Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Michael Bruno, Matthew Fulco, Steve Trimble
Several executives have acknowledged Trump’s pressure on their companies to accelerate delivery of warfighting capabilities.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
The California-based company finds itself at the center of multiple UAV and cruise missile projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Aviation Week's senior editor Guy Norris outlines how Pratt & Whitney is pioneering the use of robotic and automated engine assembly in Singapore as the engine-maker steps up efforts to cut the number of grounded aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is displaying a large-scale model of a CFM Open Fan configured with a notional hybrid power system at the Singapore Airshow.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Engine-makers are fighting to match production rates to those of Airbus and Boeing. But as single-aisle delivery rates continue to increase, can they keep up?
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Active twist rotor; vertical takeoff assist for eVTOL; propeller energy recovery; and tailored microbes for SAF production.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
The slotted transonic airfoil—studied by NASA is the 1960s to delay drag rise and enable higher cruise speeds—will debut on Otto’s Phantom 3500 business jet.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency will test whether commercial deorbiting can keep its low-Earth-orbit architecture safe and sustainable.
Operations & Safety

Anthony L. Velocci, Jr.
Whether Boeing’s reset endures will depend on its willingness to protect dissent and accept short-term pain in service of long-term credibility.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
A small transonic wing section, tucked under a NASA F-15B for flight testing, could pave the way for more efficient next-generation airliner wing designs.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
The UK’s efforts to rearm are marching at two beats—one fast-paced, another glacial.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Listen in as Aviation Week editors break down the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy and what it means for the budget.
Check 6

By Steve Trimble
A weapons and combat aircraft manufacturing complex is rising out of Ohio soybean fields, representing Anduril’s bid to disrupt the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Contract negotiations will likely factor in the growth of AI, which promises productivity gains but raises concerns about job cuts and the industry’s future.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Massy-Beresford
Languishing traffic and mushrooming business failures highlight regional arilines’ predicament.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
Aviation Week editors share the highlights of Boeing's latest financials, touching on the manufacturer's positive turnaround, challenges ahead and program updates.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
European defense planners are exploring how a reserve of civilian aircraft could help close a strategic airlift shortfall.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Regional airlines continue to navigate an evolving marketplace as they look for replacements for 50-seat airliners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Robert Wall, Garrett Reim
Space maneuvers to avoid collisions are becoming more frequent.
Operations & Safety

By Michael Bruno, Bill Carey
The Trump administration has started the clock on a near-total ban of foreign UAS and parts. Editors and Drone Girl’s Sally French explain what is happening and what it means.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
P&WC advances hybrid propulsion; GE’s hybrid Passport success; Europe’s Clean Aviation launches ultraefficient regional projects; UAE orders uncrewed VTOLs.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The University of Oxford study highlights the potential for efficiency-focused policy to cut aviation fuel use without affecting capacity.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Controlling access to sensitive information in military programs has always been a driver of bureaucracy and inefficiency in defense procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Listen in as Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Graham Warwick report back from their annual pilgrimage to AIAA SciTech.
Check 6

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