Aviation Week & Space Technology

The long corporate nightmare for the airframer’s defense business might be ending as cost cuts and smarter bidding promise a healthier outlook.

MagniX unveils hybrid testbed; VoloCity vibration testing; UK gets first vertiport; electric aircraft training.

Carriers are bolstering resilience to growing cybersecurity threats, while regulators work to encourage collaboration around risks and harmonize standards.

Some co-founders at new space tech startups are trying to codify innovation.

The airlines await final approvals for their pending merger following the expiration of a U.S. Justice Department antitrust review period.

The method is Elon Musk’s modern take on Aristotle’s “First Principles."

Multiple energy-dense battery options are becoming available for aviation use, but are they good enough?

Amid growing skepticism that airlines can achieve net zero emissions in 2050, a report lays out a road map for rapidly scaling up SAF. Listen in as one of those skeptics, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick, talks with a co-author of the plan.

Advanced manufacturing companies are trying to automate complex aerospace work.

The A330neo, not yet the success story Airbus has hoped for, may find its biggest opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region.

In addition to venturing outside the capsule, the Jared Isaacman-backed Polaris Dawn mission aims to break the 1966 altitude record.

The startup’s blended wing plan is moving forward with new airline funding and a growing development team.

Newly released details of recent Chinese spacecraft maneuvers tracked by U.S.-based observers show increasing capability in key areas.

Divergent Technologies’ fixtureless assembly cell uses 23 robotic arms to build structures.

SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.

The first U.S. military payload to be hosted aboard an international partner’s spacecraft is now in orbit.

New interceptors, radars, and command and control are on the near-term agenda.

FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.

Prospective pilots have plenty of options for earning a commercial license, but better standards would improve the process.

Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even contends that helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems are natural battlefield teammates.

International Airlines Group called off the Air Europa deal due to regulatory hurdles.

Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here’s why.

Indonesia, Poland and Saudi Arabia are the F-15EX’s next targets for exports contracts.

The service is contemplating nonkinetic space fires and new roles for its soldiers in a changing era of space-based warfare.

As European nations grow increasingly worried about security in the Indo-Pacific region, their air forces explore scenarios for operating there.