Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

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

By Bradley Perrett
Revisions planned every two years for Boeing-designed loyal wingman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Michael Bruno
A worker crunch is growing just as aerospace sees burgeoning forecasts for new products. Enter the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
NASA requests funds to accelerate Sustainable Flight Demonstrator program to fly ultraefficient X-plane.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
As Paris looks to showcase urban air taxis during the 2024 Olympics, eVTOL pioneer Volocopter is first to conduct noise tests.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris
As the company readies its flight demonstrator, CEO Blake Scholl explains how he plans to revive supersonic air travel.
Aerospace

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong has eased some border rules but not enough for a major recovery for Cathay Pacific.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Buoyed by sales at HAI Heli-Expo, Leonardo Helicopters CEO Gian Piero Cutillo says the commercial helicopter market has turned a corner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Germany looks for CH-53 successor; Bulgaria’s MiG-29 cleared for export; Australia speeds JASSM-ER, NSM buys; and Collins' VLF contract.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
Pilots are gaining access to more data and contributing to aggregation programs, and operators are benefiting.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
Short-term obstacles and long-term changes were on the agenda at Airlines for Europe’s Brussels summit.
Airlines & Lessors

By Steve Trimble
The “Modular Advanced Missile” program appears for the first time in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2023 budget request documents.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Umair Siddiqui
The U.S. must develop propulsion technologies that are not dependent on rare propellants subject to extreme price volatility.
Space Symposium

By Graham Warwick
FedEx’s autonomous air cargo; Flying on synthetic kerosene; Volansi’s bigger cargo UAV; and Lighter hydrogen tanks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Airlines are investing in a host of new technologies, but they’re not sure which bets will ultimately pay off.
Sustainability

By Joe Anselmo, Lee Ann Shay, Steve Trimble, Michael Bruno
Aviation Week editors discuss Ted Colbert's appointment and the challenges he faces as the new head of Boeing's $26 billion defense and space unit.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Parallel programs will expand SpaceX’s role and add a second provider.
Space Symposium

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

By Steve Trimble
Two different types of air-launched hypersonic missiles appear to be heading in opposite directions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The service also is increasing funding requests for the Future Vertical Lift program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick, Chen Chuanren
If investigators have insight on why the 737-800 went down during a routine domestic flight, they have not shared it publicly.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Aviation has long seen China as its growth engine in Asia, but some changing fundamentals should be concerning to the industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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