Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
A flat fiscal 2026 budget request combined with a $113 billion reconciliation offers a game-changing opportunity for nontraditional defense contractors.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department’s latest budget plan goes all in on space-based moving-target tracking.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed is just one “invaluable resource” for industry at Ohio’s Armstrong Test Facility.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield, Helen Massy-Beresford, Lori Ranson
The trend among LCCs to add widebodies to their fleets is gaining momentum in Asia, but it is not making headway elsewhere.
Airlines & Lessors

By Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department is debating how best to develop the space-based data connectivity backbone of its future force.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Quantum sensing threatens the decades-long U.S. reliance on stealth technology.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Christine Boynton
The Competition Bureau is outlining steps for the Canadian government to take to strengthen domestic airline competition.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
With ATC modernization in sharp focus, listen in as editors and former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt dig back through our archives to discuss a midair collision in 1956.
Check 6

By Chen Chuanren
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is looking to modernize against a wide, growing array of threats, from new ballistic missiles to next-generation fighters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

William E. “Bill” Payne and David Hughes
Colorado’s digital tower concept to serve six ski-country airports could help reduce construction costs, lower FAA maintenance expenses and optimize staffing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The World War II Tizard Mission is a reminder of the power of collaboration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A move to include a cabin bag as standard in ticket prices would also hit airline ancillary revenues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus gradually moves toward its next-generation single-aisle, suppliers are intensifying their own research and technology efforts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
UK extends aerospace backing; Elfly advances electric seaplane; Dutch back hydrogen-electric power; Aura and Vaeridion join forces.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
NHIndustries aims to extend the NH90’s frontline role with a Block 2 upgrade, which could help position it for NATO’s rotorcraft needs in the 2040s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
An explosive ground test accident has claimed a fourth Starship vehicle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Leading the U.S. space agency will fall to someone else, as the former Trump administration nominee contemplates his next steps.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

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

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

By Sean Broderick
India’s seemingly cautious approach in the Air India Flight 171 accident investigation is raising concerns and prompting speculation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about GE engine mounts, the crisis in air traffic control and cyberwarfare. Plus: Behind the Scenes in Paris.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Tony Osborne, Robert Wall, Steve Trimble
The UK committed to F-35A nuclear-capable aircraft and joined others in Europe in signaling a greater burden-sharing role in NATO.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
An 18-month investigation lays out what caused the January 2024 Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 door-plug blowout—and what the manufacturer and FAA need to do.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Robert Wall
Israel’s 12-day operation against Iran provided a master class in gaining control of an adversary’s airspace and, with U.S. help, what can be done afterwards.
Missile Defense & Weapons