Aviation Week & Space Technology

Tempest was one of the winners in the UK government’s Integrated Review securing £1.2 billion for technology development.

Manufacturers are exploring UV and thermal disinfection as well as antimicrobial coatings to improve cabin hygiene.

Ask the Editors: It is near axiom that new models need to offer 15% better economics, and that improvement only comes from major changes.

Traditional engine-makers and startups position for emerging hybrid-electric power market.

While many projects have been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic fallout, Airbus is pushing ahead with its long-range narrowbody.

China could become the world’s largest commercial aviation system by the middle of the decade. Up to recently, Western suppliers were integral to the Asia giant’s aerospace development, and the relationship was mutually beneficial.

Twin-props seem to have gone missing from the skies of general aviation airports.

MDA awards NGI contracts; Priorities for incoming Indo-PACOM chief; U.S. budget scuffling and UK’s defense procurement reforms.

Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.

The recovery in Brazil has been temporarily stalled by a rash new COVID-19 cases.

Seven startup companies in Europe are developing launchers capable of placing satellites in the 10-1,200-kg (22-2,645-lb.) category into orbit.

United CEO Scott Kirby on why his company is bucking convention by expanding its widebody fleet.

New defense plans boost Future Combat Air System, Typhoon upgrades, but leave intelligence-gathering fleets in tatters.

A $14.3 billion modernization program risks delays unless Lockheed software developers and military bureaucracy can dodge obstacles.

The European Space Agency and national agencies are supporting startups in their bid to offer a new kind of launch services.

Sustainability and environmental, social and governance investing are set to remake the A&D industry from the inside out.

Smaller aircraft like turboprops are the perfect “testbed” for efforts to make aviation greener.

Europe hopes its Digital Green Certificate will help drive a recovery in air travel demand.

Airbus flies 100% SAF; hybrid tests in UK; SAF from waste food; certifiable drone control; and more tech news.

Airbus and Dassault try to reconcile views in thorny FCAS negotiations as a political deadline nears.

Ask the editors: Is it worthwhile to change aviation’s fuel infrastructure? The answer might be the use of LNG as a transition to SAF.

Listen in as Nanoracks CEO Jeff Manber predicts that by the end of the year, private space companies will have more discretionary money to spend than the U.S. federal government.

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

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

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