Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Jens Flottau
Airbus plans to expand production to unprecedented levels, but many of its suppliers are making their own assumptions
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
From Beijing to Jakarta, a guide to the likely developments regarding combat aircraft in the region.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The rotorcraft industry’s 2021 is summed up more easily by the things that did not happen, rather than those that did.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Europe’s defense cooperation is changing face as a new era of centrally stimulated collaboration gets underway.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
As Airbus and Boeing outline plans to make flying compatible with environmental goals, they are choosing different paths.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Engine-makers face a busy 2022 technology development and test schedule as gas turbines take center stage in emission-reduction battle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Defense Department strikes a balance between raising tensions with Beijing and its case for urgent modernization.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
While the return of some long-haul passenger activity will boost belly capacity, strong air cargo demand is set to boost cargo conversions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Far-reaching progress in fuel efficiency and hydrogen transition should be accompanied by swift fleet replacement, says Clean Aviation executive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Jouppi
Over the next decade, countries around the globe will need 3,787 new aircraft, opportunities worth $135 billion to aerospace companies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Forecasts, snapshots and aircraft to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Thierry Dubois
In 2022, commercial aero suppliers will begin a new era facing more costs, pressure and work—and fewer lower tier providers in the end.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s vision of becoming one of the world’s great arms exporters is being boosted by the country’s UAV technologies.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A 13-year-old process finally concludes in 2022 with the contract award for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
The airframers face another year of focus on operational and quality issues, market uncertainties and product development challenges.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Ben Goldstein, Lori Ranson
LCCs recover faster than their legacy peers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Brian Everstine
The SDA’s Tranche 0 is slated to launch next September, one month before the agency officially joins the Space Force.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A pair of fighter contract decisions two days apart reveals the fickle nature of international arms deals.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jens Flottau
The airline industry anticipated a strong rebound in 2022, but more border closures and restrictions will make that harder to achieve.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Redesigned eVTOL; Swarming cargo glider; UK hydrogen regional; Dornier goes electric; and Drones on Cape Cod.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A likely B-21 debut in 2022 could spur a wave of B-2 and B-1 retirements.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Lori Ranson
Little is known about the new COVID-19 variant, but short-term flight bans and border closures are a concern for airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

You don’t have to work in aerospace to be a winner of Aviation Week’s Photo Contest, but it helps.
Photo Contest

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.
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