based situational awareness system.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Nexus eVTOL takes shape; Archer heads to Korea; Hy2Move boosts hydrogen; and certifying seagliders.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Digital fingerprints allow customers to check a part’s authenticity by taking a picture with a cellphone.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the GAO's latest report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program.
Check 6

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
The three-year demonstrator program led by Airbus UpNext is using a truck equipped with an aircraft cockpit to test the systems.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin, Ben Goldstein, Angus Batey, Jeremy Kariuki, Thierry Dubois
The need to maintain competitiveness and treat business operators fairly must be balanced with climate concerns.
EBACE

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

By Tony Osborne
Saab is planning technology demonstrations to prove to Sweden's government that it can develop the nation’s next combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
The FAA Reauthorization Act includes approval for five new daily roundtrips from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport beyond the 1,250-mi. perimeter.
Airports & Networks

By Irene Klotz
The company is hoping the upgraded Starship survives its return through the atmosphere.
Commercial Space

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
The manufacturer’s key targets for 737 and 787 production remain in place, but mounting problems in the short run will not spare its balance sheet.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada is starting work on the Air Force’s E-4B replacement and outlining teammates.
Aircraft & Propulsion