Aviation Week & Space Technology

David Marcontell
The U.S. domestic airline market carried 926 million passengers, of which roughly 165 million—almost 20%—took flights shorter than 450 mi. (the “regional market”) in 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce is pinning its turbofan’s future on UltraFan technologies, a vision to be tested this year with its first demonstrator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cyclorotor cargo UAV; SAF from cement; Natural composites; AAM for offshore wind; Airbus hydrogen hookups.
Emerging Technologies

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

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

By Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo
Boom readies for XB-1 taxi test phase as hints of final Overture configuration changes emerge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

What Ever Happened to . . . ? About seven years ago, AW&ST published a story about a new department at Lockheed Martin that was associated with the
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
A 12-year sales campaign for the optionally piloted Firebird failed to attract a production order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jefferson Morris
Spirit’s reengining work; South Korea earmarks transport aircraft, missile funds; F-35A flying hours drop; and Draken gets RAF contract.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
JetBlue says its offer for Spirit is “superior” to Frontier’s, but not everyone agrees.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steven Grundman
The ulterior aim of critics’ inflation focus is not economics but the strategic choices the Pentagon’s budget request implements.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
First U.S.-backed private mission to the ISS is a turning point in the ongoing commercial development of space.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Launch contracts are game changers for ULA, Arianespace and Blue Origin.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
New logistics program feeds basing, force protection data into maintenance analysis.
MRO

By Michael Bruno
With its improved and enlarged 3D printer enabling Starship engines, Velo3D talks about riding along with SpaceX, but not joining it.
Space

By Jens Flottau
The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has begun in earnest. While new risks emerge, airlines believe they can be managed—for now.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
AUKUS hypersonic decision comes as Russia uses Kinzhal in Ukraine and the U.S. successfully trials HAWC weapon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Avoiding the F-35’s long, costly testing cycle is the goal of reorganization and modernization efforts by the 53rd Wing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Europe’s airlines fear operational challenges may hamper their recovery prospects.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine, Jen DiMascio, Joe Anselmo, Garrett Reim
Rapid release of imagery from space has helped Ukraine make strategy decisions and document destruction and Russian attacks on civilians.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Adding hydrogen to solar; Canada flies electric; U.S. Army eyes hybrids; Zero emissions in California; Timing tight for X-59
Emerging Technologies

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Certification progress for the MAX variants is unclear under more stringent FAA processes.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Aiming at bodies bearing liquid water, the hardened spacecraft will search for life in harsh environments.
Space

By Graham Warwick
MTU preparing to begin testing elements of a 600-kW hydrogen-electric powertrain scheduled for flight testing in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion