Aviation Week & Space Technology

Readers write about coaxial helicopters on Earth and Mars, Swiss F-35 choice, FARA vs. physics, UAP, C919 and freighter battles.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.

The Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan on Aug. 15 triggered the largest military air evacuation in history, but it may still be not enough.

A roundup of upcoming conferences, exhibitions and summits.

NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion are big-government programs trying to keep pace in a marketplace increasingly dominated by commercial industry, meanwhile, the U.S. military is looking to build bridges to international partners, that same commercial industry and to the intelligence community.

The Airbus A330neo’s history has been full of twists and turns, but the latest performance changes indicate a change in direction.

SpaceX seeks LOX; Missile warning force design; The start of Space Command; and A question of UAPs.

A wave of newly minted publicly traded space companies is hitting the marketplace and sustaining investment confidence, hinting at more to come.

As rival SpaceX prepares for a tourist mission, Boeing is wrestling to pull off uncrewed flight test.

Startup HyPoint has entered into a $6.5 million collaborative agreement with Piasecki Aircraft to develop a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.

New satellite constellations seeding the $1 trillion space economy

New risks have emerged 20 years after 9/11, while COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized value of touchless, crowd-reducing protocols.

Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace is unusual among electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startups in targeting the established helicopter market, and in particular emergency medical services.

Velis Electro in the U.S.; Honeywell UAV satcom; water-based cubesat propulsion; faster SAF path; drone delivery partnership.

The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the airline industry forever. The pandemic will, too.

A new class of offensive hypersonic weapons and architectural refresh of defensive interceptors is on drawing boards for the U.S. Navy.

Supported by the UK’s Future Flight Challenge, the SATE project is establishing a low-carbon aviation test center at Kirkwall.

A newly opened factory on the Skunk Works complex heralds a new era and a return to series manufacturing by Lockheed Martin's 78-year-old advanced development programs business unit.

Ampaire completes trial flights with hybrid-electric testbed on regional airline route in Scotland.

JetBlue is looking to disrupt the U.S.-UK market, but recent history has been unkind to long-haul low-cost carriers.

Is there a flying aircraft, and who is the prime contractor? What about timing and numbers procured?

Lockheed Martin’s approach attempts to achieve automotive-style industrial speed for low-volume, high-performance aerospace applications.

First, step on the scale. Next, business aviation FBOs are looking at ways to become more green.

Sustainable aviation fuel and new, more efficient aircraft are central to Embraer’s ESG goals.