Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Steve Trimble
Experienced Pentagon veteran calls for return to a more conventional approach to innovation after era of open-ended demonstrations.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

John Slattery
We need a vast, collective effort to develop and mature capabilities and technologies that will dramatically accelerate our progress.
Sustainability

By Irene Klotz
The billionaire commander of the three-day mission to space talks about his experience and the importance of humans continuing to explore the heavens.
Defense

By Lori Ranson, Ben Goldstein
Embraer’s E175 has become the darling of U.S. regional carriers, but changes to scope clauses and new turboprops could change that.
Airlines & Lessors

Aerospace Calendar Sept. 28-Nov. 4—RTCA Plenary Sessions/Committee Meetings. Virtual or various locations. See rtca.org/content/upcoming-committee
Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Irene Klotz
After flying three crews for NASA, SpaceX puts civilians into orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has committed to the advanced air mobility market targeting the certification of a winged multi-copter by 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Tempest is advancing toward a delivery plan and adding industrial partners as funding flows from the UK and Italy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Both manufacturers have promised local final assembly lines and to export from the UK if selected.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Fuel supply mandates, blenders’ tax credits, voluntary targets are all in the mix as SAF becomes the near-term path to sustainability.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Engine makers face more questions than answers as they plot future turboprop hybrid-electric evolution strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Now focused on business aviation, Bombardier makes its first major product announcement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau, Thierry Dubois
With the regional aircraft market split between Embraer and ATR, U.S. airlines will have to buy in for Embraer to break into turboprops.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Richard Aboulafia
If Airbus decides to bid its KC-30 MRTT for the “bridge tanker” competition, it would likely team with Lockheed Martin.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
As manufacturers strive to reduce the fuel burn and emissions of their next generation of commercial airliners, longer wings are near the top of the list.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
Electric Accel takes off; Moog flies SureFly; Tulips cleans airports; Terrafugia launches UAV; and Hamburg’s drone sandbox.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
A growing list of carriers in the region are restructuring under bankruptcy protection.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies, possibly the largest A&D company this decade, eyes $1 billion in supplier savings.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
As ESA member states reach agreement on Ariane 6 exploitation and look to microlaunchers, labor unions worry about Eurocentric approach.
Space

By Jen DiMascio, Chen Chuanren
Australia searches for a sovereign military satellite communication system.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
Cabin interiors specialists are looking beyond COVID-19 to the interiors trends that will shape the coming years of recovery.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
Will the LMXT’s 28% fuel volume advantage over the Boeing KC-46 be decisive in the USAF "bridge tanker" competition?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine, Brandon Patrick, Graham Warwick
With its exit from Afghanistan, the U.S. is beginning a new phase of drone warfare, conducting strikes there without forces on the ground. But is the current te
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Missile tests on the Korean Peninsula; MQ-25’s third customer; Vertex’s Raytheon training pickup; and Capella provides a SAR sampler.
Missile Defense & Weapons